Hi again all,
Things are progressing (slowly) with our application, but I've got a few more questions for you, the Oracle!
I am a Canadian citizen, hoping to sponsor my British husband. We're both living and working in London. We have one daughter, born in UK, and another baby on the way end of April/early May. Both children will have Canadian Citizenship through me, but we're not going to apply for Citizenship Certificates for either of them until Baby 2 is born in the spring.
We haven't included our daughter on any of the forms apart from in:
1. The Sponsorship Evaluation (IMM5481E), under ‘Number of/details of family members and persons included in undertakings in effect or not yet in effect’, Question 6B – ‘Every other family member financially dependent on you, whether they are living with you or not’.
2. The Sponsor Questionnaire (IMM5540E), Question 12, ‘Are you living with someone’.
3. And Additional Family information (IMM5406E), under Section B, Children.
Have we incorrectly listed our daughter in any of those forms? As far as I can tell, we have left her off anything that relates specifically to being a Sponsored Applicant, but I want to be sure we’ve not forgotten to include her where she should be or added her in where she doesn’t need to be. Advice gratefully received.
Obviously, Baby 2 hasn’t been included anywhere at all (although in our proof of intent to return to Canada, he is mentioned frequently, just not included on any official forms) as he isn’t here yet. We don’t want to hold off until he’s born before submitting our application, and since he will be a Citizen too, we figured this would be okay. Is it?
In a similar vein:
In the Appendix A Document Checklist - Immigrant, point 7: Identity and Civil Status Docs, it asks for '...birth certificates...or other official document confirming relationship for you and each of your family members.' I'm assuming this means for any family members who are also being sponsored (ie dependents of the Sponsored Applicant who aren't Canadian citizens), and therefore we don't need to send our daughter's birth certificate. Is that correct, can anyone tell me?
Also under point 7, it says we should provide a 'Photocopy of Citizenship Certificate...for any family members who are Canadian citizens or PR of Canada.' Again, since I am the Sponsor, I assume I DON'T need to re-submit proof of my Canadian citizenship here (although I don't have a Certificate, only my birth cert/passport as proof). Is that right?
Since we don't yet have the Citizenship Certificates for our children, I'm going to write a statement explaining why (because we’re waiting for Baby 2's birth), and we will apply for them as soon as he is born. It is possible to fast track them, if necessary, but they can take months and months to come…we really don’t want to have to wait until both kids have certificates and THEN submit our sponsorship application. That would add so much time, but is that the only way we’ll get approved? Once we have complete documentation for our children?
Can anyone help? I’m so sorry for the lengthy post. But thank you SO much in advance.
