Inland family sponsorship stepson study permit

[Perlita]

My husband is born and raised Canadian, and we are doing an inland sponsorship, we received a letter with our case number and cic account.
My son is in kindergarten but in September he will be starting first grade, he is my son from a previous marriage but he is my husbands dependant, does he needs a study permit? Would we have to cover the tuition? We cAme to Canada in April 2015 submitted our application thru canadavisa lawyers in October 2015 and recived our case number March 2016 we have a multiple entry visa valid passport and extended visitor status. Can we vacation in Mexico? We have so many questions and lawyer never seems to respond to our particular case

 

[Alurra71]

My husband is born and raised Canadian, and we are doing an inland sponsorship, we received a letter with our case number and cic account.
My son is in kindergarten but in September he will be starting first grade, he is my son from a previous marriage but he is my husbands dependant, does he needs a study permit? Would we have to cover the tuition? We cAme to Canada in April 2015 submitted our application thru canadavisa lawyers in October 2015 and recived our case number March 2016 we have a multiple entry visa valid passport and extended visitor status. Can we vacation in Mexico? We have so many questions and lawyer never seems to respond to our particular case

It will be up to the individual school as to whether or not your son will need to pay tuition. I don't believe he would need a study permit though as this is just grammar school. Each school system in each province and from one city to the next can differ in how they respond to this kind of situation. All you can do is ask them and take their advice. Even your lawyer won't be able to give you an answer in that regards.

As long as you have a multiple entry visa that won't expire before your return trip from Mexico you should be fine. Keep a copy of your receipt and file numbers in case CBSA gives you a hard time upon reentry to Canada. You SHOULD be ok, but there is always a chance that they could refuse you re-entry, in which case your inland application would be considered abandoned and you would need to start another application for OUTLAND.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

So I've been in Canada for 12 months and send my application almost 6 moths ago, does that mean I can get a work permit even if I don't plan to work just to get status and I don't have to get a study permit for my son?
Also read that doing and inland sponsorship gives me status, what would that status be?

My main worry is my son and not going back to Mexico until the process is done,

but we also were planing on extending our family and put it on hold because someone told us it could affect our application

What is your current status?

You should have submitted an OWP app with the inland PR app. Submitting an inland app on its own DOES NOT grant you any status in Canada.

As said above, travelling with an inland app in process always carries some risk.

The only real effect if you are pregnant is if CIC requests the medical and you choose to delay the chest x-ray until after the birth. Even then, it just delays the app; it has zero effect otherwise.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

I didn't apply for a work permit because lawyer said chances of getting it were low, I'm a stay at home mom and have never worked.
I believe my status is visitor as I have extended my visitor permit
I already provide my medical exam I believe it was a mistake of my lawyer to ask me to get them done before the application was send bus obviously I fallow everything they tell me to we hire the Campbell Cohen firm and they just seem to have so many cases you are a number and not a person for them

Stupid bl**dy lawyers.

The OWP granted with an inland app has NOTHING to do with your work history or whether you intend to work once it's granted. You would have received the OWP by now had it been included in your PR app.

As you have valid status and an inland app submitted, you can apply for it now. It will be about 4 months before it arrives.

No, you shouldn't have done the medical ahead of time. You will most likely be requested to do another one later on in the process.

 

[Rob_TO]

That's why I keep saying for the lawyers you are just a number, so many of their emails just looked like copy paste, also I just notice this forum belongs to Campbell Cohen firm hahaha for anyone out there wondering lawyer services for a family sponsorship is $2000 cad + application fees

There should be a way to help families, the process is way to long I can't imagine the frustration of people who sponsorship gets rejected after waiting so long, hope this doesn't become my case.

So I'm going to apply for my sons study permit continue extending our visitor status and keep waiting suposly we should have a resolution by April 2017.

Since you have valid visitor status now you should immediately apply for OWP. With the OWP, you wouldn't need to extend any status for duration of your PR app. Link here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/updates/2014/2014-12-22.asp

The amount of flat out wrong info you got from the lawyer is mind boggling.
1. You shouldn't have done medical upfront
2. You should have applied for OWP along with inland app to get implied status
3. The only qualification for the OWP is that you have an inland app submitted and have valid status here

I would demand a refund from them based on the way they botched your application, and/or even report your lawyer to whatever organization tracks immigration lawyers. Hopefully they didn't screw up anything else in your app!

 

[Ponga]

My husband is born and raised Canadian, and we are doing an inland sponsorship, we received a letter with our case number and cic account.
My son is in kindergarten but in September he will be starting first grade, he is my son from a previous marriage but he is my husbands dependant, does he needs a study permit? Would we have to cover the tuition? We cAme to Canada in April 2015 submitted our application thru canadavisa lawyers in October 2015 and recived our case number March 2016 we have a multiple entry visa valid passport and extended visitor status. Can we vacation in Mexico? We have so many questions and lawyer never seems to respond to our particular case

You mean the lawyers that host this website?!

 

[Rob_TO]

My visitor expires July 19th and I'm suppose to extended 30 days before that, if I apply for an OWP now will that keep my status until I get it or do I still have to extended the visitor? Also will my OWP cover my son or will still have to apply for student permit and extend his visitors? I guess what have made all this more complicated is having to do everything double for me and my son. Have you heard of people with the OWP or a visitors that travel outside Canada and are able to reentry with no problem? In July I would love to just retry instead of extending my visitors. When my husband and I got married never really plan to come to Canada but his job move him back here with short notice, I really want to be in Mexico

Also thank you for your response is being of so much help

Yes if you submit your app for OWP, that instantly gives you implied status so there would be no need to apply also to extend your visitor status. Make sure you fill the forms out correctly and pay the correct fee. Apply immediately, don't wait until your visitor status is set to expire. As far as I know this would apply only to you, your son would need to maintain valid visitor or student status separately.

When you get the OWP, and with your multi entry TRV, you should have no problems re-entering Canada if you left for a short holiday. However the risk is if on the small chance you were denied entry, your inland app would be cancelled.

Seems like you should have applied outland anyways right from the beginning, which would have been a much quicker processing time to be approved and have PR status, and you would be able to travel in and out of Canada with no risk to the application. Just another bit of info your incompetent lawyer seems to have not communicated to you.

 

[Aquakitty]

We didn't want to be apart and to what was explained to me if it was Outland my son wouldn't be able to study here and if he was studying in Mexico we wouldn't be able to travel as often.

I'm truly great full for all the information that's being provide I'll apply for my OWP and my sons study permit, also I'll be having a talk with my case representative about all this information I didn't get from them, for the amount they charge you would expect them to pay more attention to everyones particular situation

That doesn't make much sense either, because regardless if you apply inland or outland, your son's status remains the same. You can be a visitor and he can be a student in Canada while you apply outland.

How can they specialize in immigration yet be this unknowledgable? Boggles the mind. Maybe you got the intern? $2000 is actually on the cheaper side for a lawyer immigration case.

 

[Rob_TO]

We didn't want to be apart and to what was explained to me if it was Outland my son wouldn't be able to study here and if he was studying in Mexico we wouldn't be able to travel as often.

It's perfectly fine to stay in Canada as a visitor while your outland app is processing. CIC even recommends in their inland guide, that people consider an outland app instead to take advantage of the quicker processing times.
And as mentioned your son's status and ability to study here would not matter on if the app was inland or outland.

Again I would list the many aspects of your app the lawyer gave you horrible advice on, and demand a full refund from them. This is very basic info they are getting completely wrong, that would apply to any applicant and not just to your own situation.

Point them to this thread on the negative attention it's bringing them. A refund and apology to you would at least cause some forgiveness. Wouldn't be surprised if this thread suddenly disappears though...