Addaption from pakistan

[canadian0007]

hello my friends i have question.i sponsored my wife from pakistan i send her application last month and cic have been recived.question is my wife wana addopt her Nephew from her brother.is it possible she can addopt him and i can put him in same application.i heard you can not addopt child from pakistan to canada ....plzzzz reply me it is urgent

 

[jomz]

hello my friends i have question.i sponsored my wife from pakistan i send her application last month and cic have been recived.question is my wife wana addopt her Nephew from her brother.is it possible she can addopt him and i can put him in same application.i heard you can not addopt child from pakistan to canada ....plzzzz reply me it is urgent

It's true, as adoption is not legally recognized in Pakistan you cannot adopt from there.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/notices/2013-07-01.asp

 

[Aquakitty]

Something to do with kafala. Adoption in a country must have a legal equivalent in Canada, and I guess the Muslim Sharia law version doesn't.