Status Change after Passport Submission

[Nadees]

Dear All,

I applied for PR about an year ago under the PhD stream. Finally, after submission of medicals, etc, we (I and my wife) have now been requested for passport submission. We both are currently residing in Canada and expecting our first baby in the second week of October (baby will be born in Canada). The letter I received from CPC-CTD-Ottawa, says the following:

STEP 1: STATUS CHANGE (If none of these conditions applies to you, you may proceed to STEP 2)
Has your family composition changed since our last correspondence?
· Have you married or divorced?
· Have you given birth or adopted a child?
· Do you intend to get married or divorced prior to becoming a permanent resident?
· Do you intend to give birth or adopt a child prior to becoming a permanent resident?
· Have you changed your contact information: e-mail address/mailing address/telephone number?

If any of these conditions apply, you must inform CPC-O immediately.


As per my understanding, being born in Canada, our baby will be a Canadian citizen by birth. Therefore, I think I do not need to inform CPC that we are expecting the baby as it is irrelevant to baby's immigration/citizenship status. So, should I go ahead and submit our passports prior to the birth (This is STEP-2)? Your suggestions will be highly appreciated.

Regards,
Nadees

 

[Alurra71]

Dear All,

I applied for PR about an year ago under the PhD stream. Finally, after submission of medicals, etc, we (I and my wife) have now been requested for passport submission. We both are currently residing in Canada and expecting our first baby in the second week of October (baby will be born in Canada). The letter I received from CPC-CTD-Ottawa, says the following:

STEP 1: STATUS CHANGE (If none of these conditions applies to you, you may proceed to STEP 2)
Has your family composition changed since our last correspondence?
· Have you married or divorced?
· Have you given birth or adopted a child?
· Do you intend to get married or divorced prior to becoming a permanent resident?
· Do you intend to give birth or adopt a child prior to becoming a permanent resident?
· Have you changed your contact information: e-mail address/mailing address/telephone number?

If any of these conditions apply, you must inform CPC-O immediately.


As per my understanding, being born in Canada, our baby will be a Canadian citizen by birth. Therefore, I think I do not need to inform CPC that we are expecting the baby as it is irrelevant to baby's immigration/citizenship status. So, should I go ahead and submit our passports prior to the birth (This is STEP-2)? Your suggestions will be highly appreciated.

Regards,
Nadees

You can tell them you are expecting a child and the due date of the child and that you expect to deliver the child in Canada. The child won't need to be added in the sense he/she would need to be sponsored, however, he/she would need to be added to your application as a dependent.

 

[CanV]

This is tricky but you first need to answer, are you or are you not going to have the baby before becoming a PR? If not then there is nothing to do. If you think you are then you will need to inform them and explain that you do not intend to list the child as an independent for immigration purposes. The reason they ask is mainly for people to include the child in the application so he or she can get a PR visa as well. I believe nothing needs to be done in your case. If I were you I would call and explain and see what they have to say. I would try to get a hold of someone there who actually processes applications.

 

[Nadees]

Thanks Alurra7 and canV, for the useful insight. It is almost certain that the baby will be born before becoming PR. So the best option is to write a letter to visa officer explaining the situation as Alurra7 has summarised. This will make sure we are not hiding anything in our application.

Thanks a lot,
Nadees