Criminal Conviction

Quote from: JeffS000 on October 04, 2009, 09:10:35 am

I need advice from Seniors/PMM on this serious issue:

I am an international student in Canada. I also have a pending skilled immigration case (applied in 2007) where I have submitted my complete documents a couple of months ago.

I have just been informed that I have been convicted (a few weeks ago) of theft/embezzlement of approx. 700 dollars in the last country I was in.
Sorry to hear that.
My former employers filed a case against me and I never knew the case was filed or it went to court until the judgment was handed down. I am in serious trouble now.
Yes, If the judgment is recent i.e. less than 5years. You might need to apply for rehabilitation to be admissible. You might want to study the comments on the attached link: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/5312ETOC.asp. It takes a year to obtain rehabilitation from the Canadian government.
Although I submitted a police clearance certificate with my documents, I am sure that CIC does there own background checks.
Did you apply for the police clearance certificate before finding out that you have conviction? If so what was on the certificate when you received it? Did it come with a live trace or blank?
Will they find out about this?
Yes. Should there be a record of conviction against you they will eventually know about it. You are better informing them before they find out. It might be construed that you were hiding facts from them.
And if they do will they deny my perm application?
Yes. If you are found to be inadmissible.
Also with a criminal conviction I cannot stay in Canada as an international student. What happens there?
I am not sure how that works. Read the link carefully.
Will they arrest me and turn me over to the authorities of the other country?
It's a possibility.

Please help me.
All is not lost yet.