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Madey

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Someone is currently going through depression. He is a Canadian and his concern is that he might have misrepresented facts during his PR applications. I am not sure if he could have better anyway. He has been reading about misrepresentation and this looks common these days. The cause of the misrepresentations which are mostly innocent is due to how the immigration forms are structure. For example Mother's Family Name at birth. Many applicants who don't read the instruction carefully will enter the Mother's Married Name. I don't want to deviate too much. The guy's case is as follow.

At the time of application, the mother's family he filled was the mother's married name.
The mother was dead at the time of application but didn't fill the date of death in the form. His reason is that there is no death certificate to prove the date
He also wrote one of his siblings' name differently from what is on the birth certificate. For example, He wrote "Oludara" and "Oluwadara". These two variants of names typically mean the same thing and no difference in his native language.

He doesn't know what to do. He is even scared that he can't use his personal system to write. He needs your advice on what he can do to rectify all these errors.
 
Your example of the name is not misrepresentation. It is, at wort, an error in consistency based on transliterating other languages into Latin letters. The example of not reporting the mother as dead when she was may be a small issue, as a death certificate is not necessary. He should have been able to provide the date of death.

Misrepresentation becomes a problem when it is lying about or concealing a fact that would have had an impact on a visa officer's decision had it been properly reported at the time when the initial decision was being made, or that is discovered during the process of reviewing an application. A fact that would not change a visa officer's mind, while it should still be reported correctly because too many "incorrect" answers or errors will cause suspicion, is not misrepresentation.
 
Someone is currently going through depression. He is a Canadian and his concern is that he might have misrepresented facts during his PR applications. I am not sure if he could have better anyway. He has been reading about misrepresentation and this looks common these days. The cause of the misrepresentations which are mostly innocent is due to how the immigration forms are structure. For example Mother's Family Name at birth. Many applicants who don't read the instruction carefully will enter the Mother's Married Name. I don't want to deviate too much. The guy's case is as follow.

At the time of application, the mother's family he filled was the mother's married name.
The mother was dead at the time of application but didn't fill the date of death in the form. His reason is that there is no death certificate to prove the date
He also wrote one of his siblings' name differently from what is on the birth certificate. For example, He wrote "Oludara" and "Oluwadara". These two variants of names typically mean the same thing and no difference in his native language.

He doesn't know what to do. He is even scared that he can't use his personal system to write. He needs your advice on what he can do to rectify all these errors.
Why are you talking in third person? This is such a weird question....
I don't understand what the problem is, if you're talking about someone who is Canadian, nobody will lose citizenship for that!
 
Why are you talking in third person? This is such a weird question....
I don't understand what the problem is, if you're talking about someone who is Canadian, nobody will lose citizenship for that!
If someone misrepresented during a PR application there is a provision in the law that allows for citizenship to be revoked. It won't happen for many reasons, most of all the example above is not sufficient - in my opinion.
 
Your example of the name is not misrepresentation. It is, at wort, an error in consistency based on transliterating other languages into Latin letters. The example of not reporting the mother as dead when she was may be a small issue, as a death certificate is not necessary. He should have been able to provide the date of death.

Misrepresentation becomes a problem when it is lying about or concealing a fact that would have had an impact on a visa officer's decision had it been properly reported at the time when the initial decision was being made, or that is discovered during the process of reviewing an application. A fact that would not change a visa officer's mind, while it should still be reported correctly because too many "incorrect" answers or errors will cause suspicion, is not misrepresentation.
Thank you for the response
 
Why are you talking in third person? This is such a weird question....
I don't understand what the problem is, if you're talking about someone who is Canadian, nobody will lose citizenship for that!

Yes, I am typing on someone's behalf. I was left with no option than to post here because this guy keeps suffering from this fear.
What created the recent panic? One of the siblings just secured a tourist visa and doesn't know how that might affect his status.
when someone is so scared to the point he can come online himself, that tells a lot.