Hey everyone,
I've got a quick question regarding previous PR applications. In the ITA questions there are a few questions related to previous PR applications. Basically answering yes means you have to provide a file number and I think that's about it.
There is a case where someone had applied for PR in early 2000 (I think 2002 or 2003, not sure but will find out from my colleague) after graduating from University of Ottawa in Canada. He used an immigration rep and the PR application was humanitarian and compassionate grounds not as a skilled worker.
Long story short I think a few years passed while waiting for his application to process and eventually he found out the immigration rep was not a certified or authorized one, and decided to leave Canada for good. He was not asked to leave but for fear of staying for whatever reason he did not feel comfortable once he found out the real status of his immigration rep.
So now he's applying through EE and all he has is his PR client number from back then, not a file number or a UCI number.
He wants to know what to do in this case. I have told him of course he has to say yes that he has previously applied for PR. I also recommended that he enter the client number he speaks of since that is his only point of reference to the old PR file.
Should he mention anything in a LOE? For example all that I wrote above? Or just answer yes and let IRCC verify with their own records. I'm not sure how far their information even goes.
Any suggestions or recommendations are welcome. Thanks in advance!
PS - He said he made an account here some time back and posted but nobody replied. I'm hoping I get some replies.
I've got a quick question regarding previous PR applications. In the ITA questions there are a few questions related to previous PR applications. Basically answering yes means you have to provide a file number and I think that's about it.
There is a case where someone had applied for PR in early 2000 (I think 2002 or 2003, not sure but will find out from my colleague) after graduating from University of Ottawa in Canada. He used an immigration rep and the PR application was humanitarian and compassionate grounds not as a skilled worker.
Long story short I think a few years passed while waiting for his application to process and eventually he found out the immigration rep was not a certified or authorized one, and decided to leave Canada for good. He was not asked to leave but for fear of staying for whatever reason he did not feel comfortable once he found out the real status of his immigration rep.
So now he's applying through EE and all he has is his PR client number from back then, not a file number or a UCI number.
He wants to know what to do in this case. I have told him of course he has to say yes that he has previously applied for PR. I also recommended that he enter the client number he speaks of since that is his only point of reference to the old PR file.
Should he mention anything in a LOE? For example all that I wrote above? Or just answer yes and let IRCC verify with their own records. I'm not sure how far their information even goes.
Any suggestions or recommendations are welcome. Thanks in advance!
PS - He said he made an account here some time back and posted but nobody replied. I'm hoping I get some replies.
