Sponsoring a spouse but not his child

[sam16]

hi all!
Long story short, I plan to sponsor my fiancee after we get married to come to canada, the issue is is that he has a child that his mother has legal guardian over (teen parent, laws in florida) child mother has signed over the rights to his mom. he has talked it with his parents and his child will stay where she is now. i read on another post on this forum (and i wish i book marked it) that i will be able to sponsor him but on the application he either has to make note that he does have a child and they would have to go through medicals and whatnot, or that he will write a note stating that he will not sponsor the child in the future. imo i dont want him to write a note just in case something happens. will this make the process a lot longer because of it? will it raise any red flags?

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Hi

CIC is VERY reluctant to exclude a child from the Family Class, as this prevents any future sponsorship. If anything were to happen to the child's current guardians, your partner would not be able to bring the child to Canada.

To be safe, the child should have the medical done and be included in the app as non-accompanying. This means that she is not immigrating with him but still leaves the option of sponsoring her at a later date.

Also, not including her would cause the app to be delayed, possibly by several months, while CIC reviews the situation.