Plead advise on duration of sponsorship for non-PR child

[Rustamjan]

Dear experts,

My wife, two daughters and myself are PR holders. We received our Permanent Resident Cards in 2010 November and resided in Canada only for 1 month. On December 2010 we returned to our home country due to deterioration of my mother’s health. Recently my sister agreed to stay with my mother and take care of her if we leave to Canada. So, we decided to relocate to Canada permanently.

But there is one issue which is very hard for my wife and myself. We have third daughter born outside of Canada, in our home country. As per the advise from Canadian Embassy in Moscow I applied for TRV for my non-PR child. Unfortunately, TRV has been rejected. And now, I think more or less reliable option seems to be leaving my non-PR child with my sister in my home country and initiate Sponsorship for my non-PR child upon arrival in Canada.

I understant we are not in good situation having lived outside of Canada since receipt of PR. We are planning to arrive in Canada on 16 January 2014, and as per my calculation we can make 700 days (instead of 730) during 5 years. Hopefully, we can be lucky and will not be reported by the Visa Officer at the Pearson airport.

My question is:

How long does it take to complete Sponorship for my daughter ? I mean how long it may take from the date of my application for my daughter's sponsorship until I can bring her to Canada ?

I understan that legal timeframe mentioned in the immigration pages, but I guess 1,5 year baby will not undergo criminal check and some other steps that are applied for adults. Taking into consideration above can someone share information/experience on the timeframe that will take for 1.5 year non-PR child


Thanks

 

[on-hold]

This is a tough situation to be in -- I don't have any advice or information for you, but I wish you all luck, and hope that things go smoothly and quickly.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

I understant we are not in good situation having lived outside of Canada since receipt of PR. We are planning to arrive in Canada on 16 January 2014, and as per my calculation we can make 700 days (instead of 730) during 5 years. Hopefully, we can be lucky and will not be reported by the Visa Officer at the Pearson airport.

How long does it take to complete Sponorship for my daughter ? I mean how long it may take from the date of my application for my daughter's sponsorship until I can bring her to Canada ?

Hi

The biggest problem is that you cannot sponsor your child while you do not meet the residency obligation, as you risk being reported for not meeting the RO. If reported, you could try to show Humanitarian and Compassionate reasons, taking care of your mother, but H&C is difficult. Most likely, you would lose your PR status

To avoid that risk, you would need to wait until you meet the RO and have a full 730 days in Canada before sponsoring your daughter. Taking a guess, as no one knows what the processing times will be like 2 years from now, it would probably take about a year to complete the sponsorship process, so 3 years altogether.