New Baby after FSW Application

[MRasheda]

Hello everyone

We wish to apply through the FSW. We are still building up our family and since the immigration process does take some time, we were planning to have a baby by the time the migration papers come through for us (if we are successful).

CIC website says no further documents maybe submitted after the initial application. We will not be able to submit documents for the baby then.

What is the solution then?

Would it be preferable to have the baby here and then move to Canada or go to Canada earlier and have the baby there?

What would be the cost implications of having delivery in Canada?

Thank you.

 

[Leon]

When your family composition changes, you must add the new family member to your application so that is an exception to "no further documents". If your baby is born at any point before you land as a PR, even if your visa was already issued, you may not land on that visa but must add your baby to the application.

If you get your visa before the baby is born, you may land and have the baby in Canada or you could land, then go back and deliver the child at home but that is a bad option because a PR must be in Canada in order to sponsor their child and there is no guarantee that your child will get a TRV to come with you in which case you may face leaving your wife and baby behind and going to Canada alone in order to sponsor which can take months by the way.

The cost of having a baby in Canada can be anyway from zero to thousands of $. If you are covered by health care, say if you settle in any province that is not Ontario or BC, the cost would be zero. If you settle in BC or Ontario where there is a waiting time for health care but you use free clinics and a midwife and have a home birth, the cost could also be near zero or very low. If you have the baby in a hospital, you are probably looking at at least 3000 and probably more like 5000 but if there are complications, the amount can easily sky rocket.