Impact of USA B1/B2 visa withdrawal for express entry

[sl_king]

Hi all,

I faced a visa withdrawal incident in 2014 at Philadelphia International Airport.

I was travelling for an official visit to meet a customer representing my employer. The CBP officer at the port deduced that my intended visit falls under work which was conflicting with the visa type B1/B2. The CBP went through the regularities of obtaining a sworn statement and asking me to withdraw my B1/B2 visa.

I was not given any documents regarding this incident. I have seen that other people facing similar situations have gotten documents from CBP explaining the withdrawal.

However, my employer applied for a L1 intracompany transfer visa in 2016 and I was granted that visa. I spent 2 years in USA for which I applied for a FBI check report.
This report has a record about the withdrawal incident in 2014. It has the following charge.

CHARGE 1-ALIEN INADMISSIBILITY UNDER SECTION 212

How will this affect my express entry post ITA and what documents do I need to provide IRCC about this incident? Can we request those document now from the US CBP since I was not given any document in 2014.

Furthermore, kindly can you let me know how to explain this in the LOE to explain the scenario?

Will this affect my PR application in a bad way?

Kindly waiting for your urgent reply.

Thanks a lot


Reply

 

[scylla]

Hi all,

I faced a visa withdrawal incident in 2014 at Philadelphia International Airport.

I was travelling for an official visit to meet a customer representing my employer. The CBP officer at the port deduced that my intended visit falls under work which was conflicting with the visa type B1/B2. The CBP went through the regularities of obtaining a sworn statement and asking me to withdraw my B1/B2 visa.

I was not given any documents regarding this incident. I have seen that other people facing similar situations have gotten documents from CBP explaining the withdrawal.

However, my employer applied for a L1 intracompany transfer visa in 2016 and I was granted that visa. I spent 2 years in USA for which I applied for a FBI check report.
This report has a record about the withdrawal incident in 2014. It has the following charge.

CHARGE 1-ALIEN INADMISSIBILITY UNDER SECTION 212

How will this affect my express entry post ITA and what documents do I need to provide IRCC about this incident? Can we request those document now from the US CBP since I was not given any document in 2014.

Furthermore, kindly can you let me know how to explain this in the LOE to explain the scenario?

Will this affect my PR application in a bad way?

Kindly waiting for your urgent reply.

Thanks a lot


Reply

No impact as long as you declare the refused entry in your application. Simply provide the same explanation you provided in the second paragraph of your post.

 

[sl_king]

Thanks a lot for your reply.

Can you kindly let me know whether I need to provide any official documents related to the visa withdrawal ?

I am trying to wrap my head around how much information I should provide IRCC

 

[canuck78]

Thanks a lot for your reply.

Can you kindly let me know whether I need to provide any official documents related to the visa withdrawal ?

I am trying to wrap my head around how much information I should provide IRCC

Just declare it in writing.

 

[navinball]

They are not going to ask for any documents. This is a fairly common issue. Just answer yes to the statutory question.

 

[sl_king]

Thanks so much for all your responses.

I will proceed accordingly.