@legalfalcon
Hello, I'm in a tight situation right now and your advise is highly needed, please.
My Aor is Dec 2019 and during the long delay, my wife gave birth to my daughter. That was in March 2021. I was so out of depth with the entire express entry process that I didn't inform IRCC.
I received the RFV email on march 4th and in the email, I was asked to inform them of any change in family composition and I promptly did so. I got the generic acknowledgement email and then silence. I submitted my passport and my application was approved. Note that I applied to go alone.
Now I just received a detailed response to the initial email I sent. This is it below. Please advise me.
Good day XXXXXX,
Thank you for contacting Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).
Congratulations on your newborn child.
We verified the information you provided and can confirm that your file is currently located at the Canadian visa office in Accra, Ghana.
Because of the specific nature of your enquiry, we invite you to contact them directly in order to:
- Report important changes,
- Provide documents,
- Submit a withdrawal request, if applicable,
- Obtain information regarding the status of your application, or
- Enquire on an outcome to a request.
Once the request is received, you will be contacted with more instructions.
You will find the complete list of visa offices on our
website.
Once you have selected the office you wish to contact, you will be presented with the different ways you may contact them.
For your information purposes,
police certificates for you and your family members is, in general, an essential part of your application, even if your family members are listed as non-accompanying.
Furthermore, whether they are accompanying you or not, your family members should perform a
medical exam with a
Panel Physician to maintain their eligibility to be sponsored by their family members in the future.
Please note that if a member of your family is not eligible or does not perform a medical examination, you may not be eligible to apply for permanent residence.
For more information on the requirements, please consult the
Instruction Guide included with the application.
After applying for permanent residence under the Economic class - Adding a family member
If you are the principal applicant of a permanent residence application already in process, you could add your spouse or common-law partner, dependent children, and their dependent children to your application, even if they will be listed as a non-accompanying dependent.
To do so, we invite you to send your add-on request through the
IRCC webform available on our website. You can attach the following forms and documents in the field reserved to that effect:
- A new Generic Application Form for Canada (IMM 0008)* with supporting documents,
- (If applicable) A Schedule A - Background/Declaration (IMM 5669) form,
- (If applicable) An Additional Dependants/Declaration (IMM 0008DEP) form,
- (If applicable) A signed Additional Family Information (IMM 5406) form,
- A copy of the birth certificate, marriage certificate or proof of common-law relationship,
- A copy of the family member's valid passport,
- Police certificates for all countries where the family member over the age of 18 has lived for more than 6 months since turning 18,
- A letter of explanation, and
- If applicable, the proof of payment*.
Useful tips
- If you need information to fill out the forms, please consult the Fill out the forms section of the instruction guide found in the application kit that you have initially used to apply.
- If the newly eligible family member is a spouse, common-law partner or dependent child who is already a permanent resident or Canadian citizen, only a copy of the birth certificate, marriage certificate or proof of common-law relationship and a letter of explanation are required.
- It may be impossible to add a member of your family to the application if a final decision has already been made or if you have validated your PR status.
We hope you will find this information helpful.
Your add-on request will be evaluated by the responsible office. You will be contacted when a decision will be made or if further information is required.
