Hello everyone.
I received a five-year ban yesterday for misrepresentation and I wanted to know if there was a possibility of appeal in my case.
A year ago, for my immigration process, I turned to an immigration consultant in my country. He claimed he was authorized to handle the procedure, but I later discovered that he wasn’t, unfortunately when I had already given him access to personal documents. After putting a stop to our contract after my findings, he didn’t take it well and proceeded to threaten me to create fake profiles in my name to trigger a 5 year ban. This was a clear threat of identity theft. I immediately reported this issue to IRCC by creating a new GCKey account. I submitted all the proof I had, the text messages where he threatened me as well as police complaints I submitted in my country against him. I even filed representative canceling form so I wouldn’t have to deal with him again. A few months later I then proceeded to handle the process myself and did everything right and received an ITA with a 515CRS score. I submitted my Permanent Residency application for Skilled Worker and after a few months, the agent handling my file found discrepancies with previous profiles (that i obviously had no knowledge of) that were surely the work of that fraudulent representative. I submitted an explanation letter with all the proof I had as well as my past communications with IRCC where my complaint had been previously well acknowledged. All police reports and the wanted notice, threats text messages etc. Unfortunately the agent didn’t care and I don’t think they reviewed any of the evidence I submitted. They just refused my application and issued a five year ban for representation, even though I am a victim of identity theft.
I was wondering if this was a plausible cause for submitting an appeal and what would the next steps be in this case. I am in dire need of any help that comes my way Thank you for taking your time to read all this. Have a blessed day.
I received a five-year ban yesterday for misrepresentation and I wanted to know if there was a possibility of appeal in my case.
A year ago, for my immigration process, I turned to an immigration consultant in my country. He claimed he was authorized to handle the procedure, but I later discovered that he wasn’t, unfortunately when I had already given him access to personal documents. After putting a stop to our contract after my findings, he didn’t take it well and proceeded to threaten me to create fake profiles in my name to trigger a 5 year ban. This was a clear threat of identity theft. I immediately reported this issue to IRCC by creating a new GCKey account. I submitted all the proof I had, the text messages where he threatened me as well as police complaints I submitted in my country against him. I even filed representative canceling form so I wouldn’t have to deal with him again. A few months later I then proceeded to handle the process myself and did everything right and received an ITA with a 515CRS score. I submitted my Permanent Residency application for Skilled Worker and after a few months, the agent handling my file found discrepancies with previous profiles (that i obviously had no knowledge of) that were surely the work of that fraudulent representative. I submitted an explanation letter with all the proof I had as well as my past communications with IRCC where my complaint had been previously well acknowledged. All police reports and the wanted notice, threats text messages etc. Unfortunately the agent didn’t care and I don’t think they reviewed any of the evidence I submitted. They just refused my application and issued a five year ban for representation, even though I am a victim of identity theft.
I was wondering if this was a plausible cause for submitting an appeal and what would the next steps be in this case. I am in dire need of any help that comes my way Thank you for taking your time to read all this. Have a blessed day.
