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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