Sponsoring undeclared Child

[stellsalas17]

Hello everybody,

I just want to inquire about my common law partner’s situation. He is a permanent resident and located in BC since 2014. His mom sponsored him and his sister in Philippines as her mom was a caregiver here in Canada. They forward the application on year 2006. My partner’s son was born 2010. By that time, the PR application had started processing so he said he haven’t got a chance to declare his son on the papers. Right now, we have decided to sponsor his son and get him here. Is there going to be a problem if we process his son’s PR application as he wasn’t born yet when they applied for PR? Please let me know. Thank you!

~Cristel

 

[canuck78]

Hello everybody,

I just want to inquire about my common law partner’s situation. He is a permanent resident and located in BC since 2014. His mom sponsored him and his sister in Philippines as her mom was a caregiver here in Canada. They forward the application on year 2006. My partner’s son was born 2010. By that time, the PR application had started processing so he said he haven’t got a chance to declare his son on the papers. Right now, we have decided to sponsor his son and get him here. Is there going to be a problem if we process his son’s PR application as he wasn’t born yet when they applied for PR? Please let me know. Thank you!

~Cristel

You can't sponsor his son. His family had to update any changes to the family composition before landing.

 

[stellsalas17]

You can't sponsor his son. His family had to update any changes to the family composition before landing.

I am not the one who will sponsor his son, my partner is. I am a resident also here in Canada and my partner had been here for 4years as well as a permanent resident. We are located in BC. We would want to know if he could still sponsor his child.

 

[canuck78]

No he can't sponsor his child. His mother needed to update her list of dependents during the sponsorship process unless the baby was born after they landed in Canada.

 

[Buletruck]

Agreed. No chance of sponsoring the child. He would have been 4 years old when you partner landed and the child would have had to submit to the medical. I’m afraid the application will be rejected.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Hello everybody,

I just want to inquire about my common law partner’s situation. He is a permanent resident and located in BC since 2014. His mom sponsored him and his sister in Philippines as her mom was a caregiver here in Canada. They forward the application on year 2006. My partner’s son was born 2010. By that time, the PR application had started processing so he said he haven’t got a chance to declare his son on the papers. Right now, we have decided to sponsor his son and get him here. Is there going to be a problem if we process his son’s PR application as he wasn’t born yet when they applied for PR? Please let me know. Thank you!

~Cristel

It doesn't matter if the child was born after submitting the PR app. He had plenty of time to declare the child and it was quite clear in the app that he was required to do so. For whatever reason, he and his mother consciously chose not to include the child. The result is that the child is excluded from the Family Class.

 

[Bundhun]

Hi there,

I have not declared my child as the father has been given full custody of the child owing to my ailing health post delivery. Full custody was not Court Ordered but mutual agreement.

My PR is still in process. Does declaring the child will affect my application adversely?

 

[scylla]

Hi there,

I have not declared my child as the father has been given full custody of the child owing to my ailing health post delivery. Full custody was not Court Ordered but mutual agreement.

My PR is still in process. Does declaring the child will affect my application adversely?

Yes - IRCC can make a misrepresentation finding since you lied in your application, refuse your application and then ban you from Canada for 5 years. You need to declare your child in the application.

 

[monkeys89]

Everyone out there who reads this thread - no matter your situation if you have not declared a child, you will not be able to sponsor them in the future no matter the reasons why you chose not to declare them.

If your PR is in process, declare the child NOW.

If you already have your PR, it's too late. You will never sponsor the child unless you leave Canada, renounce your PR, re-apply, and are somehow re-approved.

 

[Bundhun]

@scylla
No i have not lied ....im not familiar with immigration procedures ......i have informed ircc. ..with good intention

 

[Bundhun]

Everyone out there who reads this thread - no matter your situation if you have not declared a child, you will not be able to sponsor them in the future no matter the reasons why you chose not to declare them.

If your PR is in process, declare the child NOW.

If you already have your PR, it's too late. You will never sponsor the child unless you leave Canada, renounce your PR, re-apply, and are somehow re-approved.

Declaring undeclared child Will affect outcome of pr?

 

[scylla]

Declaring undeclared child Will affect outcome of pr?

Yes - I already answered your question. Your PR application may be refused for misrepresentation and you may be banned from Canada for 5 years.

 

[scylla]

@scylla
No i have not lied ....im not familiar with immigration procedures ......i have informed ircc. ..with good intention

It doesn't matter. You can't use that as an excuse. IRCC will hold you responsible for any misrepresentations in your application.

 

[np08]

Hi there,

I have not declared my child as the father has been given full custody of the child owing to my ailing health post delivery. Full custody was not Court Ordered but mutual agreement.

My PR is still in process. Does declaring the child will affect my application adversely?

Declare the child before it's too late. As your PR is still being processed, you still have time.

 

[monkeys89]

@scylla
No i have not lied ....im not familiar with immigration procedures ......i have informed ircc. ..with good intention

Sadly, your unfamiliarity is not an excuse. The form asks you to declare your family members. A child is still a family member. If you chose not to put them on the form, you did not fill out your family members.

And if you put them as your child, at the very least you'd have to question whether or not they were a non-accompanying dependent.