Last month I submitted my Express Entry profile with a CRS score of 440. Subsequently, I was invited to apply for my PR. All my documents are in order except:
My Police Report from Australia came back with the following record:
Court Date: 27 Sep 2011
Offense: Drive Vehicle Recklessly or in a Speed or Manner Dangerously
Court Result: $2000 AUD fine. Imprisonment 9 months suspended by way of good behaviour bond for 9 months. License disqualified for 2 years.
Canadian Equivalent of Offence:
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Canadian_Criminal_Sentencing/Offences/Dangerous_Operation_of_a_Motor_Vehicle
or
http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-46/section-249.html
As per the CIC website, I can see that I could qualify for INDIVIDUAL REHABILITATION because 5 years has passed since the offense.
I did not know that I had this record in Australia because:
1) I have never had the need to apply for a police check before. This is my first time applying for a police check.
2) I was always under the impression, I had a traffic charge and not a criminal one because no one got hurt, and the offense was excessive speeding.
3) When the offense was committed, the police took my license and asked me to attend court as a judge needed to rule on my case. I was not told that I am a criminal.
Last year (in Feb 2017), I applied for a Tourist visa to Canada - which was granted and this visa is valid till Feb 2024. On this application, I answered 'NO,' to the question on having a criminal record - simply because I did not know about this offense.
Will this be a problem (or considered misrepresentation) when I submit my police check (and rehabilitation application) with my PR application?
My Police Report from Australia came back with the following record:
Court Date: 27 Sep 2011
Offense: Drive Vehicle Recklessly or in a Speed or Manner Dangerously
Court Result: $2000 AUD fine. Imprisonment 9 months suspended by way of good behaviour bond for 9 months. License disqualified for 2 years.
Canadian Equivalent of Offence:
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Canadian_Criminal_Sentencing/Offences/Dangerous_Operation_of_a_Motor_Vehicle
or
http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-46/section-249.html
As per the CIC website, I can see that I could qualify for INDIVIDUAL REHABILITATION because 5 years has passed since the offense.
I did not know that I had this record in Australia because:
1) I have never had the need to apply for a police check before. This is my first time applying for a police check.
2) I was always under the impression, I had a traffic charge and not a criminal one because no one got hurt, and the offense was excessive speeding.
3) When the offense was committed, the police took my license and asked me to attend court as a judge needed to rule on my case. I was not told that I am a criminal.
Last year (in Feb 2017), I applied for a Tourist visa to Canada - which was granted and this visa is valid till Feb 2024. On this application, I answered 'NO,' to the question on having a criminal record - simply because I did not know about this offense.
Will this be a problem (or considered misrepresentation) when I submit my police check (and rehabilitation application) with my PR application?
