spouse and kid

[mexico]

can someone help us please.......

I am a mexican married to a canadian 2004 living in mexico.  i had a kid and my husband, the canadian, adopted my kid in 2006.   we are thinking of moving to canada as economy in mexico is not good at all.  We have started to look at the application and we dont know if we need to include our kid the one he adopted here in mexico in the same application as mine.

the adoption was a domestic one, not international so we cant apply for citizenship.  Our kid has his last name.


thanks a lot

[PMM]

Hi

can someone help us please.......

I am a mexican married to a canadian 2004 living in mexico.  i had a kid and my husband, the canadian, adopted my kid in 2006.   we are thinking of moving to canada as economy in mexico is not good at all.  We have started to look at the application and we dont know if we need to include our kid the one he adopted here in mexico in the same application as mine.

the adoption was a domestic one, not international so we cant apply for citizenship.  Our kid has his last name.


thanks a lot

If one of the parents was a Canadian at the time of the child's birth, then the child is a Canadian.  Just apply for proof of citizenship.see; http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizenship/proof.asp  It takes about 15 months.  Once you have proof that you have applied, then you can obtain a limited validity passport for the child.  The child is not included on the sponsorship, but is included on the IMM 5406

PMM

[mexico]

this is the thing....my canadian husband adopted my mexican kid.  So we cant go that way of citizenship....do you or anybody else has other ideas...thanks a lot for the help

[PMM]

Hi

this is the thing....my canadian husband adopted my mexican kid.  So we cant go that way of citizenship....do you or anybody else has other ideas...thanks a lot for the help

Then the child is included on your application as dependent.

PMM

[Alice100]

Hi Mexico:

Unless your husband was exclusively residing outside Canada during the adoption, he is not allowed to adopt a child without permission from his province of residence.  If he was a resident of another country, then he is allowed to adopt hence as PMM indicated, you can include your child as a dependent.  On the other hand, let us assume that your husband did not adopt the child, he can sponsor you with your dependent child, but will require permission from the child's father to take him/her out of the country.  Hope I am not confusing you.  Good luck

[mexico]

Thanks a lot for your  help..it really solved my doubts.

Yes my husband is living and working exclusively in mexico since 2002.  Ithink he is ready to move back to his canada..so let the paperwork begin

[RobsLuv]

For the purposes of immigration sponsorship: it makes absolutely no difference that your husband adopted your child.  Your son is eligible to be sponsored by your husband for permanent residence because he is your child (assuming he is under the age of 22 and not married or in a common-law relationship) and you are being sponsored as a spouse.  He is included on the application as your accompanying dependent . . . the adoption has no bearing whatsoever on the sponsorship process except for, as Alice100 mentioned, the issue of you needing permission from the biological father for the child to immigrate.  If your son's biological father gave up all claim to him (which might be the result of the adoption), you should not need his permission for your son to immigrate.  Otherwise, you'd need his signed, notarized consent. 

Whether the adoption will be legally recognized in Canada (or not, as Alice100 implied) is another matter entirely and not applicable to the sponsorship process.  Just because your husband adopted your son, don't confuse this spousal/dependent child application process with the process required when someone sponsors an adopted child from another country.  They're not the same thing - and the requirements are VERY different . . . primarily in regards to medical inadmissibility.

[mexico]

Thanks a lot..yes she will be considered a dependant child...thanks a lot for everyones help.......it really cleared our question....

[leo123]

Dear All,

 I have a question regarding my first kid from my deceased wife.  My son is 03 years old.  Then I got married again after the death of my first wife and God has blessed me with a baby girl.  My new wife is a principal applicant in Federal Skill class immigration.   She wants to include me, my son and daugher in the dependents list of family.  Can she sponsor the boy also because there is no adoption or any legal paper work has been arranged by me?  We just got married and living happily.  But now if we are applying for the Canadian immigration then is there any problem with this?  So please clear this point?

LEo123

[RobsLuv]

Dear All,

 I have a question regarding my first kid from my deceased wife.  My son is 03 years old.  Then I got married again after the death of my first wife and God has blessed me with a baby girl.  My new wife is a principal applicant in Federal Skill class immigration.   She wants to include me, my son and daughter in the dependents list of family.  Can she sponsor the boy also because there is no adoption or any legal paper work has been arranged by me?  We just got married and living happily.  But now if we are applying for the Canadian immigration then is there any problem with this?  So please clear this point?

LEo123

  I'm sorry - I messed up my first response.  I'm not entirely sure about your dependent child on your wife's skilled worker application, so I'd suggest that you post your inquiry in the Independent Immigration forum.  People there are better informed about that process and more likely to give you accurate information.