From October 24th the definition of dependent children while considering applications for Canadian immigration will increase and children under 22 years of age will come under its purview. IRCC had announced In May this year that eligible applications for immigration which are received after 24th October 2017 will be viewed considering the new definition. Thus immigration forms given on or after that date can include children under the age of 22 of the principal applicants, provided they are unmarried and not remain in a common-law relationship.
Previously, with effect from August 2014, the age definition of dependent children was decreased to below 19 years.
IRCC has given an explanation, that the decision to refuse to apply the new regulation, to the applications submitted previously, was done, owing to the fact that, applying the change to ongoing applications, would halt the finalization, of several PR applications, and would affect the time of processing for many programs.
Previously, with effect from August 2014, the age definition of dependent children was decreased to below 19 years.
IRCC has given an explanation, that the decision to refuse to apply the new regulation, to the applications submitted previously, was done, owing to the fact that, applying the change to ongoing applications, would halt the finalization, of several PR applications, and would affect the time of processing for many programs.
