Fraudlent Application

[adame]

Hi All
This is a hypothetical question
What will happen if CIC discovered a fraudulent claim in the citizenship application?

like intentional wrong dates or employment information or false translation

What will happen?
1) An ear pull and a let go
2) Just refusing/cancelling the application
3) criminal or civil proceedings
4) Nothing at all

For all smarts who think that this is a personal question please refrain for sending you clever comments. This is an interesting topic to me for "on need to know" basis not because I plan a to rob a bank.

Cheers

 

[scylla]

Are you asking about a citizenship application - or a different type of immigration application?

 

[adame]

Citizen application

 

[scylla]

Then I would expect an RQ followed by long processing times followed by a refusal. I would also expect that the next time that person applies for citizenship, they will receive the RQ by default and can expect their citizenship application processing time to be longer than normal by a year or more due to the added scrutiny.

 

[keesio]

Misrepresentation can have serious consequences:

Consequences for citizenship fraud may include criminal prosecution, revocation of citizenship and removal from Canada. Permanent residents who commit fraud may lose their permanent resident status and may be subject to removal from Canada. As indicated in media reports, there are a number of other ongoing police investigations regarding potential residence fraud across Canada.

“I am greatly concerned with this situation. This is why I have tabled amendments to the Citizenship Act to strengthen the penalties for both applicants and third parties who assist them in completing a fraudulent application. The proposed new penalty for fraud would be a fine of up to a maximum of $100,000 or five years in prison or both.

http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/-t61284.0.html

 

[links18]

One person's innocent mistake is another's deliberate misrepresentation.

 

[EasyRider]

Usually it's just a hearing with a CJ following conclusion of CJ that information in application isn't true and refusal.

There was that famous case (can't find it now) where applicant misrepresented that he had lived in Mississauga instead of Montreal to get application processed more quickly (some "consultant" had advised to do this). Applicant admitted misrepresentation and though he stated he had lived in Canada for more than 1095 days at day of application, just at a different address, a judge refused the case. Though there was a discussion in that hearing case about desire to have more power to punish such applicants, i.e. just refusing case was not enough. I suppose, CIC wants to get tougher on such applicants, especially in the light of the current context, but so far, I haven't heard about any jailings or deportations, or other dire consequences because of misrepresentation.

I think, CIC is likely to get very nasty if they suspect overt misrepresentation.

Edit: here's that case: http://decisions.fct-cf.gc.ca/site/fc-cf/decisions/en/item/57731/index.do

 

[nguyentu2001]

2) Just refusing/cancelling the application
you are out of the country.

 

[keesio]

I suppose, CIC wants to get tougher on such applicants, especially in the light of the current context, but so far, I haven't heard about any jailings or deportations, or other dire consequences because of misrepresentation.

I think, CIC is likely to get very nasty if they suspect overt misrepresentation.

I doubt they will go after misrepresentation of residency obligations. But for something like falsified translations, fake employment and other overt misrepresentation like the OP mentioned... I figure that would really raise CIC's ire.

 

[Halo]

It is very easy for the federal government to verify employment records, via source deductions. records of employment, and such.