computergeek
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- Jan 31, 2012
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- Category........
- Visa Office......
- CPP-O/LA
- Job Offer........
- Pre-Assessed..
- App. Filed.......
- 06-03-2012
- AOR Received.
- 21-06-2012
- File Transfer...
- 21-6-2012
- Med's Done....
- 11-02-2012
- Interview........
- Waived
- Passport Req..
- 26-09-2012
- VISA ISSUED...
- 10-10-2012
- LANDED..........
- 13-10-2012
If you apply as being a single individual when in fact you are in a qualifying relationship, the other person (e.g., your "common law partner" or your child) that is not included in the applications is no longer considered to be a family member for immigration purposes (IRPR Section 117(9)(d)). I recently had to explain to someone who "didn't want more delay" that the child that was born just before he landed could never be sponsored. His best option was to surrender his PR and reapply.prazeresga said:HELLO, MY NAME IS GEORGIA, I'M STARTING MY IMMIGRATION PROCESS TO MANITOBA, BUM I'M APPLYING AS A SINGLE. I LIVE WITH MY BOYFRIEND 5 YEARS AGO AND WE WERE DATING 13 YEARS. AND WE HAVE A BABY CALLED vALENTINA, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE IS A PERSON HERE THAT APPLIED FOR A PR AS A SINGLE, BUT HAVE FAMILY (NOT MARRIED, JUST LIVING TOGETHER) AND WILL SPONSOR AFTER ARRIVING IN CANADA? CAN YOU TELL YOUR EXPERIENCES?
Do not omit your partner or children. This is one of the most stringently enforced clauses in Canadian immigration law and I've read over a dozen appeals in these cases and only ONE rejection was overturned - and that was by a Federal Court after an H&C application refusal. The father didn't even know of the existence of the child and when he found out he immediately started establishing contact, providing financial support, visiting, etc. So even after waiting 3 years for H&C and being refused, he then had to wait another year for a trip to Federal Court - all so he could go BACK to CIC and wait another year or more for them to review the application again.
Nope. Definitely not worth it.