I wanted to ask if anyone has the link to the application to sponsor my husbands daughter from the Dominican Republic. My husband and I are going through the appeal process right now for his PR but I wanted to know when we can sponsor his daughter. We did already add her as a dependant on the application but what would the next steps be and approximately how long the process would take. She is 2 years old and will be 3 in November of this year. My husband does have custody of his daughter (not on paper) but the mother will allow consent for her to exit the country if that makes anything easier.
Sponsoring a Dependant Child
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Have you formally adopted her?
You can only sponsor her if she is YOUR dependent.
If you have not formally adopted her, then she can only be sponsored as part of your husband's PR application - or your husband can sponsor her separately after he becomes a PR.
Well ideally my husband would come here to Canada and then sponsor her as she is already on his application when we filed.
No me personally have not adopted her.
No me personally have not adopted her.
Unfortunately that means you cannot sponsor her. You will have to wait until your husband's PR application is approved - she will receive a PR visa at the same time as he does.
But on our application we mentioned that she will not come the same time as him I believe if I recall correctly. But if he does get his PR visa after that at any point can he file for her to come here?
Did she get medical exam and did he provided her information in your husband's PR application?
If you win the appeal, the app will be sent back for processing. At that point, you can request to change the daughter to accompanying.
ok this is all great to know. I hope that the appeal process goes by fast so that i can have them both here with me
Yes - there are age limits. You must be under 22 to be sponsored.
However it's not that simple. Adoption doesn't automatically mean that the Canadian can sponsor you for PR. First of all, you almost always have to be an orphan with both parents deceased. Secondly, you must have been adopted by a certain age in order for the adoption to be recognized by Canada for immigration purposes. IRCC will also look at the adoption to ensure it's a genuine adoption and that someone wasn't simply adopted to facilitate entry to Canada.
Based on your posts you are 25. So you are far too old to be sponsored through adoption. You will have to qualify for PR on your own through an economic immigration stream like express entry.
Thank you for a very straight forward, and helpful answer. I have no further question. Thank you so much for your time and effort.