Sponsor with criminal record
- Thread starter M.S.Ashraf
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Hello, my sponsor submitted application to sponsor me just last month, and now we just got in our mail that some is suing her because she hit the guys car in BC and I think the guy hurt his arm. Now she has been told to respond to the claim. Please will it affect our ongoing application or not. Since it is a civil matter.
Oh really, I thought that would be a criminal record. And I don’t need to contact IRCC about it right. Because my wife just got the letter today. I think the guy that was hit is looking for a settlement.
If there were no criminal charges, no criminal record. Guy looking for a settlement is civil.
No I don’t think there is criminal charges, according to the letter they are saying my sponsor to respond to the claim of the accident and the guy said he got hurt in his head, leg and mental stress. And my client doesn’t have any criminal records lol. @armoured since it is a civil thing it does not affect our ongoing sponsorship that we submitted last month right?
Repeat, civil is not criminal. A civil case is not grounds to disqualify the sponsor.
No I am not, I am the principal applicant and my wife is the sponsor. Someone just trying to sue her for an accident that happened 2 years ago. He said he suffered injury in the accident then. So we got a civil claim letter or so. So was just asking if civil claim doesn’t disqualify sponsor. Because she has no criminal records at all. But a lot of people have said it doesn’t affect our ongoing sponsorship application.
Please keep in mind, anything anyone responds to here is based on what you've written. "I don't think there is criminal charges" is not very encouraging in terms of being clear what happened.
Now, I don't know which province and rules in different places - but accidents with personal injury are a big deal and usually examined by police. (I believe by law). There are often charges laid when someone injured - particularly if fault is determined. (They might be minor charges or more serious)
And circling back to this suit: if fault was not determined and not laid upon your spouse, a civil suit would be a bit unusual.
So: I don't know much about this area but it would seem that 'there is more to the story.' Since it's not the full story, don't count on opinions here.
If your spouse is being sued, she needs a lawyer. That lawyer should at least be able to answer basic questions about this and determine what's going on. Including whether there were criminal charges, since you don't seem entirely sure.
And hence my final point to this: for something that is potentially this serious, you should not rely on internet opinions. Get proper counsel.
I understand your point and thank you, when we read the letter there was nothing like criminal charges written in it. The only thing written is that the plaintiff is saying he got hurt on his neck, leg and going through stress. And that we should respond to the civil claim. And we have already submitted our app last month and we just got this yesterday. My wife said after the accident in BC, when police came, they told her to go and that some of them lie about it. She left. After 2 years she got a letter from the BC court title civil claim. And we live in Manitoba now.
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