If my child is over 22 years old, can he immigrate to Canada with me?

Starting from August 2014, the age has been reduced to 19 years old. From our previous clients, we can see that 90% of the immigration purposes are for the education of their children. In order to allow children to conveniently enjoy education abroad. Instead of staying in China day and night in a sea of ??books and exam-oriented education.

Before that, before the Canadian government implemented this, there was an exemption for "full-time study." That is to say, as long as the children are not married, have no job, and are still attending school full-time, they can immigrate to Canada with their parents.

The Canadian Federal Department of Immigration and Immigration published a notice in the official government newspaper that it will adjust the age regulations for "accompanying children" in Canada's "Immigration and Refugee Protection Clauses". That is, the age is lowered from the original 22 to 19, and for children over 19 years old, the exemption condition of "full-time study" is no longer recognized, and only children over 19 years old who are unable to be financially independent due to physical or mental disabilities are accepted.

The new regulations will take effect from August 1, 2014 and apply to all immigration projects. The summary is as follows:

The new regulations define "accompanying children" as children who are not over 19 years old:

- As with the previous regulations, children can be married or living together Relationship;

- Children over 19 years of age are acceptable if they are unable to become financially independent due to physical or mental disabilities;

- Exemption from “full-time study” The clause was deleted from the new law.

How to define whether "accompanying children" as defined in the new law are met:

- Federal application: the calculation is based on the date of application submission;

- Quebec Application: The calculation is based on the date the application is submitted to Quebec;

- Provincial nomination application: The calculation is based on the date the nomination application is submitted to the province.

The "transition period" provision stipulates that the following applications submitted before August 1, 2014 will still be subject to the previous definition of "accompanying children":

- Federal applications: If The application for permanent residence visa or permanent residence status was submitted before August 1st

- Quebec application: If the CSQ application was submitted to Quebec before August 1st, regardless of whether the CSQ has been Issuance;

- Provincial nomination application: If the nomination application is submitted to the province before August 1, regardless of whether the nomination certificate has been issued.

So, friends who have the idea of ??immigrating to Canada, if it is for their children, must calculate the time well when submitting the application. Although the entire immigration may take 2-3 years, the age of the children is calculated based on the time when the application materials are submitted.