Canadian politician wants to improve Super Visa for parents and grandparents || VO Visas

  Canadian politician wants to improve Super Visa for parents and grandparents || VO Visas

If passed, the new law will make it easier and cheaper for parents and grandparents to stay in Canada longer.

Canadian MP Kyle Seeback has introduced a new bill to support parents and grandparents coming to Canada.

 The proposed changes will affect parental and grandparent supervision. Currently, Supervisa allows parents and grandparents of Canadians to visit for two consecutive years without needing to renew their status. The visa itself allows for multiple entries to Canada over 10 years. Like the Parents and Grandparents Program, Canadian children or grandchildren must meet a minimum income required by the government. Parents and grandparents must also purchase health insurance from a Canadian company.

 Feedback is a member of the Conservative Party and a member of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration. I introduced Bill C-242, which called for three major changes in oversight.

First, Seeback wants to allow parents and grandparents to live continuously for five years without having to renew their visas.

 

Second, the bill proposes to allow super visa applicants to obtain health insurance in countries other than Canada. According to Seeback, families can save thousands of dollars a year in insurance costs.

 Finally, he also recommends that the government lower income limits for Canadians who want to house their parents and grandparents. While Seeback said he believes the income test for this category should be eliminated entirely, he doesn't think now is the right time to do so.

 "The notion that bringing a parent or grandparent is a financial burden is wrong," Seeback said. "In fact, I think that...having a parent or grandparent in the home can improve a family's financial situation... can do it. "in the Hay they help take care of the family, so they reduce the cost of daycare. "

So far, the bill has passed the first and second readings and is now being considered by the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration. The Standing Committee is made up of representatives elected by the federal government. His job is to oversee federal policy related to immigration and multiculturalism, as well as oversee the Offices of Immigration and Refugee. They conduct research and make recommendations about the direction of immigration policy.

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The bill must pass the committee before its third reading. It can only become law after passing the third reading and review by the Senate. The governor-general must then give royal assent before the bill takes effect.

 Ashti Waissi, a spokeswoman for Seeback's office, told CIC News that the NDP and Bloc parties would support the bill at the third reading, but he was not sure C-242 would have the support of the Liberals.

 

Committee members questioned Seeback's bill, particularly on insurance. Seeback introduced the idea of ​​allowing parents and grandparents to purchase insurance internationally, noting that for someone in their 70s with no pre-existing medical conditions, the annual cost could range from $1,700 to $4,600.

 

"It doesn't mean you can go to any insurer anywhere in the world," Seeback told the committee. "I would encourage the minister to create a framework for ground rules on when insurers are eligible so that people can be out of the land. sure."

 Concerns about allowing super visa holders to enter Canada with their own insurance stem from the fact that liability could fall on Canadian taxpayers if foreign insurers fail to pay medical bills.

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Responding to questions from committee members, Seeback said he believed the government could establish a framework to ensure foreign insurers could cover medical costs when super visa holders fell ill. Noting that Canada currently has a framework for determining which international doctors can issue medical certificates, he said insurance companies should have a similar possibility.

 Although he said he didn't know how quickly the framework was built, he said it was "worth the wait."

 "It's going to be great for Canadian families," Seeback said.