Starting Aug. 1, 2014, parents may only sponsor children to Canada who are under 19 years of age. This also applies to any applicant for permanent residence, who wants to include their children in their application. Children over 18 years of age may only be sponsored or included in an application if they are dependent on the parent and unable to support themselves due to a physical or mental condition. The rule changes were published without any news release in the Canada Gazette on Wednesday.
The government had initially proposed these changes in May, 2013, to be effective Jan. 1, 2014. As I previously wrote, in late last December the Immigration Minister said the government had postponed a decision on the changes after many public groups had expressed opposition to the changes. Despite the opposition, the government has moved ahead with the changes. Like other changes to the rules, the government justifies it on economic grounds. It says that older children are less able to adjust to moving to Canada and do not have Canadian work experience and education that is better recognized by Canadian taxpayers.
Applications to sponsor dependent children include sponsorship forms completed by a parent or parents, and the applicants complete application forms. Under the current rules, children under age 22 can be sponsored or included in an application. It also includes children over age 21 who are dependent and continuously enrolled in and attending a post-secondary institution approved by a government, and are actively pursuing a course of academic, professional or vocational training on a full-time basis.
Applications properly filed before Aug. 1, 2014, will be considered under the current rules. The applications have to be complete and in order. If anyone has concerns about the application process, they might consider retaining the services of an experience immigration lawyer or qualified immigration consultant.
The government had initially proposed these changes in May, 2013, to be effective Jan. 1, 2014. As I previously wrote, in late last December the Immigration Minister said the government had postponed a decision on the changes after many public groups had expressed opposition to the changes. Despite the opposition, the government has moved ahead with the changes. Like other changes to the rules, the government justifies it on economic grounds. It says that older children are less able to adjust to moving to Canada and do not have Canadian work experience and education that is better recognized by Canadian taxpayers.
Applications to sponsor dependent children include sponsorship forms completed by a parent or parents, and the applicants complete application forms. Under the current rules, children under age 22 can be sponsored or included in an application. It also includes children over age 21 who are dependent and continuously enrolled in and attending a post-secondary institution approved by a government, and are actively pursuing a course of academic, professional or vocational training on a full-time basis.
Applications properly filed before Aug. 1, 2014, will be considered under the current rules. The applications have to be complete and in order. If anyone has concerns about the application process, they might consider retaining the services of an experience immigration lawyer or qualified immigration consultant.
William Macintosh started practising as an immigration lawyer in
1984. You can reach him for advice or help on any immigration or
citizenship matter at 778-714-8787 or by e-mail at
macintoshlaw@gmail.com.
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3 comments:
Dear Sage MacIntosh,
Thank you for the enlightening report and comments. As you know the problem with making changes without specific warning is that there are undoubtedly some otherwise well qualified candidates whose applications were not filed on time. The unnecessary separation of close family members is very unfortunate. Gregory James.
So those who are over the age of 18 should apply for a separate immigration. Recently the government has set up a particular age for child immigration. For those who have applied prior to Aug 1st have an option of the age restriction in certain cases. A friend of mine is working as an attorney in Green and Spiegel who specializes in family immigration Canada ( http://www.gands.com/canadian-immigration/family-class/ )
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