- Jul 10, 2013
- 5
- Category........
- Visa Office......
- Ottawa
- Job Offer........
- Pre-Assessed..
- App. Filed.......
- 18-02-2014
- Doc's Request.
- 16-07-2014
- AOR Received.
- 14-03-2014
- File Transfer...
- 18-03-2014
- Med's Done....
- 13-01-2014
- Interview........
- waived
- Passport Req..
- 23-10-2014 Decision Made..:29-12-2014
- VISA ISSUED...
- 23-12-2014
- LANDED..........
- 29-01-2015
Hey everyone
This might be a stupid question, feel free to laugh, but I just want to make sure I'm not missing something or having a blonde moment.
My husband and my stepkids landed in Canada as PRs, from New York state, in Jan 2015. The kids had their mother's consent, all paperwork was in order. Now my husband's ex-wife is saying she is going to move to Canada because she misses the kids.
She asked us what her options are. We told her that right now there are none. She doesn't qualify for any immigration streams that I'm aware of (and I feel like I'm pretty familiar with the immigration system at this point) except for Parental Sponsorship, and that's only once my oldest stepkid is of age and meets the other financial requirements - so probably in ten+ years or so. She was upset by this and even went so far as to contact UNICEF about "family reunification." (I had a pretty good laugh at her audacity.)
Anyway, this past Monday she told my husband she has a "friend of a friend" who lives in Canada and this friend knows a "special, easy way" to immigrate to Canada IF you have kids already in the country. So I guess that's her plan now? She said next time she visits the kids for a weekend she'll be calling this friend-of-a-friend and starting the moving process. I'm pretty sure she's going to get herself into some trouble with CBSA, and that's not what I want for her. I don't like the woman, but I would be prefer to keep my kid-free weekends and not have her barred from entering the country.
I've looked online everywhere for any kind of information that may lead someone to believe there is a "easy way" to move to Canada with the condition that your kids already live here, and I can't find anything. All there is, obviously, is Parental Sponsorship.
Am I missing something? Or is she?
This might be a stupid question, feel free to laugh, but I just want to make sure I'm not missing something or having a blonde moment.
My husband and my stepkids landed in Canada as PRs, from New York state, in Jan 2015. The kids had their mother's consent, all paperwork was in order. Now my husband's ex-wife is saying she is going to move to Canada because she misses the kids.
She asked us what her options are. We told her that right now there are none. She doesn't qualify for any immigration streams that I'm aware of (and I feel like I'm pretty familiar with the immigration system at this point) except for Parental Sponsorship, and that's only once my oldest stepkid is of age and meets the other financial requirements - so probably in ten+ years or so. She was upset by this and even went so far as to contact UNICEF about "family reunification." (I had a pretty good laugh at her audacity.)
Anyway, this past Monday she told my husband she has a "friend of a friend" who lives in Canada and this friend knows a "special, easy way" to immigrate to Canada IF you have kids already in the country. So I guess that's her plan now? She said next time she visits the kids for a weekend she'll be calling this friend-of-a-friend and starting the moving process. I'm pretty sure she's going to get herself into some trouble with CBSA, and that's not what I want for her. I don't like the woman, but I would be prefer to keep my kid-free weekends and not have her barred from entering the country.
I've looked online everywhere for any kind of information that may lead someone to believe there is a "easy way" to move to Canada with the condition that your kids already live here, and I can't find anything. All there is, obviously, is Parental Sponsorship.
Am I missing something? Or is she?