It's thoughtless adult children who allow their elderly parents to go out of status in a foreign country and place them into the immigration enforcement stream and then claim to have "forgotten" to extend their legal status in Canada. One must question this sudden and inexplicable lack of understanding of immigration requirements from a family with so much experience in dealing with immigration processes.
It's cute that you posted this in the refugee section - are you entertaining some more short-term thinking?
Your parents have applied for something that is offered - H&C - so no resentment from me in looking to access it, however what you've risked is this:
- H&C refusal
- Removal from Canada
- and when the sad day arrives and one parent passes away, the remaining parent will be left completely alone in their home country unable to even visit Canada.
Don't pretend that this is done in the interests of your parents when you've decided to put them at risk of being completely alone when they will be most vulnerable - you want their domestic services.
