When to advise CIC about pregnancy?

[toby]

When must a pregnancy be declared, and with what results?

1) If the mother (and PR applicant) becomes pregnant after the PR application has been submitted, but before the official landing, or even at the time of "landing", must she inform CIC immediately? What happens? Is her PR visa put on hold, so that the baby may be born and then investigated before a decision on PR? If she is at Immigration at the airport, and reports her pregnancy, will she be refused entry pending birth of the baby (outside Canada) and investigation of the baby?

2) If she is pregnant but is unaware of it at the time of “landing”, is she OK?

I assume she will be OK if the baby is born in Canada. CIC would surely not say "you should have known you were pregnant at landing, and should have reported it then (so we could deport you until we investigated the baby)."

But what if the PR lands, then leaves Canada, and the baby is born outside Canada? When the mother applies for the baby’s citizenship, CIC will be able to do the math and discover that she was a few months pregnant at “landing”? Could CIC revoke her PR visa pending an investigation of the baby, and then decide whether to reinstate the woman’s PR visa?

I realize that these questions seem similar, but the time frame is slightly different.

 

[toby]

bump up or get buried by the volume of activity in this forum.

 

[chelley]

Notify them when the baby is born... That's the time your situation truly changes.

If the medicals are done already, and visa processing completes during the pregnancy, she can show up good and round and theres not much they can do other than say congrats.... Do be informed about the statue of health coverage in your province for prenatal and birth coverage... Many have that 3m waiting period

 

[rjessome]

Hi toby,

1. The only time an applicant needs to inform CIC about a pregnancy is really after the birth of the child because being pregnant doesn't guarantee live birth and ONLY IF the applicant has not landed yet. That's sounds awful doesn't it? Anyway, many in family class cases inform CIC before the decision has been made about the visa. While pregnancy and having a baby is not proof of a genuine relationship, it is given some weight. But technically, you only need to inform CIC BEFORE the landing if a baby has been born because, depending on the parents, the child may have to be added to the application. If one of the parents is a Canadian citizen (by birth or naturalization) then the child is a citizen too so is not added to the application but needs a Canadian passport to travel to Canada. If the sponsoring parent is a PR, then the child gets added to the application.

2. Yes, she's fine. Even if she is aware at landing she's still fine. She can waddle through immigration in her 9th month if she chooses. They don't care.

 

[toby]

Thanks so much for the good information, people.