2018年8月22日，加拿大移民部长宣布变更2019年父母/祖父母团聚移民申请方式，重大变化主要有：增加名额到两万并取消抽签。
2019年将接收父母及祖父母团聚移民申请个案，由1.7万宗增至2万宗。另外，取消此类申请以抽签方式随机选择，来邀请担保人进入申请程序的方式，改采取有意担保父母及祖父母以团聚移民方式到加拿大的申请者，先通过互联网填写有意担保表格(Interest to Sponsor Form)，联邦移民部将以接到此表格的先后顺序，让申请担保者排队轮候。
OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is scrapping an unpopular lottery system for immigrants looking to reunite with their parents and grandparents and is increasing the number of sponsorship applications it will accept next year.
Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen will announce the changes today at an event in Vancouver.
The changes, which will take effect in 2019, will replace the random selection process for sponsorship applications with a first-come-first-served application process.
The so-called lottery system drew criticism when it was introduced last year after many potential sponsors said they felt it was unfair.
Hussen says his department is responding to the feedback he received and will have more improvements to the program to announce this fall.
Government will also accept more parent and grandparent sponsorship applications in 2019. The current cap of 17,000 applications will be increased to 20,000 next year.
父母团聚移民对担保人收入的要求是加拿大最低收入标准的1.3倍，具体如下：
加拿大移民局并未公布具体操作细节。比如明年正式递交团聚移民的时间，如果在4月之前递交，2018年的税单（NOA）还没有生成。我们认为，即使2018年的NOA还没有出来，2019年递交的父母团聚移民应该参考2016-2018年的收入，但有的机构观点认为可能要看2015年的收入。无论如何，我们列出了2015-2018年的收入要求。需要注意的是，在移民审理过程中的2019-2020年，担保人依然要满足收入要求。
