anabia said:
I know but I am a lil unsure wheher this can cause me to be inadmissable to canada
as my destination as a visitor was toronto in 2009 as at that time i dint know abt manitoba
though i did nt get a visa n never travelled to canada
but can this cause a refusal even after getting an approval from manitoba ? can CIC still refuse us on such grounds?
If it was 15-20 years ago, you probably didn't have to mention it because records then were probably hard copies. There are some points that you should think about:
(1) The refusal was a visit visa, not permanent resident visa.
(2) You have a very strong recommendation from Manitoba Immigration, your Nominee Approval.
I don't know about statistics, but visit visas are rejected more often than immigration visas. Because their logic is that perhaps this person wants to come to our country in the pretense of visiting but will overstay. Many people try that because it is not easy to get an immigration visa, it also quicker to get a visit visa. But they have higher doubts of the intentions of visit visa applicants. (Not that I am saying you are, just in general)
As an immigrant applicant, your whole intention is to enter their country to work and live legally. I got rejected 2x by MPNP application and I showed MPNP the copies of my rejected results. Knowing that they have a record of it and it might lessen my chances of being successful. Yet, I still got an LOA.
And don't forget, if you don't declare this and they found out about it, they will consider this as a lie. And that won't allow you any room to even try for an appeal.
