Canada Super Visa
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- Type
- Long-stay family visitor status
- Host
- Canadian child or grandchild
- Core requirements
- Host income, invitation, insurance, medical exam, and visitor intent
- What to know
- Not permanent residence
- Duration
- Up to five years per stay, with multiple entries.
- Renewal / path
- Can be extended, but does not itself lead to PR.
Summary
Canada's Parent and Grandparent Super Visa is a long-stay visitor route. It lets eligible parents and grandparents visit a Canadian child or grandchild for up to 5 years at a time, with multiple entries over a longer visa period.
It is not permanent residence, but it can be very useful when the Parents and Grandparents Program is closed, invitation-based, or uncertain.
Eligibility
Applicants generally need:
- A qualifying Canadian host who is the applicant's child or grandchild.
- The host must be at least 18 and be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or registered Indian.
- A written invitation and proof the host meets minimum necessary income.
- Private health insurance meeting IRCC requirements.
- A medical exam.
- Visitor-intent evidence showing the applicant will leave Canada at the end of authorized stay.
- General temporary-resident admissibility.
Duration, Renewal, and Long-Term Path
The Super Visa is temporary visitor status. It can allow stays of up to 5 years at a time, and parents or grandparents may be able to apply for extensions while in Canada.
It does not by itself lead to permanent residence.
What This Route Allows
This route allows longer family visits than an ordinary visitor visa or eTA stay.
What This Route Is Not
This is not PR and does not allow ordinary work in Canada. It also does not replace sponsorship if the family wants permanent residence.
Next Steps
- Confirm the Canadian child or grandchild host qualifies.
- Confirm the host meets the income requirement.
- Arrange required health insurance.
- Prepare visitor-intent, financial, identity, family relationship, and medical documents.
- Apply for the Super Visa.