A transitional provision does not apply.
- Definition of a Dependent Child: Use the new definition [R25.1 (3)]
- Age Lock-in Date: The age lock-in date is the date on which Quebec received the application for a CSQ
- 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 August 01, 2014, Quebec receives a CSQ application from a Quebec Immigration Entrepreneurs Program applicant
- Quebec approves the CSQ on February 01, 2015
- On April 07, 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 child who, at the time the CIC received the Application for Permanent Residence (APR), was:
- Aged 19 years old
- The application includes a Certificat de sélection du Québec i.e. CSQ – Quebec Selection Certificate (CSQ) for the principal applicant and the principal applicant’s child
- Quebec had received the undertaking application on August 01, 2014, hence:
- A transitional provision would not apply and,
- The officers would apply the new definition of a dependent child
- The child became 19 years old on April 01, 2015
- The officers process the younger child’s application as a dependent because on the date the Quebec received the principal applicant’s CSQ application – the age lock-in date, the child was:
- Under 19 years of age and,
- Single
- 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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