Sponsoring illegitimate twin child

[dadspogie]

I have a concern and gathering information on how I could sponsor my illegitimate child, "twin sons born outside of my marriage."

Back before I immigrate to Canada from the Philippines or before I got my PR, I had a rocky relationship in the marriage and that got me separated for short period from my legal wife. During that time I had pending immigration application to Canada with my legal wife as espousal partner. I had a relationship with another woman then and that relationship bore a twin sons. I came to Canada with the legal wife and two children with her. Three days before I departed, my twin sons were born. Thinking of complications and lack of time not to mention my not familiarity with Canadian family laws, I did not declare the twins as my dependent children in the immigration papers. I became aware of my mistake after when I'm already in Canada - that as a consequence that mistake makes them ineligible to be sponsored. I heard lately of the Pilot Project about undeclared children chance of being united to family under this government two-year project.

I'd like to hear any professional opinion on this. I'd like to try under the system. Is this possible? What are my chances.

Thank you for the kind opinion and time you will spend commenting here. It's much appreciated.

Dads

 

[primaprime]

Unfortunately the pilot program is only for resettled refugees or people who were themselves sponsored, not people such as yourself who appear to have immigrated through an economic category.

 

[scylla]

I have a concern and gathering information on how I could sponsor my illegitimate child, "twin sons born outside of my marriage."

Back before I immigrate to Canada from the Philippines or before I got my PR, I had a rocky relationship in the marriage and that got me separated for short period from my legal wife. During that time I had pending immigration application to Canada with my legal wife as espousal partner. I had a relationship with another woman then and that relationship bore a twin sons. I came to Canada with the legal wife and two children with her. Three days before I departed, my twin sons were born. Thinking of complications and lack of time not to mention my not familiarity with Canadian family laws, I did not declare the twins as my dependent children in the immigration papers. I became aware of my mistake after when I'm already in Canada - that as a consequence that mistake makes them ineligible to be sponsored. I heard lately of the Pilot Project about undeclared children chance of being united to family under this government two-year project.

I'd like to hear any professional opinion on this. I'd like to try under the system. Is this possible? What are my chances.

Thank you for the kind opinion and time you will spend commenting here. It's much appreciated.

Dads

FYI - you will not get a professional opinion here. We are all normal people like you. If you want a professional opinion you will need to hire a lawyer.

The answer (as said above) is that it depends how you immigrated to Canada. If you immigrated through an economic immigration stream like FSW, Express Entry, PNP, etc. then you are excluded from the pilot. If you immigrated through Family Sponsorship or the Refugee program, then you are in scope for the pilot.