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Will fare evasion affect my PR application?

weirdduck

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I was issued a $175 fine ticket for not paying fare for a public transportation in 2015

The transportation is being operated by Translink in BC.

I recently found out the fine was sent over to a collection agency approximately in 2016.

I never heard from a Collection agency in regards of this.

I'm curious if this can affect my PR sponsorship.

I'm the person who's being sponsored.
 

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I was issued a $175 fine ticket for not paying fare for a public transportation in 2015

The transportation is being operated by Translink in BC.

I recently found out the fine was sent over to a collection agency approximately in 2016.

I never heard from a Collection agency in regards of this.

I'm curious if this can affect my PR sponsorship.

I'm the person who's being sponsored.
No - this won't impact PR. It will just mess up your credit score.
 

nayr69sg

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I was issued a $175 fine ticket for not paying fare for a public transportation in 2015

The transportation is being operated by Translink in BC.

I recently found out the fine was sent over to a collection agency approximately in 2016.

I never heard from a Collection agency in regards of this.

I'm curious if this can affect my PR sponsorship.

I'm the person who's being sponsored.
No it wont.

Fare evasion is extremely common. Happens thousands of times every single day in every Canadian city. Makes you a normal Canadian.
 

weirdduck

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No it wont.

Fare evasion is extremely common. Happens thousands of times every single day in every Canadian city. Makes you a normal Canadian.
Thank you.

Does it matter if I paid the collection agency or not?

I'm going to pay definitely it as I own up to it.

I'm going to pay it gradually. I think it should be more than $500 with all the interest./
 

nayr69sg

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Thank you.

Does it matter if I paid the collection agency or not?

I'm going to pay definitely it as I own up to it.

I'm going to pay it gradually. I think it should be more than $500 with all the interest./
I think there are all kinds of lawyers you can hire to help you with reducing the payment.

There are already lawyers who help with speeding tickets.
 
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weirdduck

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I think there are all kinds of lawyers you can hire to help you with reducing the payment.

There are already lawyers who help with speeding tickets.
Oh, I'm not planning to reduce the amount. It was my own fault so I think I'm responsible for it.

I'm just asking if it affects my PR application if I haven't paid the collection agency yet.
 
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I'm going to pay definitely it as I own up to it.

I'm going to pay it gradually. I think it should be more than $500 with all the interest./
Do not pay the full amount with all the interest and 'penalties' etc. The way collections agencies work is that they buy these debts for a small percentage of the original amount (seriously, tiny amounts, like perhaps they bought your $175 debt for less than ten dollars), and they hope they don't spend as much on the collections process as they evetnually get in cash.

When they contact you, just make an offer - a small offer. Like half the original amount. I would say do not under any circumstances pay more than the original amount. You will get a bigger discount if you can agree to pay whatever amount you agree with them at once.

Make sure you get something from them saying "we consider the debt paid in full".

(I have had friends get contacted by collections agencies for debts they were going to pay and there were mailing and address issues, the banks for some reason sold quickly to collections agency, I guess because they couldn't contact them. The collections agencies would literally make an offer for half the original amount if they were to be paid right away)
 

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The large majority of fare evaders are chronic fare evaders and make public transportation much more expensive for everyone else. You likely never use public transportation in Alberta. Nobody should be encouraged to not pay their way.