sponsoring my spouse

[wildflower]

Hi!Im sponsoring my husband who is living in the US and he is American citizen,have a son in the Philippines from his previous girlfriend but since they broke up he lost communication. Just wandering if theres going to be a problem if we dont include his son in the application? Im really concern about that. Need Help pls, Thanks

[CharlieD10]

Yes, there will be a problem, it's called misrepresentation to omit the child from the application.  He should include his son as a non-accompanying dependent, and make every attempt to show he tried to get a medical done for the child.  If you exclude the child from the application and it shows up during his background check that he fathered a child, he could be banned for misrepresentation and you find yourself having to wait 2 years before you can apply to sponsor him again. 

At least make some effort to find the mother.  If you don't, you can clearly demonstrate to CIC that you tried.  Consider too the long-term consequences.  What if some day the child tries to get back in touch with his father, and finds he is excluded from ever being considered from the family class because it was too inconvenient for him to try to locate him now?