HellyWelly

My husband and I have split up and he is working in Canada on a work permit.

He's applying for a PR and has asked for a photocopy of the kids passports to get them a PR. He tells me that this is so they could go to university over there if they wanted to when they are older. I asked why he couldn't do this if/when they needed it. He's told me it has to be done at the same time as his application. Is this correct?

Hope you can help. I'd like to know the facts from another source.

Thanks in advance

AmyDavid

Hi - if he is including the kids on his application, then yes, he does need to provide copies of their passports and at some point in the future they will need to go for Immigration medicals. He will also need some kind of signed document from you, confirming you are happy for him to include the kids in his pr application.

HellyWelly

If he doesn't include the kids in his application can he do it at a later date?

MarylandNed

Are the kids going to be living in Canada? If not, they will lose PR status anyway unless they live there for at least 2 of the 5 years after activating PR status.

HellyWelly

Oh thank you for that, that has helped so much. I like to get the facts straight and now you've said that it makes sense too.

Cheers

Piff Poff

We had to include my stepson on the application. This was because if HE decided to move here as an adult we would be able to sponsor him, if he wasn't on the application he would have to go through the whole immigration rigmarole on his own. It was beneficial for HIM to be included on the initial application in case he decided to move out here in the future.

Jim Humphries

If the children are not medically examined etc. they will not be eligible to be sponsored later. They do not have to accompany your former spouse when he goes to Canada but can retain their right to sponsorship so long as they meet the definition of dependent child..

HellyWelly

Sorry for my ignorance but I'm still confused. Does the PR run out if the kids don't live there, which they aren't, in which case what's the point to doing it. How does the sponsorship work? Will they need medicals?

I feel a little lost with all this, I need to get back up to speed with immigration again.

christmasoompa

The kids PR status will run out if they don't spend 2 years out of every 5 in Canada, but if they aren't included on the application form and don't have a medical, then they cannot be sponsored by their father in the future either.

I know you may think that they'll never want to live in Canada with your ex, but in worst case scenario i.e. something happening to you, it would be better for them to have the option of going there.

HTH.

HellyWelly

[QUOTE=christmasoompa;9161630]The kids PR status will run out if they don't spend 2 years out of every 5 in Canada, but if they aren't included on the application form and don't have a medical, then they cannot be sponsored by their father in the future either.

I know you may think that they'll never want to live in Canada with your ex, but in worst case scenario i.e. something happening to you, it would be better for them to have the option of going there.


Thanks for that, it's helped a lot.

james.mc

Have to agree with that 100%

Piff Poff

Just because your ex wants then on his PR paperwork doesn't mean they will get PR, it just means he can sponsor them later, when they are adults IF they want to move here. They will need to have medicals, which do cost money, which your ex should be willing to pay.

My OH put his son on our PR application 7 years ago, we don't know if my stepson will ever want to live here, but things are in place in case he wants to make the move at a later date. He is 20 now and he may want to spend time in Canada, he may not.

HellyWelly

Thanks for all your answers, I didn't realise they needed a medical my ex never mentioned it.

Thank you everyone, I've always found everyone on here so helpful in the past when I was filling in all the work permit forms a couple of years ago and you've helped me again now. It's a shame we never made it over there, oh well.

Piff Poff

Oh there might be age limits on the medicals, can't remember now, my stepson would have been 13 and he needed something checking? Can't remember if my daughter needed anything.

christmasoompa

May also be worth adding, to Piff Poff's excellent advice, is that they can only be sponsored whilst they are 'dependent children', which is age 22 unless they are still in full-time education or disabled.

Once they hit 22, your ex could not sponsor them for PR anyway(even if they've had medicals and been included on his application), unless he lives in a couple of specific provinces that allow it via their PNP. But it just gives them that option until they are 22.