I received the letter at my Ontario home from the L.A. consulate dated 2 February 2015 requesting medicals for the three non-accompanying children who had their medicals back in July 2013. I am assuming this is the same letter my ex-wife called to inform me of this past Saturday. In addition to the medicals, just as was required before, I am also required to provide:
Generic Application Form for Canada (IMM 0008)
Additional Family Information (IMM 5406)
Civil documents: Copy of birth certificate (including names of the parents)
Any update/changes in personal/contact information
For my 19 year old son only, in addition to that:
Schedule A - Background/Declaration (IMM 5669)
original FBI Identity History Summary Check by fingerprints
marriage certificate/divorce certificate (which he doesn't have since he's never been married)
Copy of the passport biographical data page
Noticeably absent from the June 2013 requirements are the passport size photos, which speaks to the question asked about this by sniper23.
I called the call centre for advice as this letter from 2 Feb is vastly different from the letter also from the LA consulate on 23 Jan where they said that medicals being expired shouldn't matter since they are non-accompanying, and what to do about the fact my ex-wife promised to fight me on this, especially given that my ability to live here in Canada with my wife is now in jeopardy and my ex-wife seems to hold that power over us.
The call centre agent's response was to provide me the process for which I can request an exemption to this requirement, as it is not uncommon for people to be unable to comply due to an uncooperative ex-wife with primary custody of the children who refuses to permit compliance. Important in this is that I document everything I have done to attempt compliance and all messages I have received from her refusing compliance (email, facebook, text messages, documented telephone conversations). Then I must submit a statutory declaration (there is a legal definition to this which is best handled by a lawyer) to send to Vegreville, and then the case agent will determine whether or not to waive this requirement.
My plan of action is to email my ex-wife and children all separately and make every final effort possible to fulfill the requirement before I take the final step of sending a statutory declaration, as I can imagine that one phone call won't be evidence enough. I need to show I tried as much as I could to get a favourable ruling on this, but I feel a bit more confident that it will work out in the end. It's just the hassle of having to deal with this, and the verbiage of the form letter which threatens to rule me inadmissible, that adds to the stress.
