The Quebec government says it won’t accept new applications from residents who want to sponsor their spouses, common-law partners or adult children for immigration until next year.
The Immigration department says in a news release that it has reached its cap for sponsorship in those categories.
As a result, the families of those immigrants would have to wait until June 25, 2026 to apply.
The government announced last year that it would process a maximum of 13,000 family applications from immigrants seeking to reunite with relatives over the two-year period from June 2024 to 2026, after approving more than 16,500 in 2022 and more than 10,000 in the first six months of 2023….