The Intake of Applications for Family Members

For Spouse or Common-Law Partners in Canada Class (SCLPC)

• Spouse or Common-Law Partners in Canada Class (SCLPC) applicants who do not satisfy the Spouse or Common-Law Partners in Canada Class (SCLPC) eligibility requirements as specified in R124 (a) and (c) have the ability to request for Humanitarian and Compassionate (H&C) consideration

• Officers would typically process these applications under Humanitarian and Compassionate (H&C) provisions and not as members of the Spouse or Common-Law Partners in Canada Class (SCLPC)

The lock-in age for dependent children

• Officers would need to note that the lock-in date for determining the eligibility of dependent children is the date on which Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) receives the completed Humanitarian and Compassionate (H&C) applications – including the correct processing fees

• Dependent children would need to be below 22 years of age and not spouses or common-law partners when the authorities receive the application

• It is worth highlighting that under 22 years of age means up to and including the last day before the dependent child’s twenty-second birthday

• For more details, officers would need to review section 5.13 of OP2