Sorry I don't understand what you mean by "filing a petition for them"...you mean including them in your application?siouxe said:In my application, i had specified my wife and son in the Dependents area. Since we don't have any relatives there, we decided that they will not accompany me and I will just file a petition for them, maybe 3 or 4 years once I already settled there. Does it affect my application?
If that is what you did then you are correct...better to include them in your application even if you don't intend them to accompany you straight away..
But please note that once they receive the Visa they will have to land in Canada at some point before the Visa expires...expiry date is usually one year from the date the Medicals were done...so 3-4 years here is not an option since their visa would have expired and you would need to resubmit a new application.
They can always land in Canada just to acquire PR status and then travel back to your home country,,,later on they can easily join you once again in Canada once things are settled for you there...
All the best