Help with work experience letter / mistake made at POE

[Manuelg777]

Hello experts! I hope you can help me out with my current situation...

I applied last July (2019) for a LMIA exempt job at the POE, NOC A, Manufacturing engineer, I'm mexican, and now, I'll be submitting my application for Express Entry next month.

My situation is that I made a mistake in the dates related to my work experience. I'll be using just my one year experience in Mexico in the manufacturing industry as my official experience, but, when applying at the POE (at Pearson airport) I handed the officer a resumé that had a mistake in the dates of my experience, stating that the Manufacturing job was from 2018 until 2019, but it was actually from 2017 to 2018, after that i had another job in a different NOC (which I won't be using to claim any experience), so...

what's your opinion about this? I realized this after I got my WP and it was actually just a couple of weeks ago, when out of curiosity, I started to check that paperwork.

should I correct that mistake in my official application in my express entry profile? Should I let the officer know about my mistake at the POE when I applied for my WP? because the experience is the same, just, in a different year (2017 to 2018 instead of 2018 to 2019). Or should I just ignore this situation and just apply with my correct paperwork and acting as no mistake was made last year at the POE?

My main concern is to just act as if nothing happened and submitting my paperwork and maybe the officer will have access to my file at the POE and be rejected for misrepresentation or something like that... Thanks in advance for your help!

 

[thevisawhisperer]

"but, when applying at the POE (at Pearson airport) I handed the officer a resumé that had a mistake in the dates of my experience, stating that the Manufacturing job was from 2018 until 2019, but it was actually from 2017 to 2018"
Is this the source of your angst? That you made a mistake on a date on a CV (not an application form, but a CV, right?) that you handed to a CBSA officer at a POE?

 

[Manuelg777]

"but, when applying at the POE (at Pearson airport) I handed the officer a resumé that had a mistake in the dates of my experience, stating that the Manufacturing job was from 2018 until 2019, but it was actually from 2017 to 2018"
Is this the source of your angst? That you made a mistake on a date on a CV (not an application form, but a CV, right?) that you handed to a CBSA officer at a POE?

Yes! Exactly as you just wrote it, that is indeed the source of my angst. I've been seriously worried about that to be honest. And that's correct, I made a mistake on a date on a CV (the CV that I handed the officer when I applied for my WP at the POE), not an applicaction.

Is that not something to be worried about? Thanks for your time!

 

[thevisawhisperer]

No, you should be worried about COVID and global warming, but not about that.

 

[Manuelg777]

No, you should be worried about COVID and global warming, but not about that.

Haha, thanks, that's pretty clear, but if I can add more to this concern... My current boss, when he applied to get an approval for my job offer (NAFTA, LMIA exempt) had to also send a copy of my CV to them, right? Wouldn't that be an issue? Thanks again!

 

[thevisawhisperer]

I cannot say that the possibility of what could very well be a typo in your entirely non-official, unattested, self produced document and a discrepancy therein with an official document causing some ripple in some immigration process, is zero. Particularly if all concurrent evidence points to whatever your CV saying being in error. But, y'know, if you want to worry about it . .
Let me put it to you this way, misrepresentation is defined as information provided by an applicant, or omitted by an applicant, whether intentional or not, which is material to and a decision and could influence an officer to make an error in administering the IRPA. If your CV error is indeed pivotal in whether or not you had induced a decision in your favour with that error, I would be very afraid.

 

[Manuelg777]

I cannot say that the possibility of what could very well be a typo in your entirely non-official, unattested, self produced document and a discrepancy therein with an official document causing some ripple in some immigration process, is zero. Particularly if all concurrent evidence points to whatever your CV saying being in error. But, y'know, if you want to worry about it . .
Let me put it to you this way, misrepresentation is defined as information provided by an applicant, or omitted by an applicant, whether intentional or not, which is material to and a decision and could influence an officer to make an error in administering the IRPA. If your CV error is indeed pivotal in whether or not you had induced a decision in your favour with that error, I would be very afraid.

Thank you! With the examples you provided, explaining to me this in an ironic (I really enjoy irony) and simple way, I understand I shouldn't be worried about this situation.

I will then be submitting my application with the correction of the dates in my CV and that's it. You think I should mention this situation somewhere in my application? You can answer ironically again if you think this is really dumb, haha, but man, this application, next month, is the dream of my LIFE.

Thanks a lot for your time!

 

[thevisawhisperer]

I was only trying to provide perspective from a legal overview - what documents and what defines misrepresentation.
My policy when writing submission letters is to be proactive on any issue that I suspect might raise a question in an officer's mind, as s/he reviews the application. I myself would not raise your particular error on my CV issue, but if you feel you need to get out ahead of it lest it become more than it is, I wouldn't discourage you.

 

[Manuelg777]

I was only trying to provide perspective from a legal overview - what documents and what defines misrepresentation.
My policy when writing submission letters is to be proactive on any issue that I suspect might raise a question in an officer's mind, as s/he reviews the application. I myself would not raise your particular error on my CV issue, but if you feel you need to get out ahead of it lest it become more than it is, I wouldn't discourage you.

Thanks a lot! And that's what im trying to do, being proactive towards everything that I suspect it may raise questions. I've been reading a lot, but, because this is a really specific situation, I couldn't find any answer related to this. Thanks again!