Urgent Questions - Please Help!

[ccaallvviinn]

Dear folks - I am reaching out to all the experts here for your kind assistance and guidance.

Situation:
1. I am a PR living in Canada and am sponsoring a dependent child, who is 10 years old and has been living with my ex-wife in China.
2. The PR sponsorship application has been smooth and now reached the PPR stage, i.e. biometrics exempted, medical exam completed, eligibility completed, background in progress, and just received the PPR email from Canada Consulate in Hongkong. Also, the COPR number and expiry date are both available now - COPR expiry date is in June, 2024.
3. With final clinical confirmation, my ex-wife just shared the news with me that she is expecting a child with her current husband in Oct. 2023.

Questions:
1. Per the PPR letter from IRCC, any family composition change needs to be shared with IRCC immediately. In this case, my understanding is that we need to inform IRCC accordingly through webform, even this new-born child is only going to be a half-sister?
2. Since the child is not born yet, how do I share the information with IRCC appropriately?
3. Does the family composition change mean that my dependent child's case is going to be put on hold until after the half-sister is born in Oct. 2023? I assume we will reach out to IRCC Hongkong through webform again once the child is born? Then, the case processing is resumed?

Thank you very much in advance!!

 

[YVR123]

Dear folks - I am reaching out to all the experts here for your kind assistance and guidance.

Situation:
1. I am a PR living in Canada and am sponsoring a dependent child, who is 10 years old and has been living with my ex-wife in China.
2. The PR sponsorship application has been smooth and now reached the PPR stage, i.e. biometrics exempted, medical exam completed, eligibility completed, background in progress, and just received the PPR email from Canada Consulate in Hongkong. Also, the COPR number and expiry date are both available now - COPR expiry date is in June, 2024.
3. With final clinical confirmation, my ex-wife just shared the news with me that she is expecting a child with her current husband in Oct. 2023.

Questions:
1. Per the PPR letter from IRCC, any family composition change needs to be shared with IRCC immediately. In this case, my understanding is that we need to inform IRCC accordingly through webform, even this new-born child is only going to be a half-sister?
2. Since the child is not born yet, how do I share the information with IRCC appropriately?
3. Does the family composition change mean that my dependent child's case is going to be put on hold until after the half-sister is born in Oct. 2023? I assume we will reach out to IRCC Hongkong through webform again once the child is born? Then, the case processing is resumed?

Thank you very much in advance!!

You are over thinking. Your ex-wife is not your family. Until the half sister/brother is born, Your child's family composition has not been changed yet.

So no need to update until your ex-wife has give birth to the half sister. And even after the baby is born, it's only the additional family form. Not IMM 00008. (half sister is NOT immediate family)

Your child should travel to land before any mroe changes.

 

[armoured]

You are over thinking. Your ex-wife is not your family. Until the half sister/brother is born, Your child's family composition has not been changed yet.

So no need to update until your ex-wife has give birth to the half sister. And even after the baby is born, it's only the additional family form. Not IMM 00008. (half sister is NOT immediate family)

Your child should travel to land before any mroe changes.

I agree but I'd even say the half-sister relationship with a newborn (when it happens) is not material to the child's immigration app and don't think it has to be updated. (In any kind of new app, maybe, but that's a ways away). As not material, with no immigration implicaitons I can think of, I can't think of any misrepresentation repercussions either.

Anyway, still would - all things equal- be better to avoid it by having the kid land first - unborn children don't have to be declared.

 

[ccaallvviinn]

You are over thinking. Your ex-wife is not your family. Until the half sister/brother is born, Your child's family composition has not been changed yet.

So no need to update until your ex-wife has give birth to the half sister. And even after the baby is born, it's only the additional family form. Not IMM 00008. (half sister is NOT immediate family)

Your child should travel to land before any mroe changes.

I agree but I'd even say the half-sister relationship with a newborn (when it happens) is not material to the child's immigration app and don't think it has to be updated. (In any kind of new app, maybe, but that's a ways away). As not material, with no immigration implicaitons I can think of, I can't think of any misrepresentation repercussions either.

Anyway, still would - all things equal- be better to avoid it by having the kid land first - unborn children don't have to be declared.

Thank you, both, for your detailed explanation and guidance - much appreciate it! A couple of follow-ups:

1. So, if I am following, it seems to me that we don't need to report family composition change, based on any UNBORN child - it would always be after the birth of the child to update IRCC?

2. Will the fact that my dependent child won't be able to complete landing until end of this year change any of your recommendation? That means that my dependent child will need to land after the expected birth date (Oct. 2023 timeframe) of the half-sibling.