Look during COVID I came on a work holiday visa - and the only reason I had permission to enter Canada/leave Australia was because I had a job lined up, that I applied for only because I had a friend in Saskatchewan who I met at a bar, and they referred me to this job.Even I am not much familiar with Canada student visa, but how could one enter Canada with fake letters. I had heard that other visa subcategories like study visa are often not given much checks and things are overlooked as compared to PR category. Seems like this agent took the advantage of this loop.
I was a guy earning $150k per year and this job I had in Canada was $30k. I mean, 20% of what I previously made LOL! When I showed the contract to the CBSA officer, she didn't even ask for any details about the job - how did I find the job? Who referred me? Who is the employer? Where are they based? Is this job real? What the fuck, Saskatchewan? There was no-one at the airport, so not like it was busy, and they didn't even make a call. To be honest if it was me, and I saw a dude going from $150k to $30k and job contract in Saskatchewan, I would AT LEAST make a call. It just goes to show how trusting some of these border agents are.
Now the job was real, and I KNOW I that I'm perceived as a credible and trustworthy person during social interactions. But it just got me thinking: "Holy shit, I could have made this up and gotten past the border!!!!"
So you can totally enter Canada with fake documents. It's only when you get caught it's a problem. A disastrous one.