bonvoy888 wrote:
Our PR application has been pending for some 13 months now. We applied as a family (me, wife and daughter), and the application has been pending for so long that we had a baby boy in the interim!
The way you say it looks like as if the baby boy dropped from the sky without your knowledge. Ofcourse, you have planned for it. I know many couples who had first child as a daughter, so they try for a second child with hopes of getting a boy so that it can increases their chances when they apply pr. And there are many others like you who plan for pregnancy after submitting a pr application, with hopes of increasing their pr chances which is in progress by updating a new baby born, especially if its a boy. ICA may know these situations
so they may see your case in a similar way. Its not wrong to have a baby in due course of a pending pr, but just saying they know these games.
bonvoy888 wrote:
I emailed ICA to update them of his birth, with relevant documents, and asked them to add him on to our family application.
Many try these routes, not knowing that this is the reply they would get when asking them to add their kid.
bonvoy888 wrote:
They replied to say "You may submit a fresh application for him after your family’s current application has been finalised."
Well since one of the mods have commented on this, i would like to add an opinion like most here. The reply you get is given by the 'service' officer who deals with replying the emails and queries. When they check your pr application on their screen, the result of the pr application may not be stated on their screen, but may have information like e.g. 'under processing'. Even if they can see it, and its either rejected or approved, they will still give this default template "You may submit a fresh application for him after your family’s current application has been finalized." This for me looks like if your current application is approved, then you can sponsor for your kid, which is just the usual information anyone would say. From their message, i feel the point is "cannot add a new applicant in existing pr application and their statement is not an indication of anything positive or negative".
bonvoy888 wrote:
This seems a bit odd? Surely that's an own goal, to potentially grant us all PR but leave our son off it? I juts hope that they won't reject the application on the basis that we "haven't" included our son... Probably over thinking!
Sure, they wont reject based on the reason that you left your son off. But dont hold your breath too much, as pr is getting quite difficult these days. Your length of stay is good which can favour you, but still since you are in others list it can go negative too. There are many viet applicants who have been here since schooling for more than 15 yrs but still cant get it. If you dont get this time, next time apply with your son which could have a very good chance.
