Smithd said:
I was wondering if I could get some help with this question. I was talking to my husband about his son who is 16 years old and has downs syndrome. He will not come to Canada because he is very close with his grandma at this time and would be a hard adjustment. If something happened to my mother-in-law then his son would need to come to Canada. Do we need to send in his sons medical and birth certificate now before my husband is approved or can we wait till the future when he needs to come to Canada. We are August 2016 applicants and things to moving fast on here lately and not sure what to do. Sorry this is so long. Thanks for any help.
Hello Smithd, if in the future you ever want/need to sponsor your step-son to immigrate to Canada you need to include him on the application as a "non-accompanying dependent". If he is not included on the application (including all of his details and a medical)
before your husband gets approved, then you will not be able to sponsor him in the future. Immigration is very strict about this, I have never heard of any exceptions to this rule so far.
Because your step-son will be considered a dependent in the future (due to having Down's syndrome) even as an adult, you won't have to worry about him passing the qualifying age for a dependent (right now it is under 19; however, in 2017 they are going to raise the age back up to under 22) but you need to act quickly to get him added to the application ASAP.
I would suggest you send a case specific enquiry to clarify the paperwork needed to add him to the application.
Good luck and Blessings.