hi depanbill i am new to forum i am following your posts i have question for you .i applied for citizenship in august 2017 and then in october i got fingerprints which i did then in first week of november i got test request which i passed in decemeber my local office is edmonton .actually i was arrested in march 2017 on charged of harassment,intimidation crown proceed summarily that time later on charged are withdrawn in lieu of peace bond which will end on march 2018.then know i got letter from cic they need court documents for those charges what happens,how crown proceed,outcome of charges .i think those charges still showing on my record which already withdrawn thats why they need documents i already apply in the court for documents which can take 6-8 weeks to get.so what you think i should do or my application will be rejected .i already sent them peace bond copy but they need court documents too please help it will be appreciated
I have responded to this in another thread. Here is what I posted:
These kinds of questions cannot be reliably answered in a forum like this. There are many, many details which can have an impact.
The terms of a peace bond, for example, can vary widely. And they can make a big difference.
If, for example (just one example among various possibilities), the terms of the disposition are conditional on completing the period covered by the peace bond, there is a chance you technically still have the charges pending, and that would be a prohibition which could mean the application is denied . . . meaning you would have to wait until after March to re-apply. BUT I CANNOT SAY that is the situation. It would be better to go to a lawyer. No need to hire a lawyer. You can go for a consultation. Probably cost around $300 to $500. Or just submit the paperwork and see how it goes. If you cannot submit the paperwork within the time the request specified, send a response to IRCC stating you have made a request for the paperwork and you will submit it as soon as you get it. (Note: while I do NOT know, it seems odd to me that it would take so long to get these records . . . I would think a person could go to the court and get them that day or within a few days.)
Obviously, this is something which should have been discussed with a lawyer before applying. And, hopefully you appropriately and truthfully disclosed the charges in the application form. (If not, that could be a bigger problem than the charges themselves, and is a situation in which you should LAWYER-UP sooner rather than later.)
