Canada entry for us illegal alien

[scylla]

I'm curious about this case. Although it's none of my business, for food for the mind reasons, obviously the applicant lived in the US illegally for more than 6 months.

How about the PCC requirement? The applicant may not get it but is a written and honest declaration enough already to satisfy CIC?

It is mandatory that the applicant provide an FBI check in order to complete the Canadian immigration process. There are no exceptions.

 

[tenkrun10]

I really doubt that someone living in us illegaly can find any acceptable reason for CIC for not providing fbi pcc.

I know this for a fact. Illegal US residents can get a FBI PCC. I've lived in the states now for over 14 years, I know people who had to get PCC and had expired status. What the PCC does is...it takes input (your finger prints) and it is sent to West Virginia and ran through the FBI data base to see if it matches with any arrest. It DOES not return your legal status. It returns whether there's

A) An arrest trace or
B) No arrest trace.

No extras if there's an arrest trace, there are details, date, arrest location etc.

The ONLY way immigration status and FBI clearance combine is if you've been arrested for an immigration offense. IF USCIS has never picked you up and finger printed you(the first thing done when illegals are picked) , then your PCC will come out clear as long as no other crime as been committed.


Now (VERY IMPORTANT) If you're residing in a country outside your country of nationality, CIC WILL ASK to show proof of legal residency. I and other US based friends had to provide it. SO even though PCC may come clear, cic is still going to ask that you show proof. THis is where the problem will arise and where a consultant can be of use in making a case. Besides, there's a place on the application form that asks if you've overstayed - I expect that you're honest because Canada and US share immigration information. No benefit, absolutely NO benefit in being dishonest.



I'll go back to what i said earlier. Run your CRS score estimate. If you've not taken English language, you can run through estimates

1) Assume your english is good - scoring 8 and above IELTS
2) Assume you english is average - enter a score of 6.5 on IELTS. THe tool is created for people to run scenarios.

Finally, you know how good your English is...with that score entered as a fairly good guess, you can then enter your age etc and see your score.

If your score is over 420 in your estimate (with assumed english scores)

Then talk to your consultant about your situation and see how he / she can help explain the issue and present to CIC. ONLY after your score looks promising enough