Hello, we just submitted my wife's PR application inland. She's from a visa-exempt East Asian country, currently in Canada on tourist visa. We just came to Canada this summer after spending many years married and living together abroad in a third country (neither hers nor Canada).
During our time in this third country, she left twice for a few months to her home country to visit her parents and to give birth to our two children. In completing the personal history section of the background check Schedule A document, it never occurred to us to list this time there, since she established no new residential ties on those visits and we maintained our residence together in the third country. Basically, we completed the address and personal history sections of Schedule A by listing everywhere we resided as addresses, then matched her personal history to them in general/main activity terms.
At the time I thought this was fine, but am now wondering if we made a terrible mistake. My questions are:
1) Should we have included the time she spent visiting her parents/giving birth in the personal history? (probably, just to be safe?)
2) Is it likely IRCC will discover this time spent there? (What are the actual mechanics of personal history and Schedule A info verification?)
3) If discovered, would it be considered representation of a material fact that leads to an error in application of the Act? (My hope is no, since the personal history section lists time she spent actually living at her parents pre and post-birth of our children, and we'll be providing a police certificate from this country, which hasn't been requested yet - it comes later for her home country. The omission of the time spent at her parents doesn't seem like it would lead IRCC to conduct the wrong security procedure or do the right procedure in the wrong place).
Grateful for any guidance experienced members can provide, we're very concerned about the implications of this.
During our time in this third country, she left twice for a few months to her home country to visit her parents and to give birth to our two children. In completing the personal history section of the background check Schedule A document, it never occurred to us to list this time there, since she established no new residential ties on those visits and we maintained our residence together in the third country. Basically, we completed the address and personal history sections of Schedule A by listing everywhere we resided as addresses, then matched her personal history to them in general/main activity terms.
At the time I thought this was fine, but am now wondering if we made a terrible mistake. My questions are:
1) Should we have included the time she spent visiting her parents/giving birth in the personal history? (probably, just to be safe?)
2) Is it likely IRCC will discover this time spent there? (What are the actual mechanics of personal history and Schedule A info verification?)
3) If discovered, would it be considered representation of a material fact that leads to an error in application of the Act? (My hope is no, since the personal history section lists time she spent actually living at her parents pre and post-birth of our children, and we'll be providing a police certificate from this country, which hasn't been requested yet - it comes later for her home country. The omission of the time spent at her parents doesn't seem like it would lead IRCC to conduct the wrong security procedure or do the right procedure in the wrong place).
Grateful for any guidance experienced members can provide, we're very concerned about the implications of this.
