- Hello everybody,
I am in the process of sponsorship my husband. Interview is scheduled in January of 2016. Unfortunately we made a mistake (not intentionally) that we are trying to correct. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
The situation is:
My husband and his ex-wife divorced 15 years ago. The oldest son was in my husband’s custody, the youngest son was in his ex-wife’s custody, and both children were raised in different countries. My husband has divorce certificate, confirming custody of children (it is clearly said that custody is agreed between couple).
His youngest son, 18 years old, was not disclosed in the original documentation due to the fact that he has been in the de-facto custody of his mother for the last 15 years. We have been advised that, notwithstanding this situation, he is a dependent child under immigration law and should be disclosed. Although he is a dependent child, the plan at present is for the child to be non-accompanying.
Steps that we have made as of today:
1. I emailed local Visa Office, notifying them that the child was not disclosed due to the fact that he was de facto in custody of his mother for last 15 years
2. They replied, saying that we have to notify CPC-Mississauga
3. I emailed CPC-Mississauga notifying them about amendment (their response you can see below).
4. My husband called numerical times to his ex-wife and his son with no response and then mailed out 3 (three) letters by registered mail to his son explaining the situation and asking him to sign immigration forms and provide us with documents. His son never responds.
5. My husband is going now to notary to sign Statutory Declaration that all efforts have been done and his son is unwilling to cooperate.
6. At the moment we have the following forms ready :
o IMM0008 Generic Application form for Canada-Amended, signed by principal applicant – my husband
o IMM5406 Additional Family Information-Amended, signed by principal applicant my husband
o IMM5406 Additional Family Information form – to be completed by dependent children over 18years old. We include the only information we know, related to dependent child. The form is not signed as the child is unwilling to cooperate
o IMM5669 Schedule A Background Declaration- to be completed by dependent children over 18 years old. We include the only information we know, related to dependent child. The form is not signed as the child is unwilling to cooperate
o IMM3911 Supplementary Information Form - to be completed by dependent children over 18 years old, should include information related to dependent child. No information is provided as the child is unwilling to cooperate
o Statutory Declaration confirming efforts done by my husband in order to obtain necessary information for immigration purposes from his son.
I received the following email from CPC – Mississauga:
To add a family member to the application, you have to download, fill out, validate and print the following forms** from our website and send them to the Case Processing Centre (CPC) in Mississauga, Ontario:
A new Application to Sponsor, Sponsorship Agreement and Undertaking form (IMM 1344) completed by the sponsor,
(If the application is still at the CPC in Mississauga)
A new Generic Application Form for Canada (IMM 0008) with supporting documents, (If you are adding a dependent child of a dependent child) A Financial Evaluation form (IMM 1283) with supporting documents
I completed a new Application to Sponsor, Sponsorship Agreement and Undertaking form (IMM 1344). There is NO difference between old and new forms, just date of signature.
In my understanding I do not need to send IMM0008 Generic Application form for Canada to CPC - Mississauga as our application is in local VO already, am I right?
What about another forms that we have done so far? What scares me is – in case I send all forms to Mississauga-there is no time now remains to let them inspect all of the forms.
I would much appreciate if you anyone could advise what scenario we should follow:
1. Send ONLY form IMM 1344 and letter of explanation, requested by CIC, to CPC Mississauga. Bring copies of them plus mailing receipt, and originals of all remaining forms with Statutory Declaration to interview.
2. Send ALL forms we have (incl. requested by CIC IMM 1344 and letter of explanation) along with Statutory Declaration to CPC-Mississauga and bring ALL copies with mailing receipt to interview.
3. Email local VO and confirm with them what we should do.
I think we should not, but kindly advise if we need to pay fee of $150 for the child (he is declared as non-accompanying). Kindly inform if we have no information that is asked in the form, is it ok to leave it blank?
If in our case the child is 18 years old, my husband has no rights anymore to sign the forms on the child’s behalf, right? We should leave it blank?
Thank you anyone for your advice.
