Hello,
I am in Canada on PGWP (got it around 10 months ago). And just recently, my mom is here in Canada just visiting me for 6 months (this is second time she came here, last time was around October last year for about 2 weeks, then she went back and came here for 6 months again in December). Of course, I sponsored her both times.
Now today at 7pm, I received call from this number: 118004611662, claiming to be Statistics Canada. And the guy asked me if I knew who <my-mother's-name> was. At that time, I was almost certain that this is a scam, so I lied that I didnt know who that person was, and he cut the call immediately. But now I am wondering if he really was from Statistics Canada and if me or my mom will be in trouble because of discrepancy in the info I provided.
Of course, I'll call both CIC and Stats-Canada to confirm this on Monday, but also wanted some opinions until then.
I am in Canada on PGWP (got it around 10 months ago). And just recently, my mom is here in Canada just visiting me for 6 months (this is second time she came here, last time was around October last year for about 2 weeks, then she went back and came here for 6 months again in December). Of course, I sponsored her both times.
Now today at 7pm, I received call from this number: 118004611662, claiming to be Statistics Canada. And the guy asked me if I knew who <my-mother's-name> was. At that time, I was almost certain that this is a scam, so I lied that I didnt know who that person was, and he cut the call immediately. But now I am wondering if he really was from Statistics Canada and if me or my mom will be in trouble because of discrepancy in the info I provided.
Of course, I'll call both CIC and Stats-Canada to confirm this on Monday, but also wanted some opinions until then.