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[scylla]

Hello everyone. One of my dependents has a criminal record in their home country related to wildlife trade. I don't know if this makes them inadmissible or even how seriously the Canadian government looks upon this. IRCC has now asked for their PCC and I don't wish to jeopardize the applications of my other dependents over this. Will all my dependents be inadmissible because of it? What do you think would be the correct course of action?

You can't just make the decision to drop a dependent.

I assume they are under 22 years old and single / not common law? If so, they need to be part of the application.

I don't believe their situation will jeopardize the full application, only their own ability to potentially get PR. Probably a good idea to get advice from a lawyer. Make sure you have the full details of the charges, conviction and penalty.

 

[scylla]

Thank you for your response.

Yes, they are under 22 and single. In order to paint a more complete picture, I came to Canada as a refugee and I've got a mail asking my dependents for further documents which include their PCC. The said dependent didn't get jailed but fined and I think this does fall under conviction.

I'm planning to talk to a lawyer soon about this, but this has been worrying me a lot these days and I wanted to see if anyone had some advice for me before I do that.

Ask your question in the Refugee / Asylum section of the forum. This section is for Family Sponsorship applications and the rules between both aren't necessarily the same.