Just to clarify, the objection raised is about non declaration of child not regarding the eligibility of sponsor. The Mississauga VO cleared us and gave us the Sponsorship approval. The case is past medical exam even, my gut feeling is something went wrong in the understanding of the VO.
CIC new Family Pilot for undeclared dependents.
- Thread starter ahk5153
- Start date
If the VO is correct in stating that "in your own application for immigration to Canada, you were a dependent of your spouse" AND your spouse applied, as the Principal Applicant, for PR via Express Entry, FSW, PNP or a similar economic immigration class, you are probably correct in receiving the PFL.
You haven't answered the questions that would allow anyone to determine that. Were you included as a dependent in your husband's economic PR app?
If you were, then IRCC is referring to the non-declaration of the child in THAT original app, not the subsequent sponsorship app, and the pilot doesn't apply to you.
Hello everyone, been a while. However, wanted to update you guys with my case. After the PFL we sent back another explanation letter that our case is for the pilot program and not the mainstream family class sponsorship and that I was filed as the dependent of my husband all along on every step of my PR. We admitted we had undeclared child, and which is why we never filed any other case till this opportunity opened up. Long story short, as of 09.01.2020 my son got his COPR. PPR came last week. Thank you for your feedback on this thread!
I'm going through the same thing. Sponsorship approved. Medicals are done. And they send me an email with a letter that says the same thing. They also said my application does not qualify for the public policy as I immigrated to Canada under an immigration category that is not included under the public policy. I was asked to provide evidence that my dependent was declared and was examined at the time which I cannot provide because he wasn't declared.
If you immigrated to Canada through an economic immigration category then you do not qualify under the public policy. The public policy is only avaialble to those who immigrated through Canada through a refugee category or through family sponsorship (e.g. spousal sponsorship).
Baed on your previous posts is sounds like you immigrated to Canada as part of an economic immigration application under your mother. If that's the case, the public policy unfortunately does not apply to you which is why you have received the letter.
I looked at my COPR and in the category it said LC. I never knew I was sponsored in that category. My mother was the one who filled up everything and was not asked about anything in the course of the application. I don't know if my mother was aware of the consequences of not updating her application when my son was born. I'm paying the price because the pilot program I was hoping would solve my problem is useless to me. I was thinking of applying for H&C but I have no idea how to go about it. My son was just 2years old when I left him. He;s 7 now
LC is live-in caregiver. This is an economic immigration stream and this is why you do not qualify under the pilot program. Unfortunately the letter you have received from IRCC is correct. Unfortunately it doesn't matter if your mother was aware of the consequences or not.
To the best of my knowledge H&C would only be possible if your son was physically in Canada. But even then, I think the chances would unfortunately be very low since your son is not recognized as a family member who can be sponsored since he wasn't declared in your mother's application.
If you have the money, I would get a consult with a very good immigration lawyer.
I was a minor when my mother submitted her application, meaning she was the one who filled up all the paper work. I didn’t get the chance to declare my son in her application. I guess my only chance would’ve been when I landed in Canada and was asked if i have any dependents and i said no. I sincerely had no idea how messy this could be since i was told that i can get him here whenever i’m ready since I’m already a PR. My mistake is that I was young and stupid who got pregnant at 16 and trusted my mother who only went home 4 times in 19 years of my existence and was absolutely against me having to continue with the pregnancy. It’s heartbreaking because its my son who suffers the most with this consequence.
I have sympathy for your situation but the advice above really is the best: you need to speak to a lawyer. Do as much research as you can (including here) but it is not an easy case.
My son's application got approved. The process took about a year from the opening of our application packet till my son's landing in Canada. There is no harm in pursuing it if you can build the case on the outlines given by IRCC. Best of luck, keep reading about it and feel free to shoot a message.