Bringing the kids to Canada

[Michyy]

Hi everyone!

I am sponsoring my husband (Inland) who has 2 young children in the U.S.A. They are currently living with the mother in the U.S since we decided they would stay a year there with her, until my husband gets settled here, and then would come here for a year (temporarily) for them to see if they like Canada or not. Then we would decide where/with who they would live permanently. We have declared them as non-accompanying dependents on his application as they were not accompanying him at the time, as well as we are not sure if they are going to stay permanently with us. If they are, we will later apply for PR for them. My concern is their visitor status and how are we to enroll them into school while they stay with us for the year.

How could we proceed with this? Do they just come in as visitors and we enroll them into a local school and then extend their visitor status after the 6 months? I saw on CIC's website that they will not need a study permit as my husband *should* have his work permit by then.

 

[Rob_TO]

While they may not need study permit, they may be expected to pay international student fees to attend school since they are just visitors in Canada. You need to check on the policy from specific school you wanted to send them to, since it's up to each school how to handle cases where students are not PRs or citizens.

 

[Michyy]

While they may not need study permit, they may be expected to pay international student fees to attend school since they are just visitors in Canada. You need to check on the policy from specific school you wanted to send them to, since it's up to each school how to handle cases where students are not PRs or citizens.

Thanks for the heads up! Will definitely look into that. Just wanted to make sure the immigration part was done correctly.

 

[canuck78]

Also would not be covered by provincial healthcare if only visitors and you will have to wait until your husband is no longer a visitor. Many school district will accept students if their parents are on wp, are studenta or are Pr/citizen. As previously mentioned it will be up to the school board.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Hi everyone!

I am sponsoring my husband (Inland) who has 2 young children in the U.S.A. They are currently living with the mother in the U.S since we decided they would stay a year there with her, until my husband gets settled here, and then would come here for a year (temporarily) for them to see if they like Canada or not. Then we would decide where/with who they would live permanently. We have declared them as non-accompanying dependents on his application as they were not accompanying him at the time, as well as we are not sure if they are going to stay permanently with us. If they are, we will later apply for PR for them. My concern is their visitor status and how are we to enroll them into school while they stay with us for the year.

How could we proceed with this? Do they just come in as visitors and we enroll them into a local school and then extend their visitor status after the 6 months? I saw on CIC's website that they will not need a study permit as my husband *should* have his work permit by then.

I would change them to accompanying. It doesn't mean that they need to come live here as soon as they become PRs. As long as they land before the COPR expiry, they can return to the US right away. It will just make things easier.

 

[Michyy]

Also would not be covered by provincial healthcare if only visitors and you will have to wait until your husband is no longer a visitor. Many school district will accept students if their parents are on wp, are studenta or are Pr/citizen. As previously mentioned it will be up to the school board.

I read on the government of Ontario site that once my husband is eligible for OHIP they will be to. Not sure if I'm miss reading though:

https://www.ontario.ca/page/apply-ohip-and-get-health-card

are in Ontario on a valid work permit and are working full-time in Ontario, for an Ontario employer, for at least six months

• your spouse and any dependents also qualify if you do

As well as on this site:
http://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/public/publications/ohip/temp_foreign.aspx

So by my understanding they will be eligible once he gets his OWP and a job correct?

 

[Michyy]

I would change them to accompanying. It doesn't mean that they need to come live here as soon as they become PRs. As long as they land before the COPR expiry, they can return to the US right away. It will just make things easier.

The only thing is that were not sure if they're gonna stay here with us. As of now its temporary. Would it still be a good idea to change it? We already booked the tickets for them to come here.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

The only thing is that were not sure if they're gonna stay here with us. As of now its temporary. Would it still be a good idea to change it? We already booked the tickets for them to come here.

Doesn't matter whether they stay or not.

 

[Michyy]

Doesn't matter whether they stay or not.

Okay thank you. Will definitely look into that.