Dear Leon, Scylla and anyone who can shed light, please advise what sponsorship package I should use to sponsor my son born in USA. I am currently living in USA with yet 2,5 years on my Canadian PR card to meet my minimum 2 year obligation. So I plan to move to Canada in June with 2+ years in my PR card left and start sponsoring my child, who will be outside of Canada at that time, but will be in Canada by September/October this year with a USA passport. So I have few questions:
1. As I see PR can only sponsor family members from inside Canada, not outside, right? And in this case, they should remain in Canada for the whole duration of processing. Is this true? And if it is true, can my short one week trip to USA cause cancellation of my sponsorship application, or only serious breach of residence will cause cancellation of sponsorship application?
2. Considering my son will be outside of Canada in June, but will be in Canada by September/October, what makes more sense, to apply for sponsorship through "Family Member Living Outside of Canada" (I guess it is more cumbersome process), or wait for my son to come with USA passport and apply when he is inside through “Family Member Living with me Inside of Canada" application? Are both options available for me or only one is available considering my situation?
3. When I read instruction for sponsoring "Family member living with me Inside Canada" it says they do not require to have legal status in Canada in order to be sponsored. My understanding is that if my son enters with USA passport, he falls under this category, and I can still sponsor him? Is that correct?
4. When I review package and forms for Family Class Sponsorship Living in Canada, the forms and instructions on CIC site talk about spouse and partner, but not about Child. Does it mean child cannot be sponsored through Living Inside Canada process?
5. Last question, it says sponsored person (that is my son) need to provide medical screening results for himself and any family member accompanying or not. How it applies to me, my wife and my elder son, since we are PR of Canada with valid PR cards, but we lived outside Canada for last 2,5 years. So legally we are his family, but practically we are also PRs in Canada and his sponsors, and have undergone those screening prior to becoming PRs. So do we need to submit our results as well?
Thanks a lot for your time and responses in advance!
Sincerely,
Ex-Soviet
1. As I see PR can only sponsor family members from inside Canada, not outside, right? And in this case, they should remain in Canada for the whole duration of processing. Is this true? And if it is true, can my short one week trip to USA cause cancellation of my sponsorship application, or only serious breach of residence will cause cancellation of sponsorship application?
2. Considering my son will be outside of Canada in June, but will be in Canada by September/October, what makes more sense, to apply for sponsorship through "Family Member Living Outside of Canada" (I guess it is more cumbersome process), or wait for my son to come with USA passport and apply when he is inside through “Family Member Living with me Inside of Canada" application? Are both options available for me or only one is available considering my situation?
3. When I read instruction for sponsoring "Family member living with me Inside Canada" it says they do not require to have legal status in Canada in order to be sponsored. My understanding is that if my son enters with USA passport, he falls under this category, and I can still sponsor him? Is that correct?
4. When I review package and forms for Family Class Sponsorship Living in Canada, the forms and instructions on CIC site talk about spouse and partner, but not about Child. Does it mean child cannot be sponsored through Living Inside Canada process?
5. Last question, it says sponsored person (that is my son) need to provide medical screening results for himself and any family member accompanying or not. How it applies to me, my wife and my elder son, since we are PR of Canada with valid PR cards, but we lived outside Canada for last 2,5 years. So legally we are his family, but practically we are also PRs in Canada and his sponsors, and have undergone those screening prior to becoming PRs. So do we need to submit our results as well?
Thanks a lot for your time and responses in advance!
Sincerely,
Ex-Soviet
