Hi guys just want to make this thread for people like me who is 25 years old. Still studying and a dependent. 
Looking for dependents ages 22 and above. Please share all your thoughts here.
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August 1, 2014 – UPDATE— Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s (CIC) definition of a dependent child has changed.
The age at which a child will be considered a dependant has been reduced from under 22 to under 19.
The exception for full-time students has been removed. Applicants’ children who are 19 or over but are financially dependent on their parents and are enrolled in full-time studies are no longer eligible to be processed as dependent children.
In all cases, a child will continue to be considered a dependant, regardless of age, if they have depended substantially on their parents for financial support since before the age of 19 and are unable to be financially self-supporting because of a mental or physical condition.
New application kits, forms and fee information are available on CIC’s website.
All permanent residence applications received by CIC before August 1, 2014, will continue to benefit from the pre-amendment definition of dependent child.
Reducing the age for dependants to under 19 in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR) will bring the IRPR in line with provincial definitions of “age of majority,” which is currently evenly split between 18 and 19 across provinces and territories.
Young adults will be able to apply to come to Canada on their own merits as foreign students or through various economic programs.
Transitional measures are in place to allow certain applicants under multi-step permanent resident immigration programs who are in the immigration process before August 1, 2014, but who had not yet submitted their application for permanent residence, to have their applications completed based on the previous definition of dependent child.
These transitional measures apply to certain members of the following groups, including:
Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) applicants;
Applicants who have applied under one of Quebec’s economic programs;
Live-in caregivers;
Refugees abroad and refugee claimants;
Quebec humanitarian cases;
Parents or grandparents whose sponsorship applications were received before November 5, 2011; and
Privately sponsored refugees whose sponsorship applications were received before October 18, 2012.
In addition, effective August 1, 2014, to ensure that children who meet the definition of dependent child at the first stage of a multi-step permanent resident immigration program remain eligible throughout what can be a multi-year process, the child’s age will be “locked in” at the first formal step of the immigration process, except for those that benefit from a transitional provision. For example, the age of a child whose parent applies to the PNP will be “locked in” on the date that the application for nomination is made to the province.
The regulatory package was published in the Canada Gazette, Part II on June 18, 2014, and can be found on their website.
For more information on the change in the definition of a dependent child, including related changes and their implications, see CIC’s website.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/notices/2014-08-01.asp
The age at which a child will be considered a dependant has been reduced from under 22 to under 19.
The exception for full-time students has been removed. Applicants’ children who are 19 or over but are financially dependent on their parents and are enrolled in full-time studies are no longer eligible to be processed as dependent children.
In all cases, a child will continue to be considered a dependant, regardless of age, if they have depended substantially on their parents for financial support since before the age of 19 and are unable to be financially self-supporting because of a mental or physical condition.
New application kits, forms and fee information are available on CIC’s website.
All permanent residence applications received by CIC before August 1, 2014, will continue to benefit from the pre-amendment definition of dependent child.
Reducing the age for dependants to under 19 in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR) will bring the IRPR in line with provincial definitions of “age of majority,” which is currently evenly split between 18 and 19 across provinces and territories.
Young adults will be able to apply to come to Canada on their own merits as foreign students or through various economic programs.
Transitional measures are in place to allow certain applicants under multi-step permanent resident immigration programs who are in the immigration process before August 1, 2014, but who had not yet submitted their application for permanent residence, to have their applications completed based on the previous definition of dependent child.
These transitional measures apply to certain members of the following groups, including:
Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) applicants;
Applicants who have applied under one of Quebec’s economic programs;
Live-in caregivers;
Refugees abroad and refugee claimants;
Quebec humanitarian cases;
Parents or grandparents whose sponsorship applications were received before November 5, 2011; and
Privately sponsored refugees whose sponsorship applications were received before October 18, 2012.
In addition, effective August 1, 2014, to ensure that children who meet the definition of dependent child at the first stage of a multi-step permanent resident immigration program remain eligible throughout what can be a multi-year process, the child’s age will be “locked in” at the first formal step of the immigration process, except for those that benefit from a transitional provision. For example, the age of a child whose parent applies to the PNP will be “locked in” on the date that the application for nomination is made to the province.
The regulatory package was published in the Canada Gazette, Part II on June 18, 2014, and can be found on their website.
For more information on the change in the definition of a dependent child, including related changes and their implications, see CIC’s website.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/notices/2014-08-01.asp
hi wins26 I am knowledgeable about this changes on dependent however our consultant told us that she submitted our paper before August 1. as a matte of fact she have send me the the fedex proof that the embassy received our parcel on July 30 2014 so I was expecting we have reached the deadline...
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Hi samekara! I'll be turning 22 on dec and we're still waiting for our passport request and my mom's interview. I'm currently enrolled but I'm not attending school anymore. How old were you when your mom applied for pr?
Hi van same with us. We are waiting for our passport request. But my mom was done with her interview and she was given a permanent resident card last month. I'm also enrolled at a school. So what's the status of your application? Is your mom a permanent resident in canada?van. said: