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LMIA/investigation

Twigs23

Newbie
Jan 25, 2024
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Okay so my friend wants to get PR, he was investigated with immigration after a fraud tip from someone that he violated the terms of his LMIA

immigration didn’t find any infractions and allowed him to continue on

some other worries have come up around his initial application

he made a dummy application to be on implied status while he waited for his LMIA to be approved, and that was denied while he was waiting for his LMIA, yet he continued to work for the company that was sponsoring him in this time for another few months while he waited

Should he have stopped working when the dummy application was denied and reinstated his status? He was really confused at the time with what was happening but his visa lawyer said he could still work there even though he had received a rejection letter from CIC

Do you think all this could affect him securing PR?
 

Ben34554

Newbie
Jan 28, 2024
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Okay so my friend wants to get PR, he was investigated with immigration after a fraud tip from someone that he violated the terms of his LMIA

immigration didn’t find any infractions and allowed him to continue on

some other worries have come up around his initial application

he made a dummy application to be on implied status while he waited for his LMIA to be approved, and that was denied while he was waiting for his LMIA, yet he continued to work for the company that was sponsoring him in this time for another few months while he waited

Should he have stopped working when the dummy application was denied and reinstated his status? He was really confused at the time with what was happening but his visa lawyer said he could still work there even though he had received a rejection letter from CIC

Do you think all this could affect him securing PR?
If he was genuinely made a mistake, then he should have make a written statement in his application. However, if they identify that he was intentionally breaking the law, it would be a big problem. Either way, a good immigration lawyer should be able to advise him on how likely his application for PR would be affected by this.