Help please. Removing accompanying parent from parent sponsorship application.

[September_january]

Hello everyone, I'm in a bit of a unique situation with my parent sponsorship application and would appreciate your help.
We submitted our application in September 2024. My mother is the principal applicant and my dad is added as an accompanying spouse.

We submitted and passed biometrics, medicals, police certificates etc. we have recieved two pre-arrival letters.

We just got an email for my dad to submit his military record and schedule A.
The situation for the military record for my dad is a bit complicated. Long story short, we might not be able to provide the requested document on the military record for my dad in a timely manner as there are issues that we have to resolve administratively that could take months or even years.I understand that we could communicate this to IRCC and see what they say.

Another option that we are considering is to remove my dad from the application. My mom is very eager and has strong intention to live in Canada with his Canadian kids and grandkids but my dad is not that much interested in residing in Canada anyways as he is busy with his business.

We are worried that my mom's application will be in jeopardy due to this issue.

My question is, can we remove my dad, who is currently in the application as the accompanying spouse, from my mom's application so that my mom's application can move forward? If so, how can we do this?

 

[scylla]

Hello everyone, I'm in a bit of a unique situation with my parent sponsorship application and would appreciate your help.
We submitted our application in September 2024. My mother is the principal applicant and my dad is added as an accompanying spouse.

We submitted and passed biometrics, medicals, police certificates etc. we have recieved two pre-arrival letters.

We just got an email for my dad to submit his military record and schedule A.
The situation for the military record for my dad is a bit complicated. Long story short, we might not be able to provide the requested document on the military record for my dad in a timely manner as there are issues that we have to resolve administratively that could take months or even years.I understand that we could communicate this to IRCC and see what they say.

Another option that we are considering is to remove my dad from the application. My mom is very eager and has strong intention to live in Canada with his Canadian kids and grandkids but my dad is not that much interested in residing in Canada anyways as he is busy with his business.

We are worried that my mom's application will be in jeopardy due to this issue.

My question is, can we remove my dad, who is currently in the application as the accompanying spouse, from my mom's application so that my mom's application can move forward? If so, how can we do this?

Not possible to remove him. He must pass the medical and the police / security check in order for your mother's application to be approved.

 

[September_january]

Not possible to remove him. He must pass the medical and the police / security check in order for your mother's application to be approved.

Thanks for your reply.

So even if we hadn't included my dad in the application originally, he still would have had to pass the security and background check etc ?

 

[scylla]

Thanks for your reply.

So even if we hadn't included my dad in the application originally, he still would have had to pass the security and background check etc ?

You had the option to include your father as either accompanying or non accompanying, he cannot be excluded from the application entirely. Either way, he needs to pass both the medical and the background/security checks (even if only your mom is getting PR).

 

[winnipeg2013]

Hello everyone, I'm in a bit of a unique situation with my parent sponsorship application and would appreciate your help.
We submitted our application in September 2024. My mother is the principal applicant and my dad is added as an accompanying spouse.

We submitted and passed biometrics, medicals, police certificates etc. we have recieved two pre-arrival letters.

We just got an email for my dad to submit his military record and schedule A.
The situation for the military record for my dad is a bit complicated. Long story short, we might not be able to provide the requested document on the military record for my dad in a timely manner as there are issues that we have to resolve administratively that could take months or even years.I understand that we could communicate this to IRCC and see what they say.

Another option that we are considering is to remove my dad from the application. My mom is very eager and has strong intention to live in Canada with his Canadian kids and grandkids but my dad is not that much interested in residing in Canada anyways as he is busy with his business.

We are worried that my mom's application will be in jeopardy due to this issue.

My question is, can we remove my dad, who is currently in the application as the accompanying spouse, from my mom's application so that my mom's application can move forward? If so, how can we do this?

My dad was in military as well, do you mind sharing what records they asked so we can be prepared!