In 2023, the Minister of Immigration announced a special temporary public policy
for some Ukrainian nationals who can apply for permanent residence.
This category became available to eligible applicants in October
2023. The program will be closing on October 22, 2024.
This program allows some Ukrainian nationals who reside
in Canada to apply for permanent residence if they have a
spouse/common-law partner, child, grandchild, parent, grandparent,
sibling or half-sibling who is a Canadian citizen or permanent
resident who resides in Canada.
Another category of the program is intended for Ukrainian
spouses, common-law partners or widows of Ukrainian nationals who
are not able to leave the Ukraine, are missing, are deceased or
presumed to have been deceased. The applicant's
spouse/common-law partner must have/have had family members of an
eligible Canadian citizen/permanent resident to apply for permanent
residency. Applicants must reside in Canada and
meet the
