Hello everyone, I'm a newbie here, great and informative site.
I have a bit of a dilemma. I I'm a naturalised Canadian citizen living in my home country. I recently adopted my 11 year old stepson who has been in my and my husband's custody for the past 8 years. I applied for Canadian Citizenship for him last year as per the rules on CIC. After taking months to approve the first part of my application, they requested part two which I sent with all relevant paperwork. A few weeks ago I got an email from CIC stating "We are processing your application for permanent residence for your adopted son." To top it off, they asked for a lot of different documents which would pertain to application for permanent residence, while on E-Cas it shows that they are processing for his Citizenship. I have no idea what's up, since my application clearly shows that we live outside of Canada and have no immediate intention to move back. All evidence shows that he lives with me, but here they are asking for proof of my "visits to him" and financial support sent by me from Canada to him over the past few years. Beside, application for citizenship is clearly different from PR, so I contancted CIC, explained that I was applying for citizenship, not PR , they responded yesterday telling me that my application for PR will be discontinued if I dont mail in the requested paperwork within 60 days of their letter.
What do I do? My son clearly meets the requirements for citizenship, not PR, since the adoption was completed outside of Canada and he has no immediate intention to move to Canada. and E-Cas shows that they are processing Citizenship..
Sorry for the long post.
Any advice on my next step, folks?
I have a bit of a dilemma. I I'm a naturalised Canadian citizen living in my home country. I recently adopted my 11 year old stepson who has been in my and my husband's custody for the past 8 years. I applied for Canadian Citizenship for him last year as per the rules on CIC. After taking months to approve the first part of my application, they requested part two which I sent with all relevant paperwork. A few weeks ago I got an email from CIC stating "We are processing your application for permanent residence for your adopted son." To top it off, they asked for a lot of different documents which would pertain to application for permanent residence, while on E-Cas it shows that they are processing for his Citizenship. I have no idea what's up, since my application clearly shows that we live outside of Canada and have no immediate intention to move back. All evidence shows that he lives with me, but here they are asking for proof of my "visits to him" and financial support sent by me from Canada to him over the past few years. Beside, application for citizenship is clearly different from PR, so I contancted CIC, explained that I was applying for citizenship, not PR , they responded yesterday telling me that my application for PR will be discontinued if I dont mail in the requested paperwork within 60 days of their letter.
What do I do? My son clearly meets the requirements for citizenship, not PR, since the adoption was completed outside of Canada and he has no immediate intention to move to Canada. and E-Cas shows that they are processing Citizenship..
Sorry for the long post.
Any advice on my next step, folks?
