Permanent Residency Application AND Deemed Rehabilitated IN Canada

[ten.des]

Hi guys,

I'm just writing to see if I could get any help here before going to see a lawyer for my dilemma. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, trying to interpret how each CIC procedure relates to another is proving difficult!

I am an Australian Citizen, living in Canada on a 2 year work permit. I am preparing an application for Permanent Residency along with my common-law partner as my permit expires in November. We are eligible to apply, having enough CRS points based on my degree, work experience and current professional job in Vancouver. As I lived in Queensland, I am required to submit a full traffic history since I was 18 which will show that almost 10 years ago I was convicted of a DUI.

I was convicted of a DUI (BAC <0.015) in Australia on the 8th of June, 2007, fined $200 and had my licence suspended until the 8th of September, 2007.

My question relates to the deemed rehabilitated application, if I qualify, and how I prove this. Also, I'm wondering how I should treat my Permanent Residency Application - should wait to submit my PR application until 10 years since the end of the sentence has elapsed? Do I need to submit a deemed rehabilitated application concurrently? It cuts it a bit fine and I would need to apply for a bridging Visa, but maybe that avoids complicating things.

Again, any advice or previous experience would be most helpful!

Thanks!

 

[PMM]

Hi

Hi guys,

I'm just writing to see if I could get any help here before going to see a lawyer for my dilemma. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, trying to interpret how each CIC procedure relates to another is proving difficult!

I am an Australian Citizen, living in Canada on a 2 year work permit. I am preparing an application for Permanent Residency along with my common-law partner as my permit expires in November. We are eligible to apply, having enough CRS points based on my degree, work experience and current professional job in Vancouver. As I lived in Queensland, I am required to submit a full traffic history since I was 18 which will show that almost 10 years ago I was convicted of a DUI.

I was convicted of a DUI (BAC <0.015) in Australia on the 8th of June, 2007, fined $200 and had my licence suspended until the 8th of September, 2007.

My question relates to the deemed rehabilitated application, if I qualify, and how I prove this. Also, I'm wondering how I should treat my Permanent Residency Application - should wait to submit my PR application until 10 years since the end of the sentence has elapsed? Do I need to submit a deemed rehabilitated application concurrently? It cuts it a bit fine and I would need to apply for a bridging Visa, but maybe that avoids complicating things.

Again, any advice or previous experience would be most helpful!

Thanks!

1. The deemed rehabilitation won't happen until 10 years have passed since the conviction and the end of the license suspension. So 08/09/2017.
2. What IRCC is probably going to look at really closely is what you said on your IEC application regarding convictions.

 

[ten.des]

Thanks!

I thought that might be the case. Regarding my IEC application; as my DUI in Queensland is a traffic offence and not a criminal offence I have never had to answer yes to that question, even at ports of entry. This is the first time in my immigration process that I have encountered the terminology or an offence that would be considered a crime in Canada.