Do visa officers contact employers and banks for verifying documents?

[bp8492]

I surely hope so.

I'm still preparing all the needed documents and to make sure they're all geniune (I have appointment letter from my employer, payslips, bank reference letter from a bank where I opened my salary account, transcripts and degree certificate both the original and the legalized copies, my parents' deposit certificates, bank statements, bank reference letter, and employment letter). But, I've been kinda paranoid lately because I read several threads in which some users claimed of being banned due to misrepresentation despite claims that their submitted documents are genuine.

Has false accusation by VO in study permit applications without verifications with document sources (i.e.: banks, employers, previous schools) ?

This kind of thing is what keeps me contemplating between moving forward with the application since I've already been admitted to Concordia University and have received my CAQ or abandoning it out of fear of being falsely accused of misrepresentation.

 

[Nikhil Das]

I surely hope so.

I'm still preparing all the needed documents and to make sure they're all geniune (I have appointment letter from my employer, payslips, bank reference letter from a bank where I opened my salary account, transcripts and degree certificate both the original and the legalized copies, my parents' deposit certificates, bank statements, bank reference letter, and employment letter). But, I've been kinda paranoid lately because I read several threads in which some users claimed of being banned due to misrepresentation despite claims that their submitted documents are genuine.

Has false accusation by VO in study permit applications without verifications with document sources (i.e.: banks, employers, previous schools) ?

This kind of thing is what keeps me contemplating between moving forward with the application since I've already been admitted to Concordia University and have received my CAQ or abandoning it out of fear of being falsely accused of misrepresentation.

If your documents are genuine, you really don't need to worry about it. However if the VO has any doubts they will contact you for further clarification. Just go ahead with your process as they have thousands of visa to process and they have a knack of catching those documents that are false or misrepresented. Wishing you luck.

 

[bongoman]

They cant really verify much with a bank, your bank will not give up your financial info because someone says they are from an embassy. Employers they do sometimes call.

 

[bp8492]

If your documents are genuine, you really don't need to worry about it. However if the VO has any doubts they will contact you for further clarification. Just go ahead with your process as they have thousands of visa to process and they have a knack of catching those documents that are false or misrepresented. Wishing you luck.

Thanks for the reassurance.

They cant really verify much with a bank, your bank will not give up your financial info because someone says they are from an embassy. Employers they do sometimes call.

But do they at least contact the bank if they doubt something with the applicant's financial-related documents?

 

[Bs65]

Very unlikely a bank would be contacted directly and even for some reason that were to happen then bank would not part with any information due to customer confidentiality. They are more likely to go by the fact that an applicant is signing a legal undertaking that any documentation is genuine or at least certified as genuine given anything fraudulent if found out results in a severe penalty. As said above VOs are pretty adept at spotting fraudulent claims/ documents or simply questioning validity given the thousands of applications processed so anyone who plans to try submitting fraudulent documentation is pretty stupid to potentially ruin their future.

 

[bp8492]

Very unlikely a bank would be contacted directly and even for some reason that were to happen then bank would not part with any information due to customer confidentiality. They are more likely to go by the fact that an applicant is signing a legal undertaking that any documentation is genuine or at least certified as genuine given anything fraudulent if found out results in a severe penalty. As said above VOs are pretty adept at spotting fraudulent claims/ documents or simply questioning validity given the thousands of applications processed so anyone who plans to try submitting fraudulent documentation is pretty stupid to potentially ruin their future.

The reason I started this thread is because of me overthinking the possibility of genuine documents being falsely deemed as fraudulent after reading some other threads in which some users claimed of getting banned because their documents were fake while they claimed otherwise.
Being marked with history of committing fraud, even if it's due to false accusation, and banned for 5 years from entering Canada which probably means being isolated from the rest of the world is what I really want to avoid.

 

[bongoman]

The reason I started this thread is because of me overthinking the possibility of genuine documents being falsely deemed as fraudulent after reading some other threads in which some users claimed of getting banned because their documents were fake while they claimed otherwise.
Being marked with history of committing fraud, even if it's due to false accusation, and banned for 5 years from entering Canada which probably means being isolated from the rest of the world is what I really want to avoid.

That is a very remote possibility that is not worth worrying about and of course everyone is innocent when they get caught so take these reports with a grain of salt.