Penalty for misrepresentation

[canuck_in_uk]

Hello. Just jumping to this old post because of worrying about immigration process. Senior members, please give your advice on this. @canuck_in_uk @scylla

I recently sent the sponsorship app with my partner (inland), no AOR yet. We were living together for 1 year which was possible because I got into International Experience Canada program and got work permit. Then stayed on visitor record.
Application is solid but what REALLY bothers me is what I said to the officer when I came for IEC program, when he was issuing my work permit. I remember questioning was smooth, but I don't remember if I disclosed that I'm coming to boyfriend or if, instead, I said something stupid like "ill be staying with a friend" (instead of calling him boyfriend), or something like that. Of course in the application it's made quite obvious and truthful that we lived together just after my arrival with IEC and that we were long distance before.

I'm so mad at myself and worried that it can completely ruin not only our file but maybe even cause a ban. But the damage is (possibly) done. Now i'm scared that IF officer made a note about it, CIC will see it (staying with "friend", while it was actually boyfriend) and charge me with misrepresentation.

Following question would be:
1. how serious can it get?
2. is there any way to get the records of that entry? Is there a way to order GMCS showing ALL immigration file (all entries, all application, officer notes etc.) of the person? Or maybe order CBSA notes instead? Any advice? If I could only see what I have said years back, it might have bring me huge relief

You are RIDICULOUSLY overthinking. This is a complete non-issue.

 

[jojoincanada]

Oh my, do you really think that? I can't eat neither sleep since 3 days, after it came to my mind.
So you are saying that if during border interview I have been asked who I'll be living with, I answered friend, while it was my boyfriend, but in the application it's obvious that I came to Canada to live with boyfriend who I was in long-distance before is ZERO problem?

 

[k.h.p.]

Oh my, do you really think that? I can't eat neither sleep since 3 days, after it came to my mind.
So you are saying that if during border interview I have been asked who I'll be living with, I answered friend, while it was my boyfriend, but in the application it's obvious that I came to Canada to live with boyfriend who I was in long-distance before is ZERO problem?

This is not an issue.

 

[jojoincanada]

This is not an issue.

THANK YOU BOTH. That's a HUGE relief for me. I tend to overthink things and it always causes huge anxiety on myself.

Please allow me ask last question then - still no problem if similar situation happened on previous entries to Canada just for visit during summer vacation? Meaning: visiting long-distance bf at the time, while at the border saying that I come to Canada to visit friends, see the country etc. (which was also true, yet the bf was the primary reason). During all these entries, I was never asked straight if I have a bf in Canada, I would remember and, as I know myself, I would answer truthfully. Anyway for any of these visits I wasn't pulled for the interview, it was always just checkpoint/customs quick interview from officer). On the contrary, In the app, for example in personal history, I indicated that I was in Canada couple times visiting boyfriend.

 

[k.h.p.]

1. If you were never asked, and you didn't lie, you're fine.

2. Any answers you gave at the quick primary checkpoint - where an officer is not typing information into a computer - is not recorded in your GCMS file.

 

[jojoincanada]

No, I was never asked if I have a boyfriend, I was asked why coming to canada, and i remember answering something about meeting friends here and seeing canada in general. Just not mentioning bf. I dont remember if he typed anything on the computer.
But then, referring to your point 1, wouldnt saying that I wil stay with friend not boyfriend under interview for issuing work permit be a lie? (we had no idea that we'll go for sponsorship after that, we didnt even really know about that possibility, at the beginning we just wanted to try to live together and see )

 

[k.h.p.]

No, I was never asked if I have a boyfriend, I was asked why coming to canada, and i remember answering something about meeting friends here and seeing canada in general. Just not mentioning bf. I dont remember if he typed anything on the computer.
But then, referring to your point 1, wouldnt saying that I wil stay with friend not boyfriend under interview for issuing work permit be a lie? (we had no idea that we'll go for sponsorship after that, we didnt even really know about that possibility, at the beginning we just wanted to try to live together and see )

No, it's not a lie.

As above, you're overthinking. Plenty of people come into Canada this way and are not under investigation for misrepresentation. Relax.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

No, I was never asked if I have a boyfriend, I was asked why coming to canada, and i remember answering something about meeting friends here and seeing canada in general. Just not mentioning bf. I dont remember if he typed anything on the computer.
But then, referring to your point 1, wouldnt saying that I wil stay with friend not boyfriend under interview for issuing work permit be a lie? (we had no idea that we'll go for sponsorship after that, we didnt even really know about that possibility, at the beginning we just wanted to try to live together and see )

Still overthinking. Non-issue.

 

[jojoincanada]

@canuck_in_uk and @k.h.p.
thank you so much for addressing my concerns. I was really paralysed because the whole app is about living together from the moment I arrived with IEC. We even added screenshots of our past conversations saying that we can't wait to live together. That's why it started to stress me so much, what I might have said - or not - upon my arrival. And of course that anxiety came when the app was sent so I had zero control over the process anymore.
I am much more calm now. Thank you again.