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Arehived: June 2, 2025 2:57:08 PM From: Immigration Representatives / Représentants immigration (RCC) Sent: [requester] To: Ce: hnmigration Representatives / Représentants immigration (RCC) Subject: [requester] Importance: Normal Sensitivity: None Good day, Thank you for contacting the Immigration Representatives Mailbox Please note that this mailbox is intended for general guidance and does not provide responses to case-specific inquiries but have provided the following information as guidance.. If you have case specific questions about a file, you are encouraged to submit the [RCC Web fon. Please see our response to your question: QUESTION: Are minor children in legal guardianships eligible to be included as accompanying minors in their legal guardians? permanent residence application when they cannot be legally adopted due to country-specific laws? ANSWER: No, minor children in legal guardianships cannot be included as accompanying dependents in their legal guardians” application for permanent residence, nor can they be sponsored as a dependent child under the family class. The Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and its Regulations ([RPR) only recognizes adoptions that create a legal parent- child relationship and severs the previous legal parent-child relationship. Guardianship arrangements do not meet the definition of adoption under subsection 3(2) of IRPR and a child under guardianship would therefore not meet the definition of'a dependent child under section 2 of IRPR. Thank you, The Immigration Representatives Mailbox (IRCC) From: Sent: [requester] To: Immigration Representatives / Représentants immigration (RCC) <[requester email]> Subject: [requester] Dear [requester]/[requester] Canadian Immigration Consultant in good standing 1 am re-phrasing my previously submitted question to ensure that is more general in nature. ootess

Some countries (¢.g., Saudi Arabia) do not allow (domestic or international) adoption of orphaned children, and egal : guardianship is the only option available for relatives to adopt orphaned children. Children in legal guardianships do not meet the definition of “dependent child” as stated in the Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Regulations: dependent child, in respect of a parent, means a child who © (a) has one of the following relationships with the parent, namely, © (i) is the biological child of the parent, ifthe child has not been adopted by a person other than the spouse or common-law partner of the parent, or © Gii)is the adopted child of the parent; and © (b)is in one of the following situations of dependency, namely, © (i) is less than 22 years of age and is not a spouse or common-law partner, or © Gii) is 22 years of age or older and has depended substantially on the financial support of the parent since before attaining the age of 22 years and is unable to be financially self-supporting due to a physical or mental condition. QUESTION: Are minor children in legal guardianships eligible to be included as accompanying minors in their legal guardians’ permanent residence application when they cannot be legally adopted due to country-specific laws? Thank you for your assistance. [NAME REDACTED] [requester]