Study Permit - Possible a misrepresentation case in the future?

[MysteriousDiscount]

Hi,

I've been stressing out about my canadian study permit application. I've never been refused a visa before, but last year I applied to a B1B2 US visa, submitted a Ds160, paid the fees, scheduled the interview, but ended up canceling the interview appointment in the US consulate of my country, which was supposed to take place in March 2026. A decision on my US visa was never made. I submitted my study permit application in April 2026 and I marked that I've never been refused a visa... the study permit was approved.

The CEAC US visa status check shows "No Status" in my application associated to my Ds160 as it was probably never adjudicated, so I didn't consider it as a refusal, as I believe that the US must formally deny/refuse a visa with a specific section of the INA. If it had been refused under any INA section, it would say refused in the Department of Status CEAC tracker.

However, I don't really know how Canada IRCC will interpret that in the future. They approved the study permit in May. And, last year, they approved my canadian visitor visa when my US B1B2 visa was pending. Should I be on the clear then? I suppose that they would've noticed a past US visa refusal in those applications, if there had actually been one.

Will they consider this last US visa application as a refusal? Unfortunately, other than the CEAC visa status tracker, I've no other ways to know. Will it be flagged as misrepresentation in the future in PGWP or PR applications?

I would request FOIA information to the DoS but it takes too much time...

 

[Romin1995]

Hi,

I've been stressing out about my canadian study permit application. I've never been refused a visa before, but last year I applied to a B1B2 US visa, submitted a Ds160, paid the fees, scheduled the interview, but ended up canceling the interview appointment in the US consulate of my country, which was supposed to take place in March 2026. A decision on my US visa was never made. I submitted my study permit application in April 2026 and I marked that I've never been refused a visa... the study permit was approved.

The CEAC US visa status check shows "No Status" in my application associated to my Ds160 as it was probably never adjudicated, so I didn't consider it as a refusal, as I believe that the US must formally deny/refuse a visa with a specific section of the INA. If it had been refused under any INA section, it would say refused in the Department of Status CEAC tracker.

However, I don't really know how Canada IRCC will interpret that in the future. They approved the study permit in May. And, last year, they approved my canadian visitor visa when my US B1B2 visa was pending. Should I be on the clear then? I suppose that they would've noticed a past US visa refusal in those applications, if there had actually been one.

Will they consider this last US visa application as a refusal? Unfortunately, other than the CEAC visa status tracker, I've no other ways to know. Will it be flagged as misrepresentation in the future in PGWP or PR applications?

I would request FOIA information to the DoS but it takes too much time...

No worries I guess, this is nothing compared to what people do in Canada , fraud and misrepresentation both exist in many immigration applications and surprisingly they just go unnoticed and ignored . Many people even got their citizenship with fake papers and now they are proud Canadians!

 

[MysteriousDiscount]

@scylla

 

[scylla]

@scylla

No idea. When it doubt, declare.

 

[MysteriousDiscount]

No idea. When it doubt, declare.

Yeah, I don't even know if that counts as refusal. I didn't declare anything and application was approved. Would it useful to request GCMS notes? Will it tell me if they found an undeclared US visa refusal?

 

[maplelife]

If you withdrew your U.S. visa application before a decision was made, that’s a withdrawal — it’s your own action, not a refusal or approval. Legally, it’s treated as if the application never happened. If it never happened, there’s nothing to disclose, and it’s not misrepresentation.

 

[MysteriousDiscount]

If you withdrew your U.S. visa application before a decision was made, that’s a withdrawal — it’s your own action, not a refusal or approval. Legally, it’s treated as if the application never happened. If it never happened, there’s nothing to disclose, and it’s not misrepresentation.

I'm not aware of any option in the US interview consulate website to "withdraw" the application. The US visa application is different from Canada and I haven't seen a formal way to withdraw an applicstion. There was only an option to cancel the interview and that's what I did. The Ds160 expires automatically after one year, so it already expired for me. If I ever want to apply for a new visa, I would have to fill out the ds160 form again, pay the interview fee, and schedule an interview.

The status of my Ds160 says "No Status". If it had been refused under any section of the INA (214b, 221g), it would say "Refused," if I'm not wrong. I think I will just request GCMS notes to see if they found a US visa refusal after I arrive to Canada.

 

[maplelife]

Think of it like buying bread: you pick it up, walk to the counter, but decide not to buy it and put it back. The transaction never happened - no receipt, no record. Same with your visa application: you canceled before the interview, so the U.S. system never processed a refusal. No status means no decision. No decision means nothing to disclose. You don’t need a ‘withdraw’ button — you just didn’t complete the process, and that’s the end of it.