My wife and I are planning to sponsor two of her adopted brothers. They were adopted by my wife´s mom when they were just babies. Both of there birth certificates were transferred to the family´s name, also, both of my wife´s parents were listed in the certificate. They are currently both under 18 years of age.
My wife´s parents separated (dad had left them behind) when my wife was just a kid but not legally (divorce). During the time the two brothers were not in the picture yet. When my wife, her mom and other siblings migrated here in Canada, the two brothers got left behind with the care of her other older sister. Unfortunately, my wife´s mom had passed away and the older sister could no longer take care of the two bothers.
We are both Canadian citizen and our combine income are enough for sponsorship. My question is can we sponsor the two adopted brothers under the section of other orphan relatives? They are technically orphaned in a sense that the dad was never in the picture the time when they were growing up. If anyone can leave a comment or offer some advise, much appreciated. One of the brother will be turning 18 this year and I want to forward our application asap. Thanks.
Here's more info:
Those two brothers were adopted at birth, (no actual documents of the adoption) older brother was actually abandoned by his biological mother to my wife´s mom when he was a baby. When the older brother birth certificate was filed, my wife´s parent names were used as they were the actual biological parents. In reality it was only the mom who adopted him, or "gave birth" to him in a sense based on his birth certificate and the dad was only included in paper for unknown reason, maybe it was a requirement when filing the birth certificate. Younger brother case was almost identical and exact same thing with the birth certificate. The two boys are not aware that they are adopted, they see my wife's mom as their parent and vice versa. The two problems I see is the "dad" being alive and their birth certificates showing the parents married. But really he´s not the father of them both, he was never in the picture when they were adopted and he was not even the real biological father. This is what I´m confuse about, How do I show proof that these two brothers are actually orphaned? And ever since they were little, the wife´s mom and the older sister acted as the parent/ guardian for them two. What kind of documentations do I need to provide the immigration to qualify the brothers as orphan relatives? I know death certificate for the mom but...I don´t know the dad´s role here.
A bit of timeline:
late 80´s/ early 90´s parents seperated
*1994 Dec - older brother date of birth *adopted by wife´s mom at the same date*
*1997 Mar - younger brother date of birth *adopted by wife´s mom at the same date*
*2001 May - wife´s mom came to Canada - brothers was left behind under custody of the older daughter( wife´s sister)
*2003 Dec - wife´s mom passed away
*2003-2012 brothers grew up under the older sister guardianship...
*2012 - sister could no longer take care of the two brothers, asked if we can sponsor them
My wife´s parents separated (dad had left them behind) when my wife was just a kid but not legally (divorce). During the time the two brothers were not in the picture yet. When my wife, her mom and other siblings migrated here in Canada, the two brothers got left behind with the care of her other older sister. Unfortunately, my wife´s mom had passed away and the older sister could no longer take care of the two bothers.
We are both Canadian citizen and our combine income are enough for sponsorship. My question is can we sponsor the two adopted brothers under the section of other orphan relatives? They are technically orphaned in a sense that the dad was never in the picture the time when they were growing up. If anyone can leave a comment or offer some advise, much appreciated. One of the brother will be turning 18 this year and I want to forward our application asap. Thanks.
Here's more info:
Those two brothers were adopted at birth, (no actual documents of the adoption) older brother was actually abandoned by his biological mother to my wife´s mom when he was a baby. When the older brother birth certificate was filed, my wife´s parent names were used as they were the actual biological parents. In reality it was only the mom who adopted him, or "gave birth" to him in a sense based on his birth certificate and the dad was only included in paper for unknown reason, maybe it was a requirement when filing the birth certificate. Younger brother case was almost identical and exact same thing with the birth certificate. The two boys are not aware that they are adopted, they see my wife's mom as their parent and vice versa. The two problems I see is the "dad" being alive and their birth certificates showing the parents married. But really he´s not the father of them both, he was never in the picture when they were adopted and he was not even the real biological father. This is what I´m confuse about, How do I show proof that these two brothers are actually orphaned? And ever since they were little, the wife´s mom and the older sister acted as the parent/ guardian for them two. What kind of documentations do I need to provide the immigration to qualify the brothers as orphan relatives? I know death certificate for the mom but...I don´t know the dad´s role here.
A bit of timeline:
late 80´s/ early 90´s parents seperated
*1994 Dec - older brother date of birth *adopted by wife´s mom at the same date*
*1997 Mar - younger brother date of birth *adopted by wife´s mom at the same date*
*2001 May - wife´s mom came to Canada - brothers was left behind under custody of the older daughter( wife´s sister)
*2003 Dec - wife´s mom passed away
*2003-2012 brothers grew up under the older sister guardianship...
*2012 - sister could no longer take care of the two brothers, asked if we can sponsor them
