NON ACCOMPANYING FAMILY MEMBERS DECLARATION
If you have family members who do not intend to emigrate to Canada with you, you must submit with your application a notarized statutory declaration
- identifying these family members and their relationship to you,
- stating your intention to proceed to Canada without them, and
- indicating whether or not you wish these persons to retain eligibility to be sponsored by you once you have settled in Canada.
Non accompanying family members are still required to successfully meet immigration medical and security standards at the same time as you do (see Note below). They will retain eligibility to be sponsored by you as a member of the Family Class once you have settled in Canada for as long as they are your spouse or common-law partner or your dependent children, as defined in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and Regulations.
Note: If you have non accompanying family members who are your spouse from whom you are legally separated or your children who are not in your legal custody, it is not necessary to have these family members examined. However, if you do not, you will not be able to sponsor them later.
Therefore, you may wish to have them undergo medical and background screening in connection with your application to accommodate possible future changes in circumstances. Should this be the case, indicate in your notarized statutory declaration your intention to retain their eligibility to be sponsored by you in the future.
If you have family members who do not intend to emigrate to Canada with you, you must submit with your application a notarized statutory declaration
- identifying these family members and their relationship to you,
- stating your intention to proceed to Canada without them, and
- indicating whether or not you wish these persons to retain eligibility to be sponsored by you once you have settled in Canada.
Non accompanying family members are still required to successfully meet immigration medical and security standards at the same time as you do (see Note below). They will retain eligibility to be sponsored by you as a member of the Family Class once you have settled in Canada for as long as they are your spouse or common-law partner or your dependent children, as defined in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and Regulations.
Note: If you have non accompanying family members who are your spouse from whom you are legally separated or your children who are not in your legal custody, it is not necessary to have these family members examined. However, if you do not, you will not be able to sponsor them later.
Therefore, you may wish to have them undergo medical and background screening in connection with your application to accommodate possible future changes in circumstances. Should this be the case, indicate in your notarized statutory declaration your intention to retain their eligibility to be sponsored by you in the future.