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gyrocu

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Hello there

We are a refugee family in Canada. I'm the principal applicant, my wife and daughter shown associate applicant at transcript of reasons and desicion paper.

We became pr this month.

My question is can my wife and child visit my country? I can't go because of the reasons but they don't have any problem in my original country.

I searched the forum but I couldn't the similar question. Thank you..
 
Hello there

We are a refugee family in Canada. I'm the principal applicant, my wife and daughter shown associate applicant at transcript of reasons and desicion paper.

We became pr this month.

My question is can my wife and child visit my country? I can't go because of the reasons but they don't have any problem in my original country.

I searched the forum but I couldn't the similar question. Thank you..
Your wife and daughter may face different considerations depending on their own circumstances, but travelling to the country of origin can raise questions about the family’s refugee protection and future citizenship applications. Don’t rely only on the fact that they were listed as accompanying family members.
 
Your wife and daughter may face different considerations depending on their own circumstances, but travelling to the country of origin can raise questions about the family’s refugee protection and future citizenship applications. Don’t rely only on the fact that they were listed as accompanying family members.
Thank you
 
Hello there

We are a refugee family in Canada. I'm the principal applicant, my wife and daughter shown associate applicant at transcript of reasons and desicion paper.

We became pr this month.

My question is can my wife and child visit my country? I can't go because of the reasons but they don't have any problem in my original country.

I searched the forum but I couldn't the similar question. Thank you..

If you applied for asylum as a family with you as the primary applicant they can’t visit your home country until they are Canadian citizens. Based on your post it appears as though they are also protected people. If you were the only one who applied for asylum and you included them as dependents when you applied for PR then that would be different. Although they may not be able to return to their home country until becoming Canadian citizens your family benefited from not facing long periods of time (up to a decade for some) being separated until they were able to obtain PR. They also had access to services in Canada like schooling, healthcare, etc. because they were part of your asylum claim.
 
If you applied for asylum as a family with you as the primary applicant they can’t visit your home country until they are Canadian citizens. Based on your post it appears as though they are also protected people. If you were the only one who applied for asylum and you included them as dependents when you applied for PR then that would be different. Although they may not be able to return to their home country until becoming Canadian citizens your family benefited from not facing long periods of time (up to a decade for some) being separated until they were able to obtain PR. They also had access to services in Canada like schooling, healthcare, etc. because they were part of your asylum claim.
They should carefully check their Notice of Decision (NOD) and Reasons for Decision to confirm whether their wife and daughter were included in the refugee claim and whether they were granted protected-person status, even if they were listed as dependants rather than principal applicants.
 
They should carefully check their Notice of Decision (NOD) and Reasons for Decision to confirm whether their wife and daughter were included in the refugee claim and whether they were granted protected-person status, even if they were listed as dependants rather than principal applicants.
They have protected person status yes
 
Hello there

We are a refugee family in Canada. I'm the principal applicant, my wife and daughter shown associate applicant at transcript of reasons and desicion paper.

We became pr this month.

My question is can my wife and child visit my country? I can't go because of the reasons but they don't have any problem in my original country.

I searched the forum but I couldn't the similar question. Thank you..
Carefully review your Notice of Decision and Reasons for Decision to confirm whether they were included in the refugee claim and granted protected-person status as associated claimants.
 
They have protected person status yes
I would strongly advise them not to travel to your country of origin. Being dependants rather than the principal applicant does not automatically exempt them from the consequences of returning to the country from which protection was sought.
 
I would strongly advise them not to travel to your country of origin. Being dependants rather than the principal applicant does not automatically exempt them from the consequences of returning to the country from which protection was sought.

It doesn’t exempt at all. If they return to their home country they risk losing their status in Canada.