Add newborn child to application of Canada immigration for skilled workers

The processing of application of immigration to Canada as skilled worker takes some time. However, it does not stop flow of life, specially birth of child will never stop. I guess adding newborn child is the most common update the Canada immigration has to face.

Now the question is how will you add your newborn child to your application.

One thing you must know that, you need to inform the visa office about your newborn child within 60 days of birth. Best way to do that sending updated forms with supportive documents. If you can not send the papers, at least you can inform them using your case specific inquiry option and letting them know the cause of your failure to submit the documents in time. I hope they will understand.

To inform them you may use the "Case specific inquiry" option listed on your visa office website. For details about case specific inquiry, click here. Follow their instruction, if they give you some.

The procedure as far I have understood from the web is different at different visa offices. But the core theme is the same. You need to submit the fee and relevant documents.

You need to fill up the following forms:

1. Generic Application Form for Canada (IMM 0008), including the details of your newborn in the dependent section.

2. Schedule A: Background / Declaration (IMM 5669), for you and your spouse with updated information.
3. Fee Payment Form – Application for Permanent Residence (IMM 5620), completeonly for the amount you are paying,
4. Documents providing proof of your settlement fund. Your required fund is now higher as your family size has increased. If you need to know your required amount of settlement fund for Canada immigration click here.
5. Photograph of your baby: give as many copies as required by your visa office (the number of photos that you submitted of your own during submission of application).
6. Attested photocopies of your child's  birth certificate and passport.

And do not forget to put a cover letter explaining the relevance of each of the documents.

If you still face problems to add your newborn child to your application of Canada skilled worker immigration, do not, I repeat, do not hesitate to contact you visa office (prefer to use case specific inquiry as I have mentioned).

Good luck, hope the information helps you.

CAIP note: Another way to know status of your application

CAIP notes/ CAIP file: Can help you know your file status

If you have submitted you immigration application long time ago and wondering why it is not processed yet while other are flying for Canada, you can use this CAIP service. You can also use it to get prepared for your interview as it may contain valuable information about the objective of your interview.
But be judicious about using the service as it may cause further delay of your application file processing.

What is CAIP notes:
CAIP stands for 'Computer Assisted Immigration Processing System'. It is the computer system used by Canada immigration to process visa applications, and holds all the information on the current status of every immigration application being processed by overseas offices (i.e. those outside of Canada).
For new applications the CAIP is replaced by the 'GCMS' system.
To know more about CAIP, FOSS and GCMS, click here.

Can an applicant apply for CAIP notes:
CAIP notes is available to citizens, immigrants of persons living in Canada. So, most of the time an Immigration applicant has no access to the system.
But he can use somebody else living in Canada to avail the service for him. There are also some service providers that will get the CAIP notes for you. If you want, you can Google for that.

How to process:

1. fill up consent form IMM 5475 and signed by me and my spouse.
------- I did it and send scanned copy to my friend through mail.
2. Person in Canada has to fill up formal request form (IMM 5563).
3. Person in Canada has to send both these form with a $5.00 cheque (in favor of Receiver General of Canada) to
              Access to Information and Privacy Coordinator
              Narono Building
              360 Laurier Avenue West, 10th floor
              Ottawa, Ontario
              K1A 1L1
4. Wait for few weeks to get the print out.

Online application for study permit in Canada

If someone desires to study in Canada, he/she must have study permit except for few occasions like short term military training. 

There is an process of online application for study permit in Canada. 

You may apply online for study permit in Canada if you fulfill the following criteria: 

• your field of study does not require a medical examination;
• you are over the age of sixteen;
• you have no accompanying family members; and
• you live in and are a citizen of the following countries: Australia, Barbados, Denmark, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Republic of Ireland, Sweden and USA.

If you want to give it a try, click here to see if you are eligible for online application for study permit in Canada. 

Application form for Canada Immigration- Tips for IMM008

Application for Permanent Residence in Canada [IMM 0008]is the first form to be filled up. Remember, you can not save the PDF format of Application for Permanent Residence in Canada [IMM 0008]after filling the spaces. You need to take print out before you close the file after filling up. No changes can be saved in Application for Permanent Residence in Canada [IMM 0008]. So be careful when you fill up this form and take a print out. If there is a mistake you see after closing the PDF file, you'll have fill it again from the starting.

1. Check mark the under which category under you are applying (most likely Skilled worker if you are an IMG).
2. Then put the number of you family member in the allocated space.
3. Now choose the language you are going to communicate or if there is an interview, you would like to use for conversation. Check both for correspondence and interview.
4. Now fill the space asking for "Visa office requested for the process of your application" (it is the space next to the words).
You will have to go to
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/offices/apply-where.asp
and find out your country and its corresponding visa office from the chart. For example, from Afganistan the visa office for processing Applications for Permanent Resident Visas would be Islamabad.
5. Now fill up the areas for "Your full name", "Your sex" , "Date of birth" , "Your country of citizenship" , "Your country of residence" , "Your native language" , "Your height" , "Color of your eyes" , "Your current marital status" , "Have you been previously married or in a common-law relationship?" and "Your knowledge of English and French"
Don't forget to follow your passport to fill up the above mentioned areas, where applicable.
6. Now comes some tricky parts of the Application for Permanent Residence in Canada [IMM 0008] . That is the "years of education" is Education area. Put the years that are mentioned in your papers - certificate or syllabus or course description. Do not put the years that you have used, only the years that your papers say the course have. For example in our country a B.Sc. usually requires 4 years of study. Some person may not be able to complete by 4 years. He may need 5 years. But still he,ll count it as 4 years.
7. Put your current occupation and mailing address in the respective areas (number 13 & 14 of Application for Permanent Residence in Canada [IMM 0008])
8. Put your residential address only if it is something else than your mailing address (number 15 of Application for Permanent Residence in Canada [IMM 0008]). Otherwise, write "Not applicable" in the area.
9. Now fill up the remaining areas of Application for Permanent Residence in Canada [IMM 0008].

If you have provided an ID card number (no 19 of the Application for Permanent Residence in Canada [IMM 0008] form), you'll have to send a photocopy of it with the application papers.

According to CIC.ca, a new form is in place. Please click here to know more about the form.
If you want to know how to fill the form, click here.