This has probably been asked before, but what is checked in the eligibility portion of the application?
What is checked during eligibility?
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During sponsor eligibility they verify that the sponsor qualifies to be a sponsor (e.g. ensures they're not on social assistance). It's not about verifying the relationship at that point - just about the sponsor themselves.
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They will check if the relationship look genuine or if it's one of convenience to get immagration status in Canada
I am wondering if they look into criminal record at all for eligibility. I don't have a criminal record, I have a clear FBI report. I have a dui dismissed in Delaware. I am wondering if this would make my eligibility take longer
PA eligibility looks into them as a person - the medical exam (which is a separate field online), and the criminal/security checks. Criminal is asking if you have anything that makes you ineligible to enter Canada, security is asking if CSIS and their partners would have concerns if you were in Canada.
The impact of a 'dismissed dui' rather depends on what 'dismissed' means, and when it took place. If you were convicted within the last five years, you would not be able to enter Canada. If you were suspected but cleared fifteen years ago, it would barely slow it all. Etc.
The impact of a 'dismissed dui' rather depends on what 'dismissed' means, and when it took place. If you were convicted within the last five years, you would not be able to enter Canada. If you were suspected but cleared fifteen years ago, it would barely slow it all. Etc.
Dismissed meaning I was not convicted. It did not show up on my FBI report at all. 110% clean. It took place almost 3 years ago
I have been in and out of Canada dozens of times
Then, while you'll need to provide the details of the arrest etc, it is very unlikely to cause a problem.
I have done this, as best as I could at least! I saw another person on here with the same situation. I got a legal opinion letter from a Canadian immigration lawyer which contains every document I had (court dockets, MADD pane completion certificate etc)
It was dismissed through a probation program the state of Delaware offers called "probation before judgement" or "pbj". Upon completion the dui was dismissed
Is this something that could cause my eligibility to take longer to be passed?
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Can anyone let me know if this could possibly cause eligibility to take longer?
I know that no one can say for sure
Sure - this could certainly cause eligibility to take longer. Anything that's not standard typically causes the process to take longer.
Maybe? I mean, it's impossible to say for sure one way or the other. Not having a conviction is good, but it depends how your case officer reads it - now you've given more detail about the PBJ scheme, it explictly says that to participate, you have to plead guilty. So it's in your favour that nothing gets recorded at the end, but the Canadians ask questions like if you've ever committed an offence - being found guilty is bad, but so is just doing it in the first place. It depends on your case officer. Canada takes DUIs very seriously. It's not outside the realm of possibility that they'll say you plead guilty, you did it, you're not eligible to enter the country. It's by no means certain that they'll do that, they might say no conviction, case approved. As Scylla said, anything non-standard can slow things up, but the result on yes/no isn't something anyone here can tell you with certainty.