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Koilkoill

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Aug 12, 2019
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Dear Respected Members,

We missed to declare our child as adopted. Instead just declared as son/daughter (do no want to be specific about gender). PR has been processed and all landing formalities have been completed. All was done legally with proper mother-child relationship and not for anybody’s convenience of immigration.

Is this a misrepresentation? What is the impact if declared now? If not declared, will that impact future citizenship?

Please help with answers from experienced members of this forum.
 
Are you saying the child was adopted by both you and your wife, or the child is your wife's and you adopted it to be his/her legal father?
 
As long as the adoption certificate says that you and your wife are now the child's legal parents, I don't think it would count as misrepresentation. When the times comes for you and your family to apply for citizenship, there might be a delay during the process regarding this, but I think it should easily be resolved with a complete and truthful explanation and that adoption certificate.

However within the last year, someone else on this forum asked a question where they said that instead of formally adopting the child that they could bribe a hospital official or pay someone to forge a birth certificate in their country to state that the child is biologically theirs, so that they would not have to go through the international adoption process as required by Canada. In this case, this would be misrepresentation.
 
Is the child related to you?


Yes you should have included adoption records. Would consult an immigration lawyer about this.
 
canuck78 said:
Is the child related to you?


Yes you should have included adoption records. Would consult an immigration lawyer about this.
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The child is not related to us. As mentioned in my original post, it was a genuine case. Not for convenience of immigration of parents or child. It was missed out in dependent declaration.
 
Koilkoill said:
The child is not related to us. As mentioned in my original post, it was a genuine case. Not for convenience of immigration of parents or child. It was missed out in dependent declaration.
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Would consult a lawyer but I think it would be best to sort this out before applying for citizenship.
 
hawk39 said:
As long as the adoption certificate says that you and your wife are now the child's legal parents, I don't think it would count as misrepresentation. When the times comes for you and your family to apply for citizenship, there might be a delay during the process regarding this, but I think it should easily be resolved with a complete and truthful explanation and that adoption certificate.

However within the last year, someone else on this forum asked a question where they said that instead of formally adopting the child that they could bribe a hospital official or pay someone to forge a birth certificate in their country to state that the child is biologically theirs, so that they would not have to go through the international adoption process as required by Canada. In this case, this would be misrepresentation.
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Thank you. It was not an international process. Need more opinions/suggestions from other members. Would I need post in other forums to catch attention of other members?
 
Koilkoill said:
Thank you. It was not an international process. Need more opinions/suggestions from other members. Would I need post in other forums to catch attention of other members?
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This is beyond many members’ typical knowledge. Adoption alone is a niche topic. I don’t think there would be any similar or precedent to this case. Better to seek out an immigration lawyer, such as the host of this forum.

I’m not so familiar with adoption myself, but wouldn’t it have been spotted in the birth certificate? Not to say IRCC isn’t incapable of oversights.
 
Hello Depenabill and other experienced members,

Can you also please reply/provide answer to the question raised above by Koilkoill based on your understanding of CIC rules/laws whether non-declaration stated above constituted a misrepresentation?
 
Hello,

This is regarding Biometric, I had my biometric apppointment scheduled in last week but due to COVID-19, I was not able to complete it . Does anyone have any news on Biometric appointment ?

thanks,
Amar
 
Amarkant said:
Hello,

This is regarding Biometric, I had my biometric apppointment scheduled in last week but due to COVID-19, I was not able to complete it . Does anyone have any news on Biometric appointment ?

thanks,
Amar
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How is that even vaguely related to the original post? Start a new thread if you have a question.
 
Hallow3457 said:
Hello Depenabill and other experienced members,

Can you also please reply/provide answer to the question raised above by Koilkoill based on your understanding of CIC rules/laws whether non-declaration stated above constituted a misrepresentation?
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Nobody on here felt they were qualified to answer the question that was asked. Regardless of what the answer is, if you are in the same situation you should fully disclose the adoption and provide all the court documents with the application. That's what we did and there was no problem. To do otherwise would be a risky proposition. If it was ruled as misrepresentation you could face a 5 year ban from applying for PR again.
 
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