Hello All,
Hope everyone is enjoying the build up to the Holidays?!
I received a letter from from the Canadian High Commission in London regarding my ex husbands application under the family class asking me to send passport photographs and birth certificate.
However, the situation is a little more complicated than just sending this stuff. I am too involved with a Canadian citizen and our plans are for him to move here (UK) initially but with the option to move to Canada at a later date. my question is...if I do not comply with my EX HUSBANDS application request for these items will this affect our separate immigration application through family class. All they say is this
\' In order to meet immigration requirements, all of Mr. M******s dependents, even non-accompanying ones, must also meet immigration requirements. All family members who are not already Canadian citizens or permanent residents must undergo and pass a medical examination.
If A***** is not examined, she cannot be sponsored as a member of the family class in the future, regardless of changes to custody or living circumstances\'
I understand what it saying - but can someone clarify if they mean CANNOT BE SPONSORED BY HER FATHER or NOT AT ALL EVER even if he dies etc etc
I have contacted the commission again, but this has to be done within 14 days and its coming up to Christmas, I don\'t want to affect any future plans that might arise for my partner, me and my daughter
her father doesn\'t take anything to do with her, emotionally, socially or financially.
Hope someone can clarify....x
Hi There - speaking as someone on the other side of the coin (my husband has a child who\'s mother has absolutely refused to comply in any way with the immigration process) - we are still confused as to whether or not it means that the child can never be sponsored under the Family Class (for instance, by his younger brother born here), or just not by the current applicant, my husband.
What we had to do, is provide a letter to Immigration Canada, stating that the mother of the child refused to assist in the application in any way. It was quite serious in our case, as even the request that my husband made (could you please take him for the medical?) resulted in a backlash that included the mother denying my husband access to the child since that point, her throwing things at him, and generally turning my husband\'s world upside down. Before the request he was able to visit his son regularly and he has always provided for him, but now he hasn\'t seen the boy in almost a year, which has been heartbreaking for him.
We submitted the letter with the application (and we were told it would be better if the letter came from the mother who was refusing the medical but she even refused to do that). My husband was subsequently asked during the interview if he understood the consequences, and he said he did (that he could not sponsor his child in the future). We have been asked a few times in the process by Immigration Officials if this is still the case (the refusal of the medical) and it is. But so far my husband\'s application has proceeded forward, and the letter is in the file.
I can tell you that should our son want to come to Canada in the future we would most certainly make the biggest appeal we possibility could, and it is heartbreaking for us that he doesn\'t have the opportunity to be sponsored in the future by his father.
From your letter, I gather that your daughter would have the option of being sponsored by your new partner in the future, should you all wish to come to Canada. It would be a separate application entirely. However, your best option is to seek legal advice on that question and put your mind at ease.
Thank you for sharing your story,
I totally see your side of the coin and I find it heartbreaking that kids always end up in the middle. If it didn\'t affect my application in the future, I too would point blankly refuse but my situation is different where her father doesn\'t take ANY responsibility. and hasn\'t for 3 years since he ran off when she was 1.
My head is spinning, because my pride says refuse but on the other hand I don\'t wanna ruin our future (I don\'t wanna ruin his either, I just don\'t want to have anything to do with him or his life)
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\'scottish_maple\' pid=\'54894\' dateline=\'1291908489\ Wrote:Thank you for sharing your story,
I totally see your side of the coin and I find it heartbreaking that kids always end up in the middle. If it didn\\\'t affect my application in the future, I too would point blankly refuse but my situation is different where her father doesn\\\'t take ANY responsibility. and hasn\\\'t for 3 years since he ran off when she was 1.
My head is spinning, because my pride says refuse but on the other hand I don\\\'t wanna ruin our future (I don\\\'t wanna ruin his either, I just don\\\'t want to have anything to do with him or his life)
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If the children are not \"examined\" then they would no longer be members of the family class, and their father would not be able to sponsor them to Canada in the future. An appeal was mention in the above, but as the children are not members of the family class, there would be no appeal. The only way that they would be allowed to enter Canada (ignoring that their mother may emigrate in the future) would be a Humanitarian and compassionate application.
@PMM - yes - when I said \"appeal\" what I meant was that, if there came a time when our son was older and wanted or needed to be with us, we would overturn every stone. I didn\'t mean that we would be able to appeal the current status quo.
I have to say though...it really doesn\'t make a whole lot of sense that this is the way the system is set up. While I have no wish to remove our son from his biological mother at this time (she is a good mother), it seems really unfair that her actions have created a decision for us and our family and especially for our son - that could affect his entire life. I really wish the system was different.
scottish maple, can I ask for clarification on your situation? I\'m understanding it as follows: Your ex-husband and you are both involved with Canadians, and both intending to be sponsored as part of the family class, and you have a child together. Your ex-husband has \"beaten you to the punch\" so to speak, and hit the point in sponsorship where non-accompanying dependents need to be examined. This means your child needs to send passport and medical, etc. You\'re reluctant to comply because your ex has nothing to do with supporting your child.
If I\'m understanding the situation correctly, what could you possibly have to lose by complying? The fee for getting the medical done? Your daughter stands to lose a whole lot more if something were to happen to you.
@anitsirK - yes you pretty much understood my situation and probably explained it better too...lol
I suppose its more of a pride thing, and thats shy I wanted clarification, I am unsure if whether I complied or not with his application if it would affect US (her) in the future regarding family class or would it just affect her father from sponsoring her?!
@ Trenzado, I also agree that this is an unfair system in regards to this particular area, I dont understand it either. thats why I also was asking, cause I thought to myself, they couldnt possibly mean \'Could never be sponsored under family class\' thats a bit hasty...
sigh