Hello Legal,
Please tell me in your opinion if I’m being selected for security screening or it’s only security.
Here is the whole scenario.
I overstayed my tourist visa in the USA in 1999 for two years. During that period I had 6 months probation which shows on my FBI record.
Last years I applied for a tourist visa to Canada, and I got it. However I did not go as I started the process of getting a nomination to apply for permanent residency.
I was honest about the past criminal act questions on the visa application, and I know that this does not make me inadmissible to Canada based on criminal grounds.
My OAR is December 8 2017, and the file was transferred to the Canadian embassy in my country in January 20, 2018
Last week I had an interview in the Canadian embassy in my country. The agent went through all original documents I had submitted with my online application. Nonetheless he seemed interested in the period I spent in the USA and the criminal act. He asked me the same questions I had already answered on the statutory section of the permanent residency application. I was honest in my answers, and may be he was trying to see if my answers would match what I had listed on the application. Then he was like well give me few minutes I will talk to an immigration officer about the FBI record to see what his opinion is.
After about 15 minutes he came back and handled me all my documents, photo and passport, then he told me that he would keep my country’s police record (original), and in regards to FBI records he said it will be handled by OTTAWA to do a "background", then he said this could take a month, or a years or even a day. Once they get a response they will contact me. He also advised me not to contact the embassy as they won’t have an answers since this will be handled by Ottawa.
Based on your experience, is this going to be just a security that every applicant has to go through with CSIS, or is it going to be Security screening , and is there a way I could check that?.
Thank you Legal for your valuable time and analyses.
Best Regards,
Please tell me in your opinion if I’m being selected for security screening or it’s only security.
Here is the whole scenario.
I overstayed my tourist visa in the USA in 1999 for two years. During that period I had 6 months probation which shows on my FBI record.
Last years I applied for a tourist visa to Canada, and I got it. However I did not go as I started the process of getting a nomination to apply for permanent residency.
I was honest about the past criminal act questions on the visa application, and I know that this does not make me inadmissible to Canada based on criminal grounds.
My OAR is December 8 2017, and the file was transferred to the Canadian embassy in my country in January 20, 2018
Last week I had an interview in the Canadian embassy in my country. The agent went through all original documents I had submitted with my online application. Nonetheless he seemed interested in the period I spent in the USA and the criminal act. He asked me the same questions I had already answered on the statutory section of the permanent residency application. I was honest in my answers, and may be he was trying to see if my answers would match what I had listed on the application. Then he was like well give me few minutes I will talk to an immigration officer about the FBI record to see what his opinion is.
After about 15 minutes he came back and handled me all my documents, photo and passport, then he told me that he would keep my country’s police record (original), and in regards to FBI records he said it will be handled by OTTAWA to do a "background", then he said this could take a month, or a years or even a day. Once they get a response they will contact me. He also advised me not to contact the embassy as they won’t have an answers since this will be handled by Ottawa.
Based on your experience, is this going to be just a security that every applicant has to go through with CSIS, or is it going to be Security screening , and is there a way I could check that?.
Thank you Legal for your valuable time and analyses.
Best Regards,