Immigration to Canada - Baby?

Question

Hello. Is it possible, or has anyone been able to bring their girlfriend (not married or common law) into Canada for permanent residency if a child is involved?

If the father lives in Canada, and the mother and baby in the United States, is it possible to, without marriage, to get residency in Canada for the mother and child?

And if the child were born in Canada, would that change any?

Answer 1

If you do not want to get married then you MUST have been living together as common law for a MINIMUM of 12 months and be able to show proof of this before you can apply for her to emigrate. If you have not lived together for 12 months, then you must either do so, or get married.

You cannot emigrate to Canada as just a girlfriend with no committment to each other. Thats why the 12 months or marriage is required.

If the child is yours, and it was not born in Canada, and because you are not married - then you will need to have a paternity test done to prove the child is yours and then get a citizenship certificate for the child. That way you only need to sponsor the mother.

If the child was born in Canada then again you only need to sponsor the mother, but the child will probably still need a paternity test done to prove that the child is yours. And again you still MUST live together for 12 months or get married for the mother to be allowed to emigrate.

When you are married, paternity tests are not required, because it is assumed that you are monogamous.

ETA - now why am I getting thumbs down?  I am just reporting the facts.

This person is welcome to try and apply for his g/f but when the application is denied, its not my problem that he chose to ignore this information.

Answer 2

It's very hard to bring in a girlfriend, baby or not.  There is a class for conjugal partner but it's apparently very hard to qualify for that.  Basically, if you want to bring her in, you have to marry her and sponsor her and the baby to become permanent residents.

If they baby is born in Canada, it would be a Canadian citizen.  That would mean that you would not have to sponsor the baby but it does not give the mother any special rights.  It would also change it for you that you would not have to prove income if you are only sponsoring a spouse.

Answer 3

Child born in Canada would be a Canadian citizen. Mother can come with child

Answer 4

Child is a citizen and come at any time. The mother is not a citizen and is not guaranteed anything, baby or not.