Does "immediate family" include half-siblings that you've never even met?

[Zoide]

Hi,

I received an ITA and I'm now filling out the section about my wife's "immediate family".

I see that the dropdown box includes an option for "half-sister". My wife has a half-sister whose name she doesn't even remember and who she's never even met. My father-in-law had her out of wedlock many years before marrying my wife's mother, so they didn't grow up together.

Do we need to track down her name and date of birth? Or can we omit her from the form?

Thanks

 

[Zoide]

Anyone?

Thanks

 

[canuck_in_uk]

No one even knows the first name of the sister? If not, put Unknown for everything and explain on a separate sheet.

 

[Zoide]

No one even knows the first name of the sister? If not, put Unknown for everything and explain on a separate sheet.

Is it really necessary to include her at all? She has no real-life relationship whatsoever with my wife and is probably not officially listed as my father-in-law's daughter in the Costa Rican national registry...

My wife would *really* rather avoid mentioning her at all. Would the Canadian government track down and contact her, for example?

Thanks

 

[Dedicated]

It does not matter if they met, ever talked, love or hate each other.
You have to list the siblings. Half-sibling is also a sibling.

You can ask this question as many times as you want. The answer will remain the same.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Is it really necessary to include her at all? She has no real-life relationship whatsoever with my wife and is probably not officially listed as my father-in-law's daughter in the Costa Rican national registry...

My wife would *really* rather avoid mentioning her at all. Would the Canadian government track down and contact her, for example?

She has a half-sister. She knows she has a half-sister. Omitting that fact is misrepresentation. You decide if you want to commit fraud.

The Canadian government is not going to waste time and money tracking down the random unknown half-sister of one of the hundreds of thousands of people immigrating to Canada...

 

[Zoide]

Fine, we'll see if we can track down the half-sister's name and birth date.

I appreciate the information, but there's no need to be rude. I hope that not everyone in Canada is so curt

If I were a dishonest person who intended to defraud someone, I wouldn't even have bothered to ask about the proper way to do things and whether there were exceptions and such.

 

[kryt0n]

Well as someone once told me "you don't get to pick and choose the rules CIC set. Either give them the information or lie".

 

[g126]

I had a similar problem with my wife's estranged father. He dies a few years ago and although we knew the year and month, did not know the exact date.

I put an approximate date and explained it in the LoE. You could do the same, but the recommended course of action is to track her down and get the right information if possible.

Good luck!

 

[Negyiri]

She has a half-sister. She knows she has a half-sister. Omitting that fact is misrepresentation. You decide if you want to commit fraud.

The Canadian government is not going to waste time and money tracking down the random unknown half-sister of one of the hundreds of thousands of people immigrating to Canada...

please what did you do eventually?