I posted yesterday in a panic and I've calmed down significantly since then. I apologize if I seemed insane.
Now I do have a question about my wife's inadmissibility. The reason I'm now questioning this is because a few people here and on Reddit were questioning it and now I'm unsure. This is what happened.
We were all ready to submit ALL of the sponsorship/PR application in August. We even ordered the FBI police certificates. Then, I remembered that my wife had mentioned that when she was a teenager (19 years old) she had gotten caught shoplifting with a friend in the USA. She shoplifted a $50.00 shirt from the mall. She wasn't arrested but the cops were called and she wrote a statement. She was allowed to go home and later received a summons to appear in court. There was no jury or anything and she plead guilty and received a $200 fine and a misdemeanor. No jail time or probation. This was her one and only crime and no crimes have been committed since then. It has been almost 5 years since the fine was paid (the crime was committed in June but she didn't appear in court until late October and paid the fine on the same day).
Now, it seemed nobody had an answer for me. I tried contacting CIC and they told me they couldn't tell me and to just apply for the sponsorship and see. However, I figured that if she was inadmissible and I applied and she was rejected it would look bad for future attempts at applying for PR. I called a lawyer and he didn't want to hear the details but just said within the first few minutes that she was inadmissible and even if it hadn't been five-years since the incident I should hire him and he could get her rehabilitation no problem. His fees were exorbitant so I spoke to a border officer about a TRP so she could come see me in Canada until we can apply for rehabilitation and then apply for PR. The thing is, the border didn't have record of her crime on their computers but I insisted because I was paranoid that she would be found inadmissible randomly when trying to cross or that they would say she misrepresented herself or something. I showed them the court records that show she was indeed convicted of a misdemeanor and she received a TRP once she applied. It's good for a bit over a year and covers her until she can get rehabilitation (in October of this year).
Now, I'm doubting myself because her FBI police certificate came back clean as well. So, what the heck is going on? Can someone shed some light on this? Is she inadmissible or isn't she? If she isn't did I mess up by having her apply for and receive a TRP?
Now I do have a question about my wife's inadmissibility. The reason I'm now questioning this is because a few people here and on Reddit were questioning it and now I'm unsure. This is what happened.
We were all ready to submit ALL of the sponsorship/PR application in August. We even ordered the FBI police certificates. Then, I remembered that my wife had mentioned that when she was a teenager (19 years old) she had gotten caught shoplifting with a friend in the USA. She shoplifted a $50.00 shirt from the mall. She wasn't arrested but the cops were called and she wrote a statement. She was allowed to go home and later received a summons to appear in court. There was no jury or anything and she plead guilty and received a $200 fine and a misdemeanor. No jail time or probation. This was her one and only crime and no crimes have been committed since then. It has been almost 5 years since the fine was paid (the crime was committed in June but she didn't appear in court until late October and paid the fine on the same day).
Now, it seemed nobody had an answer for me. I tried contacting CIC and they told me they couldn't tell me and to just apply for the sponsorship and see. However, I figured that if she was inadmissible and I applied and she was rejected it would look bad for future attempts at applying for PR. I called a lawyer and he didn't want to hear the details but just said within the first few minutes that she was inadmissible and even if it hadn't been five-years since the incident I should hire him and he could get her rehabilitation no problem. His fees were exorbitant so I spoke to a border officer about a TRP so she could come see me in Canada until we can apply for rehabilitation and then apply for PR. The thing is, the border didn't have record of her crime on their computers but I insisted because I was paranoid that she would be found inadmissible randomly when trying to cross or that they would say she misrepresented herself or something. I showed them the court records that show she was indeed convicted of a misdemeanor and she received a TRP once she applied. It's good for a bit over a year and covers her until she can get rehabilitation (in October of this year).
Now, I'm doubting myself because her FBI police certificate came back clean as well. So, what the heck is going on? Can someone shed some light on this? Is she inadmissible or isn't she? If she isn't did I mess up by having her apply for and receive a TRP?
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