Hello All
I have a couple of questions related to adding newborn child to our application. I could not find the answers to these questions in existing forums, so I am asking here. I would really appreciate any insights.
Background: Our AOR (me and my wife) is Jan 4, 2020. We are Indian Citizens, but living in the US for last 10 years. In the last few days, we received a couple of ghost updates. On Nov 13, the review of medical results section went to "you do not need a medical exam" and on Nov 17 (today), it went to "we are reviewing the results of your medical exam". I am guessing it means there is movement on my application and we might get PPR in a few weeks or months.
1. We are expecting a newborn child any day now (very likely within 1 week). At that time, I will raise a webform to add our baby to the application. I am assuming we will not get PPR within a week. So, after IRCC has processed our baby's application, they might send PPR again, which I guess will take a few months at minimum. HOWEVER, the entire process of getting a US passport for my daughter will probably take around 4 months (6 weeks to get birth certificate and another 7-9 weeks for US passport after that). I am wondering what happens if we get the PPR for all 3 of us before US passport arrives for our daughter? I assume we can ask IRCC to extend the deadline to send new passports and they will likely agree to that?
2. In general, does anyone have a clue how long IRCC is taking to add newborns to the application these days? I know the timelines are all over the place. For future planning purposes (like renewing current lease), I wonder if adding newborn baby is going to extend the process by another year or so.