Hey everyone, my common law partner from The Philippines and I had one of those applications that was unusually complicated but with the help of everyone here we were able to get all of our questions answered and have been living happily here in Canada now for 5 months.
At the time she came here we were not able to bring her daughter here, and we listed her as non-accompanying. We are now planning for the future to include her in our life here.
In order to bring a child here, she must get the Father's written consent.
The complicated part is the baby's father abandoned here when she was still pregnant. There is no way to find him or contact him. Even if there was it's unlikely he would cooperate.
What we think is good news is that on her daughters birth certificate, the Father is listed as "unknown" I'd assume that would be a good thing because logically it would mean we wouldn't need a signature.
However when applying for my partner to come here, we listed the baby's father's name. We wrote in an attached statement explaining that the birth certificate said unknown but she actually knows his name, he abandoned her, etc
We did that because at the time it seemed to us a bit fishy. It was also because she is legally married to someone else (Yup it's complicated!!) and we didn't want Immigration thinking it was the estranged husbands baby.
I hope that all makes sense!
If we listed the Father's name as Unknown on the childs permanent resident application, would CIC look at my partners application to see the attached document that she knows him after all?
Any advice would be appreciated!
At the time she came here we were not able to bring her daughter here, and we listed her as non-accompanying. We are now planning for the future to include her in our life here.
In order to bring a child here, she must get the Father's written consent.
The complicated part is the baby's father abandoned here when she was still pregnant. There is no way to find him or contact him. Even if there was it's unlikely he would cooperate.
What we think is good news is that on her daughters birth certificate, the Father is listed as "unknown" I'd assume that would be a good thing because logically it would mean we wouldn't need a signature.
However when applying for my partner to come here, we listed the baby's father's name. We wrote in an attached statement explaining that the birth certificate said unknown but she actually knows his name, he abandoned her, etc
We did that because at the time it seemed to us a bit fishy. It was also because she is legally married to someone else (Yup it's complicated!!) and we didn't want Immigration thinking it was the estranged husbands baby.
I hope that all makes sense!
If we listed the Father's name as Unknown on the childs permanent resident application, would CIC look at my partners application to see the attached document that she knows him after all?
Any advice would be appreciated!
