Hi, everybody, I hope you all are doing well amidst this pandemic.
There is something that I noticed now while pouring through old documents in my computer.
I started an application with an immigration consultant in early 2018 for PR through the FSW program. In september 2018 I also decided that I wanted to visit Canada as a tourist, so I worked with the same consultant as a representative to apply for a Temporary Resident Visa. Unfortunately my application for TRV in november 2018 was rejected and I received the rejection letter through my consultant. My PR application was still ongoing at that time and did not receive an invitation to apply (ITA) until mid 2019. My PR application was approved this year 2020, received my PR Visa and COPR. I was excited, but this pandemic left me stranded in my home country and have to wait for the AL.
Just recently I read my COPR more carefully I noticed the following under the section "APPLICATION DETAILS":
Conditions:
00: None
"Charged/convicted of a crime or offence in any country, refused admission to Canada or required to leave Canada?"
After those lines nothing else shows and the next line just moves on to the next section "MEDICAL DETAILS"
My concerns are the following:
1. By "refused admission to Canada", does it mean having a past visa application rejected or does it mean being turned away at a border or Port of Entry?
I had never been to Canada, let alone tried to travel there: However, I had this aforementioned TRV visa rejection, which leads me to concern #2:
2. Is there a possibility that my consultant could have failed to report that rejected TRV visa application in my PR application (which was eventually successful)?
Bear in mind that both the TRV and the PR application were sent with the same UCI number, using the same representative.
3. Does my consultant had the obligation to disclose the rejected TRV while we in the middle of the application?
As far as I can remember, at the time, I had only sent my WES verfication of my degree and my IELTS scores. Both applications were under the same UCI number,
3. Is there a possibility that the Immigration Officers could not have noticed that TRV rejection while processing my PR application when both were under the same UCI number?
4. Can requesting GCMS notes help me make sure that my consultant reported my rejected TRV and whether the Immigration Officers were aware of that TRV rejection while processing the PR application?
5. If the answers to questions #2 and #3 were true, does it mean that there is a misrepresentation?
6. What could I do in that case?
Best regards and hope you all are safe
There is something that I noticed now while pouring through old documents in my computer.
I started an application with an immigration consultant in early 2018 for PR through the FSW program. In september 2018 I also decided that I wanted to visit Canada as a tourist, so I worked with the same consultant as a representative to apply for a Temporary Resident Visa. Unfortunately my application for TRV in november 2018 was rejected and I received the rejection letter through my consultant. My PR application was still ongoing at that time and did not receive an invitation to apply (ITA) until mid 2019. My PR application was approved this year 2020, received my PR Visa and COPR. I was excited, but this pandemic left me stranded in my home country and have to wait for the AL.
Just recently I read my COPR more carefully I noticed the following under the section "APPLICATION DETAILS":
Conditions:
00: None
"Charged/convicted of a crime or offence in any country, refused admission to Canada or required to leave Canada?"
After those lines nothing else shows and the next line just moves on to the next section "MEDICAL DETAILS"
My concerns are the following:
1. By "refused admission to Canada", does it mean having a past visa application rejected or does it mean being turned away at a border or Port of Entry?
I had never been to Canada, let alone tried to travel there: However, I had this aforementioned TRV visa rejection, which leads me to concern #2:
2. Is there a possibility that my consultant could have failed to report that rejected TRV visa application in my PR application (which was eventually successful)?
Bear in mind that both the TRV and the PR application were sent with the same UCI number, using the same representative.
3. Does my consultant had the obligation to disclose the rejected TRV while we in the middle of the application?
As far as I can remember, at the time, I had only sent my WES verfication of my degree and my IELTS scores. Both applications were under the same UCI number,
3. Is there a possibility that the Immigration Officers could not have noticed that TRV rejection while processing my PR application when both were under the same UCI number?
4. Can requesting GCMS notes help me make sure that my consultant reported my rejected TRV and whether the Immigration Officers were aware of that TRV rejection while processing the PR application?
5. If the answers to questions #2 and #3 were true, does it mean that there is a misrepresentation?
6. What could I do in that case?
Best regards and hope you all are safe