Does IRCC have access to fingerprints database in european countries?

[Pamela Landy]

Hello,
the sentence was 12 months, conditionally suspended for 3 years. When certain time has passed the sentence has faded out by law and is now considered as it never happened. The Ministry of Justice issued a certificate of no criminal record which says that there was never any conviction.
However the fingerprints have been taken off very long time ago and they might still be in the database (I don't know if they are) of the european country.
Does IRCC have access to database and do they check that when issuing ETA, admittance at the airport and WP/PR aplication?
How should a question of charges and conviction be answered?
I will appreciate any help.

 

[DesiPikachu]

@Pamela Landy

They have access to databases of other Five Eyes countries - USA, UK, Australia, and New Zealand. They also have access to Interpol and Europol's databases. They also can do a simple Google search and see what comes up for your name (old news articles and such, for e.g.).

• https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/433786/how-the-five-eyes-countries-share-immigration-data
• https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/02/19/canada_eyes_wider_biometric_info_sharing_with_five_eyes_allies.html
• https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/02/13/secrecy-shrouds-information-sharing-agreement-with-five-eyes-allies.html
• https://www.europol.europa.eu/cms/sites/default/files/documents/co-operation_between_the_government_of_canada_and_the_european_police_office.pdf
• https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/interpol-europol

You can use GDPR as well as the country's FOIA legislation to find out what information the criminal database has about you (if the information exists at all).

Ideally you should contact an immigration lawyer specializing in inadmissibility and criminality about this especially if you desire to move to Canada permanently in the future.

 

[Pamela Landy]

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@Pamela Landy

They have access to databases of other Five Eyes countries - USA, UK, Australia, and New Zealand. They also have access to Interpol and Europol's databases. They also can do a simple Google search and see what comes up for your name (old news articles and such, for e.g.).

• https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/433786/how-the-five-eyes-countries-share-immigration-data
• https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/02/19/canada_eyes_wider_biometric_info_sharing_with_five_eyes_allies.html
• https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/02/13/secrecy-shrouds-information-sharing-agreement-with-five-eyes-allies.html
• https://www.europol.europa.eu/cms/sites/default/files/documents/co-operation_between_the_government_of_canada_and_the_european_police_office.pdf
• https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/interpol-europol

You can use GDPR as well as the country's FOIA legislation to find out what information the criminal database has about you (if the information exists at all).

Ideally you should contact an immigration lawyer specializing in inadmissibility and criminality about this especially if you desire to move to Canada permanently in the future.

Thank you very much for that response.
I'm sorry, how to use GDPR and FOIA, I mean how can I find out if my fingerprints are in Interpol and/or Europol's database?
Do they also have access to european countries criminal databases and do they check that?
I will try to find an immigration lawyer specializing in inadmissibility, do you mean that they might let me in as visitor, but might not grant the WP or PR?
I imagine that these questions are on WP/PR aplications as well as ETA?

 

[canuck78]

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Thank you very much for that response.
I'm sorry, how to use GDPR and FOIA, I mean how can I find out if my fingerprints are in Interpol and/or Europol's database?
Do they also have access to european countries criminal databases and do they check that?
I will try to find an immigration lawyer specializing in inadmissibility, do you mean that they might let me in as visitor, but might not grant the WP or PR?
I imagine that these questions are on WP/PR aplications as well as ETA?

Assume that Canada will have access to your criminal record.

 

[Buletruck]

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Thank you very much for that response.
I'm sorry, how to use GDPR and FOIA, I mean how can I find out if my fingerprints are in Interpol and/or Europol's database?
Do they also have access to european countries criminal databases and do they check that?
I will try to find an immigration lawyer specializing in inadmissibility, do you mean that they might let me in as visitor, but might not grant the WP or PR?
I imagine that these questions are on WP/PR aplications as well as ETA?

Despite all that, you have to, by law, tell them of the conviction. Not doing so is misrepresentation and comes with all the risks associated with that.

 

[Pamela Landy]

Assume that Canada will have access to your criminal record.

There is no record of conviction, how could they possibly find out about it?

 

[canuck78]

There is no record of conviction, how could they possibly find out about it?

There must be a record of a conviction. Even if a conviction is suspended there is a record.

 

[Pamela Landy]

There must be a record of a conviction. Even if a conviction is suspended there is a record.

No, there isn't. As I mentioned earlier the person also has a Ministry of Justice certificate of non-conviction. The person has never been convicted of any offense according to that country's law.