Hello,
My husband and I are trying to become permanent residents in Canada. We were nominated on Ontario Province Nominee program, got 600 points from province and now there is a final part of the process. About a week ago we recieved a letter from immigration officer. There was told that he/she has "reasonable grounds to believe that there are serious discrepancies between the duties listed in the employment letter from *Company name* and the duties you did in fact perform for this employer. <...> I have concerns as to whether the employment letter from *Company name* authentically describes the duties and actions you undertook during your work experience with the company.
Furthermore, the misrepresentation or withholding of this fact may have led to incorrect decisions or to my inability to properly review your application according to the provisions of the Act and its regulations. Please note that if it is found that you have engaged in misrepresentation in submitting your application for permanent residence in Canada as a member of the Provincial Nominee Class, you may be found to be inadmissible under section 40(1)(a) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. A finding of such inadmissibility would render you inadmissible to Canada for a period of five years according to section 40(2)(a)".
The information about his duties is correct, it was checked for 2 times by officers - 1st time when I applied on extension of work permit (grounds were that my husband had open work permit for 1 year longer than mine) and 2nd time when we applied on Ontario Province Nominee program. The thing is when officer called my husband's manager, the manager haven't provided any information at all (he didn't confirm nor denied) because the officer hasn't introduced himself (I know, he shouldn't have to do so, but he didn't say that he is from immigration services or something like that). The company works with private data and they have privacy policy.
We have met with couple different lawyers. They didn't provide us any new or usefull information, distorted the essence of letter, they only scared us and told us to hire them because only they can fix the situation.
Does anyone face the same or similar problem? How bad is it? And do you have any ideas what to do?
My husband and I are trying to become permanent residents in Canada. We were nominated on Ontario Province Nominee program, got 600 points from province and now there is a final part of the process. About a week ago we recieved a letter from immigration officer. There was told that he/she has "reasonable grounds to believe that there are serious discrepancies between the duties listed in the employment letter from *Company name* and the duties you did in fact perform for this employer. <...> I have concerns as to whether the employment letter from *Company name* authentically describes the duties and actions you undertook during your work experience with the company.
Furthermore, the misrepresentation or withholding of this fact may have led to incorrect decisions or to my inability to properly review your application according to the provisions of the Act and its regulations. Please note that if it is found that you have engaged in misrepresentation in submitting your application for permanent residence in Canada as a member of the Provincial Nominee Class, you may be found to be inadmissible under section 40(1)(a) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. A finding of such inadmissibility would render you inadmissible to Canada for a period of five years according to section 40(2)(a)".
The information about his duties is correct, it was checked for 2 times by officers - 1st time when I applied on extension of work permit (grounds were that my husband had open work permit for 1 year longer than mine) and 2nd time when we applied on Ontario Province Nominee program. The thing is when officer called my husband's manager, the manager haven't provided any information at all (he didn't confirm nor denied) because the officer hasn't introduced himself (I know, he shouldn't have to do so, but he didn't say that he is from immigration services or something like that). The company works with private data and they have privacy policy.
We have met with couple different lawyers. They didn't provide us any new or usefull information, distorted the essence of letter, they only scared us and told us to hire them because only they can fix the situation.
Does anyone face the same or similar problem? How bad is it? And do you have any ideas what to do?