Need advice on baby’s PR or TRV

[AK_RAJU]

Hi,

I am a permanent resident and stayed in canada for 4 months last year without a canadian job. My wife was pregnant and had to take care of her, so i returned to India. Meanwhile I sponsored PR to my wife and she received COPR. She should visit canada before November 2025. But our baby doesn’t have a PR or TRV.

So can anyone please guide us a way forward here? Neither me nor my wife have a job in Canada. Should I apply for a TRV or PR for my baby to take with us to Canada this year?

 

[Naturgrl]

Hi,

I am a permanent resident and stayed in canada for 4 months last year without a canadian job. My wife was pregnant and had to take care of her, so i returned to India. Meanwhile I sponsored PR to my wife and she received COPR. She should visit canada before November 2025. But our baby doesn’t have a PR or TRV.

So can anyone please guide us a way forward here? Neither me nor my wife have a job in Canada. Should I apply for a TRV or PR for my baby to take with us to Canada this year?

You cannot apply for baby's PR until one of you are living in Canada. So you can apply for TRV but if refused then come to Canada, apply for PR and wait. If approved, then have health insurance because baby will not have access to healthcare services until PR. Pay out of pocket.

 

[armoured]

Hi,

I am a permanent resident and stayed in canada for 4 months last year without a canadian job. My wife was pregnant and had to take care of her, so i returned to India. Meanwhile I sponsored PR to my wife and she received COPR. She should visit canada before November 2025. But our baby doesn’t have a PR or TRV.

So can anyone please guide us a way forward here? Neither me nor my wife have a job in Canada. Should I apply for a TRV or PR for my baby to take with us to Canada this year?

I respectfully disagree with advice above (although I think it was intended honestly, just missed that your spouse hadn't yet landed) - you MUST contact IRCC to add your child to your wife's PR application (the COPR has language to effect 'has your family composition changed? if so you must advise us'). Child will need to do medical etc. This will take some months. But at the end of it the child will also have COPR and become a PR as soon as travels to Canada.

Your wife absolutely should NOT travel to Canada yet.

Note, as sponsor you were supposed to remain in Canada. Short trips abroad are fine, but I can't say whether the long absence will be noticed. I don't know if there is a way to deal with this - you could write an explanation that you had to go to take care of her, but this may draw attention to the fact that you left (and stayed). The best way to deal with this is for you to return to Canada ASAP. Yes, this will mean some time apart.