Age limit for dependent children to apply for Canadian permanent residency has been increased to 22 years from 19 years earlier. New rules valid for applications submitted on or after Oct 24, 2017

Application received on and after 24^th of October 2017 will follow new rules declared by the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) in the month of May this year. In May of this year, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced that eligible immigration applications received on or after October 24, 2017, will be processed based on the new definition. Therefore, immigration forms submitted on or after that may include children of the principal applicants under the age of 22, who are not married or in a common-law relationship.

The new changes allow individuals more than 22 years of age to be considered as dependents and become a part of application procedure in the exception condition of mental and physical challenges.

Earlier the age limit for the dependent children was 19 years to apply for Canada permanent residency.

The raising of the maximum age of dependent children does not apply retroactively to applications submitted after August 1, 2014, and before October 24, 2017. This decision is taken to not to cause any delay in distribution of Visas which are already undergoing the process. Applying the change to in-process applications would require a pause in finalizing many permanent residence applications and would hamper the processing times in many programs.

Increase in the age limit is a great opportunity for people who are yet to file their candidature for Canadian PR.

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