A transitional provision does not apply.
- Definition of a Dependent Child: Use the new definition
- Age Lock-in Date: The age lock-in date is the date on which province or territory received the nomination application [R25.1 (4)]
- The Impact: Officers can process a child as a dependent if, on the date on which Quebec receives the CSQ application, the child is:
- Under 19 years of age and single or,
- Aged 19 years or above and dependent on a parent because of a physical or mental condition
- Sample Scenario C
- On September 02, 2014, the provincial authorities receive a nomination application from a principal applicant
- The province issues the nomination certificate on March 04, 2015
- On June 01, 2015, the CIC receives an Application for Permanent Residence (APR) from the principal applicant
- The Application for Permanent Residence (APR) includes details of the applicant’s children who, at the time the CIC received the Application for Permanent Residence (APR), were:
- Aged 19 years old and 15 years old and,
- Unmarried
- The province received the nomination application after August 01, 2014, hence:
- A transitional provision would not apply and,
- The officers would apply the new definition of a dependent child
- The officers process the elder child’s application as a Type 1 dependent because on the date the province received the principal applicant’s nomination application – the age lock-in date, the child was:
- Under 19 years of age i.e. 18 years old
- This is despite the fact that the elder child was 19 years old at the time the CIC received the Application for Permanent Residence (APR)
- The officers process the younger child’s application as a Type 1 dependent because on the date the province received the principal applicant’s nomination application – the age lock-in date, the child was:
- Under 19 years of age
- Dependent children could benefit from a transitional provision at the Application for Permanent Residence (APR) stage by remaining unmarried and not entering into a common-law relationship, if these were requirements specified for meeting the pre-amendment definition
Source: Citizenship and Immigration
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