Hello all! I just wanted to inquire with anyone who has knowledge about my current situation.
I came to Canada as an immigrant when I was 10 years old back in 2001. I recently got married to my wife back in November of 2017. My wife, who currently resides in the Philippines, and I are about done with our spousal application. She has an 8 year old son with a different man who is now completely out of the picture. We have already gotten him to sign the appropriate form stating that he is allowing his son to come to Canada and have since notarized it along with 2 valid picture IDs.
The thing is, my wife and I would like to list him as a non-accompanying dependent for now. There are several reasons for this:
1. My wife's mom doesn't want him to leave just yet.
2. The son doesn't want to leave just yet either.
3. My wife and I would like to establish our lives here first before he comes. My wife is planning on going back to school and hopefully get a job right after.
We are planning on sponsoring him to come here in about 2-3 years time. We think that it'd be better for him down the road if we get ourselves ready here first before he comes.
My question now is, would the immigration officer wave a red flag on my wife's application because of this? Would this compromise my wife's application in anyway? Would immigration in general give us a hard time for not letting him accompany his mother to Canada?
Thank you very much!
I came to Canada as an immigrant when I was 10 years old back in 2001. I recently got married to my wife back in November of 2017. My wife, who currently resides in the Philippines, and I are about done with our spousal application. She has an 8 year old son with a different man who is now completely out of the picture. We have already gotten him to sign the appropriate form stating that he is allowing his son to come to Canada and have since notarized it along with 2 valid picture IDs.
The thing is, my wife and I would like to list him as a non-accompanying dependent for now. There are several reasons for this:
1. My wife's mom doesn't want him to leave just yet.
2. The son doesn't want to leave just yet either.
3. My wife and I would like to establish our lives here first before he comes. My wife is planning on going back to school and hopefully get a job right after.
We are planning on sponsoring him to come here in about 2-3 years time. We think that it'd be better for him down the road if we get ourselves ready here first before he comes.
My question now is, would the immigration officer wave a red flag on my wife's application because of this? Would this compromise my wife's application in anyway? Would immigration in general give us a hard time for not letting him accompany his mother to Canada?
Thank you very much!
