I really appreciate any help here:
I am a May 15 applicant. My application included my parents and my sister as dependent child. My sister was 22yrs and 5months old in the time of the application. By law, she could not be included in the application. But I did include her adding a cover letter explaining that my sister is still fully dependent (financially as she is full-time student and legally according to the laws of her country). They did not say anything about her being ineligible to be in the application, they asked for her biometrics, her medicals and even sent her a pre-arrival letter. Today, I received a letter saying that she is not eligible to be in the application as a dependent child. They gave us 60 days to provide more info and change their decisions.
I know that according to Canada immigration law she is not a dependent children as she is older than 22 yrs old and as her financial dependence on my parents is not due to a physical/mental conditions. However I have two questions:
1. Why it took them so long to say that she is ineligible? Isn't this one of the first things they check in CPC-M? Asking for her bio, medicals and even sending her pre-arrival letter and now they noticed that she is not eligible? It does seem to me that one officer in CPC-M initially accepted my cover letter and now another officer in my LVO did not accept it. Any thoughts? - It was your choice to add your sister to the file, knowing that you will be getting rej
2. Do you know any similar cases? Is there a way to include my sister as a dependent child as she is financially and legally dependent on my parents?
I appreciate any thoughts or advise.
@YULIA-2016 @robertp @laxsun @jayeshaminnew
1. Why it took them so long to say that she is ineligible? Isn't this one of the first things they check in CPC-M? Asking for her bio, medicals and even sending her pre-arrival letter and now they noticed that she is not eligible? It does seem to me that one officer in CPC-M initially accepted my cover letter and now another officer in my LVO did not accept it. Any thoughts? -
It was your choice to add your sister to the file, knowing she is not eligible. Sorry, you have no choice here. They usually ask for everything for all the applicants on the file (bio, medical, etc.). Initially, they just look for file completeness check and once everything is done, it gets handed over to the officer for review.
2. Do you know any similar cases? Is there a way to include my sister as a dependent child as she is financially and legally dependent on my parents?
No, there is no way you can add her.