can adult daughter accompany / be sponsored for refugee application?

[chilkootcee]

Hello,

My husband's parents are still living in Syria and their adult daughter is living with them. I am worried for their safety and if we were to try and seek sponsorship under the refugee program, would my sister in law be considered as accompanying? She is not able to work (due to the situation, not her credentials) and depends upon them solely for support.

This is primarily the reason why they have not been looking to leave their situation, because they do not want to leave their daughter behind.

Any suggestions or thoughts?

C.

 

[scylla]

How old is she?

 

[chilkootcee]

How old is she?

I don't know exactly, but older than the cutoff age. I was also just thinking, maybe it could be approached in the reverse - she applies for refugee / asylum and brings her parents with her? There must be many families who have adult children living with them for physical / emotional support or whose children who did not consider leaving prior to the war but then are caught there in the midst and now all three are stuck because one cannot be helped? It seems strange to me...yet I see media reports of entire families coming to Canada.

it's interesting because I know people here in the UAE who are successful in getting refugee sponsorship alongside those who are obtaining PR through economic class and both are in similar situations here....I assume Canada's preference would be anything other than refugee....esp for those outside of Syria in "stable" countries (but here in the UAE the longest term visa is 2 year work permit and I know from my husband's own TRV refusals during our sponsorship application that Canada does not consider this to be strong enough to show the person will leave Canada).

I know now that it's highly unlikely my inlaws would even be eligible for a super visa being they are currently living in Syria.....so PGP sponsorship would be the only option...and this takes years...

Thanks for such a quick response!

C.

 

[Yelsew]

I believe your adult sister-in-law would be considered a 'de facto' dependent in this case. A separate application package would need to be completed for her, but it can be linked to the application to sponsor her parents, so that both applications can be processed together. Are they able to safely get out of Syria to a neighbouring country? The sponsorship application can not begin until they are outside Syria.

 

[chilkootcee]

I believe your adult sister-in-law would be considered a 'de facto' dependent in this case. A separate application package would need to be completed for her, but it can be linked to the application to sponsor her parents, so that both applications can be processed together. Are they able to safely get out of Syria to a neighbouring country? The sponsorship application can not begin until they are outside Syria.

Thank you so much for the replies....I don't know if they can leave or not....I think they could get to a border but not sure if anyone would let them cross....

For now I will just pray that they are able to stay safe...

C.