Hello,
Maybe someone in this forum can give us some tips/advice on this case.
Me and my wife are currently living in the Netherlands, and are interested to immigrate to Canada.
However my wife has a history of misrepresentation with the CIC. Here are the outlines of the 2 cases:
1. About 15 years ago my wife (south Korean)was studying contemporary dance in Canada with a student visa.She started getting invited to perform for some dance performances/festivals as a guest artist, (she was not getting paid for it, only travel costs were covered.) At that point she wanted to apply for a working visa to stay in Canada and was "wrongly" counseled by a legal adviser to apply stating in her application that she was already working in the dance field. The CIC officer denied her application on the ground of illegal working activity, since according to him she was already working and getting paid. She was subsequently asked to leave the country, to which she appealed and was rejected.
2.Then, the same legal adviser told her to try leaving the country and re-applying with a slightly different name by changing one letter of her surname! A stupid advise i know. She was young and naive and didn't think about the repercussions. She was of course refused re-entry to Canada under misrepresentation. This event happened about 11 years ago now.
Now we would like to know if we have a chance to apply for citizenship after this past history?
Should we contact an immigration lawyer?
Note:I am french but have Canadian members in my family (Mother and brother).
Any tips welcomed, thanks!
K.
Maybe someone in this forum can give us some tips/advice on this case.
Me and my wife are currently living in the Netherlands, and are interested to immigrate to Canada.
However my wife has a history of misrepresentation with the CIC. Here are the outlines of the 2 cases:
1. About 15 years ago my wife (south Korean)was studying contemporary dance in Canada with a student visa.She started getting invited to perform for some dance performances/festivals as a guest artist, (she was not getting paid for it, only travel costs were covered.) At that point she wanted to apply for a working visa to stay in Canada and was "wrongly" counseled by a legal adviser to apply stating in her application that she was already working in the dance field. The CIC officer denied her application on the ground of illegal working activity, since according to him she was already working and getting paid. She was subsequently asked to leave the country, to which she appealed and was rejected.
2.Then, the same legal adviser told her to try leaving the country and re-applying with a slightly different name by changing one letter of her surname! A stupid advise i know. She was young and naive and didn't think about the repercussions. She was of course refused re-entry to Canada under misrepresentation. This event happened about 11 years ago now.
Now we would like to know if we have a chance to apply for citizenship after this past history?
Should we contact an immigration lawyer?
Note:I am french but have Canadian members in my family (Mother and brother).
Any tips welcomed, thanks!
K.