Non-accompanying family members
Family members who are dependent on the principal applicant but who are not immigrating to Canada. They include a spouse or common-law partner, dependent children, and the children of a dependent child.
These people must be listed on the principal applicant’s application for permanent residence. They should have a medical exam so they can remain eligible for sponsorship at a later date.
If the Principal Applicant excludes a Non-accompanying family member from their PR application, the accompanying dependant cannot be sponsored for PR in Canada in the future…
The PA is required to include their Accompanying and Non-accompanying dependents (only the spouse, children, and grand-children) in their PR application.
Refer Glossary for definition...
When the current Sponsor (i.e., person sponsoring their spouse today) earlier applied for PR in Canada, e.g., Express Entry, Provincial Nominee, etc………..they were the Principal Applicant in the PR in Canada application.........if the PA included their spouse as a dependant but indicated in their PR application that their spouse will be a Non-accompanying family member……..meaning the spouse will not land as a PR in Canada with the PA………and only the PA should be issued PR visa to land as PR in Canada.
This could happen for some reasons like, when some couples decide for some reasons like it’s better for the PA to land first and the spouse will move to join later, or the spouse should stay back outside Canada for family, business, children interest, etc.
Once the PA has landed as a PR to Canada, they could then sponsor their spouse for PR in Canada.
- If you have never applied for a PR visa………..answer “NO”.
- If you have earlier applied for a PR visa and included your spouse as an Accompanying dependent, certainly that Accompanying spouse would have received PR visa and cannot be the same spouse you are sponsoring today…………answer “NO”.
- If you were earlier sponsored by your spouse for PR visa, certainly you could not have indicated your spouse as a dependant since your spouse was the Sponsor in your earlier PR sponsorship application, and if you are sponsoring your new spouse or partner today…………answer “NO”.
- If you have earlier applied for a PR visa and included your spouse as a Non-accompanying dependent who did not receive a PR visa…………answer “YES”.
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