Dependants
- Thread starter hiro.09
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The dependant is one of the Principal Applicant's child. The requirement and tests is no issue, the child just doesn't want to leave the country they are currently residing in since he wants to finish his studies here.
If the child already has the visa and COPR, there's no need. And I wouldn't inform anyone - the child can change their mind up to date of validity of the visa/copr.
As for the visa and copr - if the child doesn't ever land, no issue, nothing to do. The child just never became a PR.
To the best interest of the child, it's better for him/her to land and then return home to finish his/her studies.
After so, he/she may still have a choice to come to Canada. Once the child reach age 22 or if become married or have a common law partner, he/she will no longer have that option to become PR.
The child is already 21 years of age and is in the middle of his professional degree, that's why he doesn't want to come with the principal applicant.
That's more the reason to land now before he turns 22. He won't be able to come even if he changes his mind later.
Anyway, it's his choice. And if he is becoming a professional, he could be able to immigrate by himself via other economic stream.
I guess that's why he choose not to come.
He can. He will of course have to qualify and have enough points to be selected.
I would emphasize to the child that at this point, 'becoming a PR' involves two steps, submitting the passport and flying to Canada. They can leave the next day if they want, or just stay for a vacation.
At that point they are a PR and have basically up to three years to decide if they wish to settle in Canada. Actually it's longer than that, but three years in which to do so with zero difficulty, fees, extra applications, paperwork, etc.; after that to maintain status might get complicated but not necessarily difficult, definitely not impossible.
Hey, even if doesn't want to settle but in course of professional degree wants to work in Canada for a semester or a year - no work permit or additional paperwork required.
Eventually if the kid wants to travel to Canada and hasn't maintained residency obligation (two years in five years), might eventually need to just renounce PR status to facilitate travel.
So a lot of potential benefit for submitting passport and going on a short trip/vacation to Canada.