NeedHelp - how to declare a non-accompanying dependant and avoid misrepr-tion

[_NeedHelp_]

Hello all,

I would be glad to receive any advice on my issue. I have sent a PR application and did not include a non-accompanying child in the forms. He is living with his mother (we never got married) and she refused to give away any of the supporting documents I needed (e.g. birth certificate, photographs, etc.), she also forbade me to mention the child and involve him in the process. There's no chance she will allow him to undergo the medical examinations, that's for sure, I have already made all the best efforts to convince her. She's got her personal reasons and seems to think of herself rather than of the baby.

I do realize I have made a stupid mistake and I had to have the child included no matter what documents I had had on hand. But what is done is done.

The question is as follows: if I update the local visa office with the situation and send them all the supporting documents I have managed to retrieve, along with updated IMM* forms, processing fee, new PoF, etc., will this help to include the non-accompanying dependant to the application or will my application be refused due to misrepresentation right away? What and how should be written in the cover letter?

 

[_NeedHelp_]

Any advice so far? I will send the mail to the visa office anyways, I am going to be truthful. But what should I write in the cover letter and what is the most likely outcome? Is it a 100% refusal or they will add a non-accompanying dependant as this issue has not yet become material in terms of my eligibility, the decision has not yet been made, and it was made by mistake and misunderstanding of the situation rather than on purpoes to gain any advantage?

 

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Any advice so far? I will send the mail to the visa office anyways, I am going to be truthful. But what should I write in the cover letter and what is the most likely outcome? Is it a 100% refusal or they will add a non-accompanying dependant as this issue has not yet become material in terms of my eligibility, the decision has not yet been made, and it was made by mistake and misunderstanding of the situation rather than on purpoes to gain any advantage?

I think you are in trouble. It's one thing to say you can't obtain documents for your child, but it's completely another to say you don't have a child to begin with when in fact you did. You should have been honest about it from the beginning. I am not sure how CIC will view your application when you make the correction. In any case, the only option you have now is to do exactly what you have planned to do. Write them a letter, explain you misunderstood, and provide them with all the facts of your situation. At worst, they will reject and ban you due to misrepresentation. At the best, they will overlook your initial mistake and ask you to provide an affidavit declaring that at no point in the future you will sponsor your child to come to Canada (if you can't add your child in the application).

 

[_NeedHelp_]

Thanks for reply!

I have already gathered all the supporting documents to send. And here I got another question:

Who can sign a "regulation 117(9)(d) excluded family members" declaration as a witness? There are no specific instructions from CIC regarding this form.