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Does anyone have an idea about sponsoring an adopted child from India?

My brother and his wife holds a PR status in Canada, presently living in India and planning to move to Canada soon. My brother adopted a child from known relative under HAMA act as it widely accepted in India. However, Canadian authorities has suspended accepting adoption under HAMA act. Canadian authority are expecting the parents to processes the adoption through CARA following Hague convention rule.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...anadians/adopt-child-abroad/restrictions.html

My question
As adoption has already taken place under HAMA act, is it fine to get NOC from CARA not support letter in addition to HAMA documentation to sponsor the child? Does my brother needs to initiate complete CARA process as it months together?
 
Hello guys,
I am confused.
I got AOR and linked my application on GC Key.

However the status on the online portals changed to returned and they didn't give a reason.

Anyone experienced this before?

Should I have to resubmit the application on PR portal again, thank you so much!
 
Hi, could you please advise what's the status of the application on PR portal now?
I got file number April 29 but the PR portal shows returned . Thank you!
Hi, the application on GC Key Account Home page shows status as 'submitted'. I provided upfront medicals so the medicals status is 'we are currently reviewing your medical information'. The Eligibility status changed from 'We will send a message when we start to review your eligibility' to 'Eligibility is in progress....'. Overall the status of the application is in progress and they will send a message when a final decision is made. I am not able to look into the tracker as the tracker is down. That often gives us intermediate information which is not captured by GC Key. But with returned status, you will have to call IRCC. It may have happened that the application failed the completeness check.
 
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Hi, the application on GC Key Account Home page shows status as 'submitted'. I provided upfront medicals so the medicals status is 'we are currently reviewing your medical information'. The Eligibility status changed from 'We will send a message when we start to review your eligibility' to 'Eligibility is in progress....'. Overall the status of the application is in progress and they will send a message when a final decision is made. I am not able to look into the tracker as the tracker is down. That often gives us intermediate information which is not captured by GC Key. But with returned status, you will have to call IRCC. It may have happened that the application failed the completeness check.
Thank you so much for sharing the updated status!! I can not get a hold with IRCC as they received a high volume calls due to the tracker down. I am so worried about my application. This is the second time showed return. The first one I did receive an email to inform me what is missing. However, nothing sent to me this time. It showed return since April 29, and it has been a month without any email. I really no idea if I should resubmit it again or not.
 
Hi,
I have applied PR for my son (2 Years old). Currently I am living in Canada and my son is in India.

Applied on: 21st Feb 2026
Application returned on: 6Th April 2026 (Documents were missing)
Application Resubmitted on: 2nd May

Has anyone applied and waiting with similar timeline?