Hi there, firstly thank you in advance for any assistance we get here, it is appreciated.
I am British, my wife is Canadian. We currently live in the UK, and applied for my PR (spousal) from here. My wife is 5 months pregnant, and will give birth here in the UK prior to us moving to Canada in November. Our plan was for me to fly over to Canada to initiate the PR Card process, before I head back to UK to tie things up with work, our home etc. Everything I have read says that this is not an issue, but I will require a temp letter in lieu of my PR card (it would be sent to my in-laws, so there is the potential for this to be bought to me in the UK once it comes through, which I assume is also fine?)
I have just received a letter stating that the processing of my PR is almost complete, and they require any change of details and my passport. We are unsure if we need to inform them of my wife's pregnancy and imminent birth of our child (our first). Presumably the baby is Canadian by birth owing to my wife being Canadian already, and therefore does not form part of my application? Is that a correct reading?
A further question - is our approach to entering and PR Card application prior to me returning to the UK OK? This trip would be before the child is born, so does that make the need to inform immigration prior to the baby's birth unnecessary?
I am British, my wife is Canadian. We currently live in the UK, and applied for my PR (spousal) from here. My wife is 5 months pregnant, and will give birth here in the UK prior to us moving to Canada in November. Our plan was for me to fly over to Canada to initiate the PR Card process, before I head back to UK to tie things up with work, our home etc. Everything I have read says that this is not an issue, but I will require a temp letter in lieu of my PR card (it would be sent to my in-laws, so there is the potential for this to be bought to me in the UK once it comes through, which I assume is also fine?)
I have just received a letter stating that the processing of my PR is almost complete, and they require any change of details and my passport. We are unsure if we need to inform them of my wife's pregnancy and imminent birth of our child (our first). Presumably the baby is Canadian by birth owing to my wife being Canadian already, and therefore does not form part of my application? Is that a correct reading?
A further question - is our approach to entering and PR Card application prior to me returning to the UK OK? This trip would be before the child is born, so does that make the need to inform immigration prior to the baby's birth unnecessary?