Adopting a kid after residency

[nairaboy]

Hi guys I need your input here pls any help will be appreciated. So here my story I was aguing with a friend of mine who just got his residency who want to adopt his ex wife son back from his home country. The child is not his but cus his ex wife just passed away he feels obligated to be there for the child. He say he will be adopting the child. But I think since he didn't list any child on his application he may not be able to sponsor any adopted kid or is the possible! What do you guys think and what will be the best way to go about it. Thanks

 

[taffy7]

Its an ex wife and her child . On the forms you are only required to put the name of his ex wife down not her children. He can adopt and sponsor that child .

If it was his child and didn't put the child on the application that is different,he then would be in breech of his own PR and could possibly have his Pr revoked .

 

[scylla]

Hi guys I need your input here pls any help will be appreciated. So here my story I was aguing with a friend of mine who just got his residency who want to adopt his ex wife son back from his home country. The child is not his but cus his ex wife just passed away he feels obligated to be there for the child. He say he will be adopting the child. But I think since he didn't list any child on his application he may not be able to sponsor any adopted kid or is the possible! What do you guys think and what will be the best way to go about it. Thanks

What country is your friend from? Any chance it's Pakistan? CIC doesn't recognize adoptions from certain countries such as Pakistan and sponsorship isn't possible: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/notices/2013-07-01.asp

 

[screech339]

It depends on his martial status at time of landing. Was he divorced at time of landing? As long as he was legally divorced at time of landing, he was under no obligation to list his step children in his PR application.

So I think he can sponsor his step child but first he has to go through the legal steps to officially adopt the child. Once the adoption is official and legal, he can sponsor the step child for PR. However that said, CIC could view his adoption as "adoption of convenient" to by-pass the unqualified family sponsor qualification. He could end up being a legal guardian unable to sponsor his step child due to "adoption of convenient".

 

[taffy7]

It depends on his martial status at time of landing. Was he divorced at time of landing? As long as he was legally divorced at time of landing, he was under no obligation to list his step children in his PR application.

So I think he can sponsor his step child but first he has to go through the legal steps to officially adopt the child. Once the adoption is official and legal, he can sponsor the step child for PR. However that said, CIC could view his adoption as "adoption of convenient" to by-pass the unqualified family sponsor qualification. He could end up being a legal guardian unable to sponsor his step child due to "adoption of convenient".

Good point .. never thought to ask if they were divorced before landing.