Find out whether the spouse and daughter have pending derivative applications or have already obtained permanent residence. Each joining eligible family member carries the US$15,000 fee and US$1 million gift, but payment does not describe their current rights. Review each person’s documents before inferring the effect of the employer’s proposal. Each family member’s file should be assembled separately, with its own receipts, notices and status evidence. A single corporate summary listing everyone together tends to describe what the company paid rather than what each person now holds.
Derivative eligibility has its own facts to check
For a pending family case, assess the qualifying relationship, the daughter’s age and any applicable protection, admissibility and the principal’s eligibility. For someone already admitted as a permanent resident, do not assume later ageing, marital changes or the principal’s proposed abandonment automatically cancel that person’s residence. Have counsel evaluate the actual stage and any notices separately for each family member.
Where the employer’s proposal concerns the principal, ask in writing what it says about derivatives, and treat silence as an unanswered question rather than as reassurance. A corporate consent form drafted around one employee will rarely address a spouse’s or a child’s position, since the company’s interest ends at its own contribution. Keep each person’s documents in a separate folder with dates on the front, because a family able to produce its own record quickly stands in a materially better position than one reconstructing it from memory.