Hey guys, I've got a friend who overstayed a couple years in Canada, but was never given an order to leave Canada, left on their own, and has since come back to Canada a few times since the overstay with no problems.
They realized their mistake the first time around and have not overstayed since. They submitted an application for a visitor extension (they are a U.S. citizen) and it was approved but under the question that lists whether they overstayed they answered no. They granted the extension and have received their visitor record already.
They're now getting ready to submit the PR application and want to know what they should do moving forward. If there is a way to submit an amendment to the extension so that they can come clean, even if it means them having to leave Canada while the PR application is in process, or whether to just leave it since they left on their own and were never ordered to leave Canada.
They realized their mistake the first time around and have not overstayed since. They submitted an application for a visitor extension (they are a U.S. citizen) and it was approved but under the question that lists whether they overstayed they answered no. They granted the extension and have received their visitor record already.
They're now getting ready to submit the PR application and want to know what they should do moving forward. If there is a way to submit an amendment to the extension so that they can come clean, even if it means them having to leave Canada while the PR application is in process, or whether to just leave it since they left on their own and were never ordered to leave Canada.