My husband and I have applied for permanent residence in Canada. We now have received an email requesting our passports for visa issuance.
We plan to land in Canada in a few months, but will leave shortly after to return to our home country and will not be actually moving to Canada until 6 months later.
In the meantime I am pregnant and plan to have my baby outside of Canada.
What steps do we have to take to ensure our baby also gets permanent residence in Canada?
I have read the forums and there is quite a lot of conflicting information. So far, I have gathered that you can apply for a temporary residence and then start the actual application for a PR when in Canada. But looking at the CIC website it's not clear to me which process we should use, as it will be regarding a dependant child which is already in Canada. I've read that you need to apply on H&C grounds, but that seems so complicated. My questions as as follows:
- we are from the Netherlands and our baby will be born here. Do we still need a temporary visa for the baby when we enter Canada since the Netherlands are seen as a visa exempt country? Or can we just enter the baby as a visitor and do some border hopping after 6 months if the PR hasn't come through at that time?
- which application process should we use to apply for a PR for a baby born to Permanent Residents abroad? We will start the process once we are living in Canada and the baby will be with us. A link to the appropriate section on the CIC website would be appreciated.
- what are the costs invloved for the PR application for the baby? And is there any chance that it will be denied?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Michelle
We plan to land in Canada in a few months, but will leave shortly after to return to our home country and will not be actually moving to Canada until 6 months later.
In the meantime I am pregnant and plan to have my baby outside of Canada.
What steps do we have to take to ensure our baby also gets permanent residence in Canada?
I have read the forums and there is quite a lot of conflicting information. So far, I have gathered that you can apply for a temporary residence and then start the actual application for a PR when in Canada. But looking at the CIC website it's not clear to me which process we should use, as it will be regarding a dependant child which is already in Canada. I've read that you need to apply on H&C grounds, but that seems so complicated. My questions as as follows:
- we are from the Netherlands and our baby will be born here. Do we still need a temporary visa for the baby when we enter Canada since the Netherlands are seen as a visa exempt country? Or can we just enter the baby as a visitor and do some border hopping after 6 months if the PR hasn't come through at that time?
- which application process should we use to apply for a PR for a baby born to Permanent Residents abroad? We will start the process once we are living in Canada and the baby will be with us. A link to the appropriate section on the CIC website would be appreciated.
- what are the costs invloved for the PR application for the baby? And is there any chance that it will be denied?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Michelle