Hi,
I've been stressing out about my canadian study permit application. I've never been refused a visa before, but last year I applied to a B1B2 US visa, submitted a Ds160, paid the fees, scheduled the interview, but ended up canceling the interview appointment in the US consulate of my country, which was supposed to take place in March 2026. A decision on my US visa was never made. I submitted my study permit application in April 2026 and I marked that I've never been refused a visa... the study permit was approved.
The CEAC US visa status check shows "No Status" in my application associated to my Ds160 as it was probably never adjudicated, so I didn't consider it as a refusal, as I believe that the US must formally deny/refuse a visa with a specific section of the INA. If it had been refused under any INA section, it would say refused in the Department of Status CEAC tracker.
However, I don't really know how Canada IRCC will interpret that in the future. They approved the study permit in May. And, last year, they approved my canadian visitor visa when my US B1B2 visa was pending. Should I be on the clear then? I suppose that they would've noticed a past US visa refusal in those applications, if there had actually been one.
Will they consider this last US visa application as a refusal? Unfortunately, other than the CEAC visa status tracker, I've no other ways to know. Will it be flagged as misrepresentation in the future in PGWP or PR applications?
I would request FOIA information to the DoS but it takes too much time...
I've been stressing out about my canadian study permit application. I've never been refused a visa before, but last year I applied to a B1B2 US visa, submitted a Ds160, paid the fees, scheduled the interview, but ended up canceling the interview appointment in the US consulate of my country, which was supposed to take place in March 2026. A decision on my US visa was never made. I submitted my study permit application in April 2026 and I marked that I've never been refused a visa... the study permit was approved.
The CEAC US visa status check shows "No Status" in my application associated to my Ds160 as it was probably never adjudicated, so I didn't consider it as a refusal, as I believe that the US must formally deny/refuse a visa with a specific section of the INA. If it had been refused under any INA section, it would say refused in the Department of Status CEAC tracker.
However, I don't really know how Canada IRCC will interpret that in the future. They approved the study permit in May. And, last year, they approved my canadian visitor visa when my US B1B2 visa was pending. Should I be on the clear then? I suppose that they would've noticed a past US visa refusal in those applications, if there had actually been one.
Will they consider this last US visa application as a refusal? Unfortunately, other than the CEAC visa status tracker, I've no other ways to know. Will it be flagged as misrepresentation in the future in PGWP or PR applications?
I would request FOIA information to the DoS but it takes too much time...
