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Didn’t mention a half sister on study permit application.

Ibko

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Jul 28, 2024
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I have a half sister I was fairly introduced to at the age of 5 but because my dad had two wives and my mummy was the second. After the death of my mum I got to know he had a second wife but I didn't have a relationship with the second family so I didn't declare them on my study permit because I had no information about them. I got to know later by my dad few days after I arrived in Canada and I was facing abit of a challenge that my half sister is here in Canada. We reconnected and we have since been living together. I got ITA now and I am claiming her, can I just write a letter of explanation attaching our birth certificates to show we have same fathers, my mum's death certificate and pictures of us together to prove our relationship?

*please note that when she came into Canada she didn't declare me either because of the family circumstances and she has already applied for citizenship but waiting for a decision. I would also like to know if claiming her would affect her own application.

Thank you
 

canuck78

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Jun 18, 2017
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I have a half sister I was fairly introduced to at the age of 5 but because my dad had two wives and my mummy was the second. After the death of my mum I got to know he had a second wife but I didn't have a relationship with the second family so I didn't declare them on my study permit because I had no information about them. I got to know later by my dad few days after I arrived in Canada and I was facing abit of a challenge that my half sister is here in Canada. We reconnected and we have since been living together. I got ITA now and I am claiming her, can I just write a letter of explanation attaching our birth certificates to show we have same fathers, my mum's death certificate and pictures of us together to prove our relationship?

*please note that when she came into Canada she didn't declare me either because of the family circumstances and she has already applied for citizenship but waiting for a decision. I would also like to know if claiming her would affect her own application.

Thank you
You both need to declare and attach proof of explanation of why you both didn’t declare