Outland spousal sponsorship - help needed!

[Kate CP]

Hi all,

I've got dual citizenship - British and Canadian. I was born in Canada, but I now live and work permanently in the UK.

My husband is a British citizen (we married in 2009, in the UK); we have one daughter (born 2014) and are expecting our second baby next year (2016). Both children were/will be born in the UK, but both are Canadian citizens through me. We are going to apply for proof of citizenship for both of them once the second one is here next year.

We are intending to put in our spousal sponsorship application mid-next year, once our second child is here, but in the meantime we want to try and get the forms and documentation ready so we don't delay things too much.

We haven't got very far yet, but I already have some questions about the generic application form for Canada (IMM0008_ENU2D).

On question 3, it asks my husband to declare how many family members, including himself, are in the application.

Since I am his spouse, a Canadian citizen, and since I am the one sponsoring him, I am not to be included in this figure, according to the guide. But should our two kids, who are also Canadian citizens be included in this?

From what I can find on the government website, family members only include spouses and children, but surely our kids don't need to be included on the application if they're already citizens? They aren't being 'sponsored', but the guide makes no reference to citizen vs non-citizen family members, so we don't want to leave them off the form if they need to be there!

Thanks so much in advance!

Kate

 

[taffy7]

No your children will have Canadian citizenship . As for getting things ready . Its great to get familiar with the forms, but forms get updated so make sure when you are ready to send off your application they are the current forms.


You will need to show intent of returning to Canada. That's the big one. A medical for your husband and a police check will also be required.

Please join us on the London outland thread . All the answers you are looking for will be under the user name Andrew-brit .

 

[Rob_TO]

They aren't being 'sponsored', but the guide makes no reference to citizen vs non-citizen family members, so we don't want to leave them off the form if they need to be there!

Actually yes the guide and forms do make several references to this.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/3999Etoc.asp
Dependant(s)
You, the principal applicant must answer each question on behalf of each of your dependant(s).
Note: Remember that all questions in this section are about your dependant. You must include your spouse or common-law partner, if applicable, and all of your dependent children, and those of your spouse or common-law partner, who are not already permanent residents or Canadian citizens.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/forms/IMM0008ENU_2D.pdf
DEPENDANT(S)
You must include your spouse or common-law partner, if applicable, and all of your dependent children, and those of your spouse or common-law partner, who are not already permanent residents or Canadian citizens.

The only form your Canadian kids' info will need to be entered (along with brothers and sisters), is this one: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/forms/IMM5406E.pdf

 

[Kate CP]

thanks so much both, for your help. that's great.

lucky i asked!!

Rob_TO, thanks so much for quoting the places I'd clearly missed in the guides etc. I have been so confused trying to find everything and read it that I don't think I've even found everything yet. But that's really helpful. Happy days.

I didn't even have IMM5406E in the bunch of docs that I'd collected so that's great!

Probably see you soon with more questions! Will look up your post, taffy7!