New baby born outside Canada

[Vyckil]

Hi, I hope someone can advise on this one.

Last year we "landed" in Canada in June, but returned to UK almost immediately as I wanted to have my baby back home. We have our PR cards, and plan to return to Canada in august, when my daughter will be 6 months old. I can't seem to find out how to go about getting PR for my baby... do I just arrive with her and then sponsor her from within Canada? And if I do this will she be entitled to health care, education etc when she is old enough?

Many thanks

Vicki

[uccemebug]

Hi, I hope someone can advise on this one.

Last year we "landed" in Canada in June, but returned to UK almost immediately as I wanted to have my baby back home. We have our PR cards, and plan to return to Canada in august, when my daughter will be 6 months old. I can't seem to find out how to go about getting PR for my baby... do I just arrive with her and then sponsor her from within Canada? And if I do this will she be entitled to health care, education etc when she is old enough?

Many thanks

Vicki

There are some ideas in these threads:
immigration.ca/discussion2/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=48942
http://www.settlement.org/discuss/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=229&whichpage=5

P.S. Independent of the visa/PR issue the health coverage issue is one you should follow up with the government of your intended province of residence. I wouldn't take any chances with coverage for a new born! 8^)

[Material]

http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/newborn-for-pr-outside-canada-t68034.0.html

This thread is related in some way. Hope it helps.

[RobsLuv]

There is no inland sponsorship for dependents - you'll need to submit a sponsorship application from outside Canada, sent to the Case Processing Centre in Mississauga, ON first, and then transferred and processed through London.  Your daughter will be the principle applicant on this outland application.  One of you will have to be in Canada in order to be eligible to sponsor.  Don't know for sure what the timeline is for dependent child sponsorships now, as CIC did not post separate timelines for that when they revised the processing timelines a few months back.  You may be able to bring the child into Canada before processing is finalized - because she is visa-exempt - but there are no guarantees.  It will be up to the officer at the Canadian port of entry whether to allow her to enter - they could always refuse.  You'll have to decide whether it's worth the chance to travel all that way with a 6 month old who might not be allowed to enter.