previously married, getting married to a canadian, PR application issues

[iceebaby]

Hi there! My friend is marrying a Canadian and will be applying for permanent residency soon. The thing is, he used to be married back home and has children. When his Canadian fiancee/soon to be wife applies for the sponsorship, do they have to include the children in the application? what about the ex-wife? Thanks!

 

[scylla]

Yes - he must include his children if they are under 19 years of age. Each child will also have to pass a medical (regardless of whether they are coming to Canada with him or not).

No - he will not include his ex wife.

 

[taymos]

Hi,
Please, I need an advice concerning sponsoring my spouse still back home. Tell me what I need to do, to bring her and my daughter to Canada. When I was filing my application to come to Canada, I did it with my former wife, who died of Diabetes before I receive a medical test letter from the MPNP. So I was advised to restart a new application by MPNP and filed in as a widower, so it took me almost 2 years, in between these years, I remarried, but I did not include them in my application, because the application has reached an advanced stage.
Now, Iam in Canada, without them. I need your advise on how I will apply for them and bring them into Canada. Please your advise is urgently needed. Thanks.

 

[zardoz]

Hi,
Please, I need an advice concerning sponsoring my spouse still back home. Tell me what I need to do, to bring her and my daughter to Canada. When I was filing my application to come to Canada, I did it with my former wife, who died of Diabetes before I receive a medical test letter from the MPNP. So I was advised to restart a new application by MPNP and filed in as a widower, so it took me almost 2 years, in between these years, I remarried, but I did not include them in my application, because the application has reached an advanced stage.
Now, Iam in Canada, without them. I need your advise on how I will apply for them and bring them into Canada. Please your advise is urgently needed. Thanks.

If you were married to your new spouse AND you didn't include her or your daughter in your application AND you landed as a Permanent Resident without declaring them, you can't sponsor them.

 

[on-hold]

If you were married to your new spouse AND you didn't include her or your daughter in your application AND you landed as a Permanent Resident without declaring them, you can't sponsor them.

Yeah, CIC is pretty determined on this -- their only chance of coming is to apply on their own merits now, under the FSW or another program. It's too bad -- why didn't you include them in your application? It would have been straightforward.