Dependent children Meeting Requirements
Family member | When requirements have to be met | |||
Spouse or common-law | Meets the requirements of the class as set out in section 5.14 above and | |||
partner (applicant) | meets the definition of spouse or common-law partner as described in OP | |||
2, Section 6 when the application is received and when a decision on | ||||
permanent residence is entered into FOSS. | ||||
Dependent children | • is under 22 years of age and not a spouse or common-law partner | |||
under 22 years of age | when the application is received; and, | |||
• without taking into account their age, they continue not to be married | ||||
or not involved in a common-law relationship at visa issuance; and | ||||
when they enter Canada; or when a decision on permanent | ||||
residence is entered into FOSS. | ||||
Dependent children | Since becoming a spouse or common-law partner, they have been: | |||
under 22 years of age, | ||||
a spouse or common- | • substantially dependent for financial support on either parent | |||
law partner and a full- | (including non-sponsoring parent); and, | |||
time student | ||||
• continuously enrolled and actively pursuing a course of study at an | ||||
accredited post-secondary institution, | ||||
without taking into account their age, when the application is received | ||||
and at visa issuance and when they enter Canada and/or a decision on | ||||
permanent residence is entered into FOSS. | ||||
Dependent children | Since before the age of 22 or, if married or a common-law partner before | |||
over 22 years of age | the age of 22, since becoming a spouse of common-law partner, they | |||
and a full-time student | have been: | |||
• substantially dependent for financial support on either parent | ||||
(including non-sponsoring parent); and, | ||||
• continuously enrolled and actively pursuing a course of study at an | ||||
accredited post-secondary institution, | ||||
when the application is received and at visa issuance and when they | ||||
enter Canada and/or a decision on permanent residence is entered into | ||||
FOSS. | ||||
Dependent children | Since before the age of 22 has been: | |||
over 22 years of age | • substantially dependent for financial support on either parent | |||
and unable to be | (including non-sponsoring parent) when the application is received: | |||
financially self- | ||||
and, | ||||
supporting due to a | ||||
• continues to be substantially dependent upon either parent (including | ||||
physical or mental | ||||
condition | non-sponsoring parent), at visa issuance and when they enter | |||
Canada or a decision on permanent residence is entered into FOSS. | ||||
Dependent children of | Is the dependent child of a dependent child when the application is | |||
dependent children | received and at visa issuance and when they enter Canada and/or a | |||
decision on permanent residence is entered into FOSS. | ||||
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