I was once detained by the police on DUI suspicion. After a Legal Medicine doctor determined that I wasn't drunk, I was released without charges a few hours later. No court date. My PCC are clean.
In the Background Declaration. I answered question J. "have you ever been detained, incarcerated or put in jail?" with NO, based on 2 things:
1. The detention doesn't even show up in my PCC, and I wasn't even charged with anything.
2. I thought the question was referring to arrest/detentions/jail time ordered by a competent judge/court during an ongoing trial, or as part of a sentence after being convicted.
I honestly thought it was not big deal if a police takes you into custody for a night and no charges are pressed, also because it is not mentioned in the PCC.
I got my PER a few days ago, and now I'm worried I will be accused of misrepresentation if CIC/VO find out about the incident. So I contacted a recognized Canadian immigration lawyer who tells me that I still can fix the situation by sending a Legal Opinion to the VO as soon as possible which states two things:
1. That I'm admissible(not crime was committed, as my PCC clearly show) to Canada.
2. That I never intended to misrepresent myself, and it was an honest misunderstanding answering NO.
The lawyer tells me that if I'm the one to inform the VO(contrary to them finding out during the background checks) before they start processing my application(I haven't received AOR yet), misrepresentation will no longer be an issue.
Please help, I would really appreciate your opinion and advice in this matter, as I'm not sure what to do or not to do right now.
In the Background Declaration. I answered question J. "have you ever been detained, incarcerated or put in jail?" with NO, based on 2 things:
1. The detention doesn't even show up in my PCC, and I wasn't even charged with anything.
2. I thought the question was referring to arrest/detentions/jail time ordered by a competent judge/court during an ongoing trial, or as part of a sentence after being convicted.
I honestly thought it was not big deal if a police takes you into custody for a night and no charges are pressed, also because it is not mentioned in the PCC.
I got my PER a few days ago, and now I'm worried I will be accused of misrepresentation if CIC/VO find out about the incident. So I contacted a recognized Canadian immigration lawyer who tells me that I still can fix the situation by sending a Legal Opinion to the VO as soon as possible which states two things:
1. That I'm admissible(not crime was committed, as my PCC clearly show) to Canada.
2. That I never intended to misrepresent myself, and it was an honest misunderstanding answering NO.
The lawyer tells me that if I'm the one to inform the VO(contrary to them finding out during the background checks) before they start processing my application(I haven't received AOR yet), misrepresentation will no longer be an issue.
Please help, I would really appreciate your opinion and advice in this matter, as I'm not sure what to do or not to do right now.
