I have applied for spousal sponsorship visa. My wife is a Canadian Citizen. On form IMM 5669E, I have made a mistake by ticking the box in front of the statement: Have you been refused temporary resident visa to Canada or any other country. My problem is that I have been refused study visa to Australia before but while filling the application form I forgot to specify that. What should I do now ? I believe CIC would not know about this since the visa was refused by another country and not Canada. Please help. Does CIC gather this kind of data from other countries ? I assume they can not be searching the whole world to verify my details. Can anyone please shed some light. I will be highly grateful.
Misrepresentation
- Thread starter Superhuman
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CIC performs background checks which include verifying your history with other countries. It's quite possible the Australian visitor visa refusal may be caught - in which case your application will be refused and you may be given a 5 year ban.
You should send the corrected form to CIC asap listing this refusal along with a letter explaining that you incorrectly answered this question in your original application.
You should send the corrected form to CIC asap listing this refusal along with a letter explaining that you incorrectly answered this question in your original application.
There was a case last year where information on denied study permit to UK was omitted by
An applicant and PR has been refused due to misrepresentation. I believe the sponsor appealed but I'm not sure of the outcome.
If you search the forum you may find it.
And as stated above, send trough a corrected form and advise that you misread the question and did not realize the firm was asking for refusal from other countries etc. you misunderstood to think they are only asking about refused visas to canada.
An applicant and PR has been refused due to misrepresentation. I believe the sponsor appealed but I'm not sure of the outcome.
If you search the forum you may find it.
And as stated above, send trough a corrected form and advise that you misread the question and did not realize the firm was asking for refusal from other countries etc. you misunderstood to think they are only asking about refused visas to canada.
you ticked the box : Good work
Forgot to specify: Just a simple mistake. and is not called misrepresentation.
solution: send corrected form or wait for them to issue you a letter or return the application saying the application is not complete.
Take a deep breath, you told truth but forgot to provide details in the box. send another copy or if possible that an e-mail could be sent then send that and keep it as proof.
Forgot to specify: Just a simple mistake. and is not called misrepresentation.
solution: send corrected form or wait for them to issue you a letter or return the application saying the application is not complete.
Take a deep breath, you told truth but forgot to provide details in the box. send another copy or if possible that an e-mail could be sent then send that and keep it as proof.
...and if he ticked the box for 'no' instead of 'yes' is he still in the clear and is it still not misrepresentation?ifeedly said:
Read the post. He checked no and will need to fill out a new IM5669E along with a letter clearly stating why he needs to make the change. If he does not, it is in fact misrepresentation and he could very well be refused his PR visa and receive a 5 year ban.
From what he wrote, I understand he ticked Yes.Alurra71 said:
Missing info on the form hopefully will not be considered as misrepresentation. Most likely they will offer him an opportunity to clarify. It is a minor and honest mistake, not like he's hiding his criminal records or previous marriage so better not scare him.
By the way, talking about mistakes, CIC makes a lot more than the applicants.
We are not scaring him - we are telling him what has happened to others on this forum who have answered this question incorrectly. There is no question this is misrepresentation and needs to be corrected as soon as possible. It is not minor - errors like this result in application refusals.vnexpress said:
I have personal experiences with CIC about misrepresentation versus missing information, the latter is not punished as heavily. If he ticked Yes to the question, he is not hiding anything or construe anything, he is telling CIC that he has been refused entry or visa from other countries. If he failed to specify the details, CIC will then provide him an opportunity to clarify prior to charging him with misrepresentation. It's part of CIC's protocol to provide applicants with chance to correct themselves before any misrepresentation charge is made.scylla said:
Alurra71 said:
I did read the post. He is talking about failing to specify and he would need to do that only if he checked "YES".
so not misrepresentation but a mistake as the motive is not present for misrepresentation.
CIC is changing every day and therefor there is greater need to stay updated on changes for all of us.
However, if he checked No then it is misrepresentation but if he had ticked No then he would not be thinking about specifying in the box provided for that reason.
In any case if the OP would have clarified the issue properly then all this issue of what he did could be avoided and he could have gotten a clear straightforward response instead of conflicting advise.
Any update on this case ?
I am going to submit the new form too because the visitor visa was denied after the submission of the spousal sponsorship application.
I should answered Yes in the section 4d, and explain in the box below about the information of my visa.
Please let me know if any of you are going through this process.
I am going to submit the new form too because the visitor visa was denied after the submission of the spousal sponsorship application.
I should answered Yes in the section 4d, and explain in the box below about the information of my visa.
Please let me know if any of you are going through this process.