When to sponsor pregnant wife

The sooner you apply, the sooner you will be able to bring them to Canada. However, YOU must be present IN CANADA in order to sponsor (because you are a PR - a Citizen has the option of sponsoring with an intent to return to Canada.)

FSW applied 6/09, denied (med inadmissible) 12/11. JR leave granted 7/12, discontinued 9/12. Spousal app PPR 9/12. Landed 13 October 2012

john.foot wrote:

1. I submit the application to sponsor my wife now. Is there anywhere I say that my wife is expecting or do I just dont mention this?

YES you mention it; under no circumstances do you even try (my personal opinion) to fail to state this "critical piece" of information. I have had a friend whose entire PR application and that of his wife's and three kids was cancelled because he failed to mention they were expecting a fourth child.

john.foot wrote:

2. Wait for them to approve, by which time my wife would have delivered.

If, IF, you have a child not included in your application and your wife is already a PR, the only way is to apply all over again to sponsor your child under a NEW PR application (at which time, the obvious question will be raised by CIC on why are they hearing about this now).

john.foot wrote:

3. Once the PR is approved for my wife I inform them that I also have a kid?

Again, back to question 2, only option then is a brand NEW application for sponsorship.

john.foot wrote:

Would appreciate any feedback?

One point that you may have missed:

If your spouse is pregnant, how is she going to do the medical that requires full x-rays? Doctors do not do x-rays on pregnant women for fear of harm to the child. And the medical is a pre-requisite (a requirement before you submit your application) to the spousal sponsorship. Something for you to think.

Now, here's what I would personally do if I were in your shoes (my PERSONAL opinion, NOT professional):

If I knew the time it takes for a PR is more than 10 months or a year for my wife, I would gather all documents and apply. I would not have her do the entire medical now. I would skip the x-rays, but still do all the other medical required. My application would clearly state to the visa office that we are expecting and that is why I have not included the xrays, but I would be more than happy to have my spouse do full medical after birth and also add the child to the application. I would ask in the application to put my file in queue and that I will update them later this year on the child and mom's medicals. Then I would cross my fingers and hope that the visa office is not fast at processing the application and hopefully will not review my file until the child is born. Worse outcome is the visa office will return your application and ask you to resubmit later this year.

Worse outcome of applying now with no mention of child is double or triple the wait time (3 years or more) if the visa office already issues the PR (this is assuming you go ahead with the dangerous x-rays) to your wife and now processes a NEW application for your child.

Just my 3 cents ...

Edited by MajidS - 05 Jul 2012 at 10:27am