Fear of Misrepresentation for not declaring Internship in Personal History

[alwynwhite]

Note: I posted this earlier under Family Class Sponsorship and did not get any reply. So I am posting in under EE section as it has to deal with EE also

I am a PR in Canada and now in the process of sponsoring my wife. When I did my Masters degree, My research thesis was sponsored by a company and they were paying me approx 500 CAD a month for 9 months (of the 24 months education). These 9 months was also part of my curriculum at the university. I had not declared anything about this company in my own PR application under 'Personal History'. They were not my employers, so I didnt think it was necessary to fill it in the EE form at that time. Also there was no option to declare such a relation in the EE form. So I just filled in this time period as educational activity and gave only my university name.

Now I am filling my wife's Sponsorship application and it has this IMM 5532 (Part A 1) where I have to declare my employment history and mention how I supported myself during unemployment. Obviously this company was never my employer. They just sponsored my thesis. But I have to also fill in how I supported myself during my unemployment periods (when I was a student)

Will it be a problem if I now declare that I was being paid by this company during my studies ? Will this be in conflict with my own personal history and let IRCC think I misrepresented there ?

If I do not declare I was being paid by this company in this period won't that also be misrepresentation? So either way I am trapped ?

Can someone help me how I handle this delicate situation?​

 

[zohebshaikh]

Note: I posted this earlier under Family Class Sponsorship and did not get any reply. So I am posting in under EE section as it has to deal with EE also

I am a PR in Canada and now in the process of sponsoring my wife. When I did my Masters degree, My research thesis was sponsored by a company and they were paying me approx 500 CAD a month for 9 months (of the 24 months education). These 9 months was also part of my curriculum at the university. I had not declared anything about this company in my own PR application under 'Personal History'. They were not my employers, so I didnt think it was necessary to fill it in the EE form at that time. Also there was no option to declare such a relation in the EE form. So I just filled in this time period as educational activity and gave only my university name.

Now I am filling my wife's Sponsorship application and it has this IMM 5532 (Part A 1) where I have to declare my employment history and mention how I supported myself during unemployment. Obviously this company was never my employer. They just sponsored my thesis. But I have to also fill in how I supported myself during my unemployment periods (when I was a student)

Will it be a problem if I now declare that I was being paid by this company during my studies ? Will this be in conflict with my own personal history and let IRCC think I misrepresented there ?

If I do not declare I was being paid by this company in this period won't that also be misrepresentation? So either way I am trapped ?

Can someone help me how I handle this delicate situation?​

IMO you should forget what you did in the past and do what is right now. If something comes up later in this regard, you can always truthfully clarify why there seems to be a discrepancy. Good Luck.