Procedural Fairness Letter

[ellanguyen]

Dear all,

Hope you guys are doing well.

I am a new member in this forum. I applied for study permit online on July 24th, 2014, got biometrics done, and they are reviewing my medical report.

Yesterday, I received a letter of procedural Fairness saying that I misrepresented the history when I was asked whether or not I got refused visa or ordered to leave Canada or any foreign country. Misunderstanding the question led me to state "no" while I was rejected a tourist visa to US once.

Now they give me an opportunity of 30 days to represent the mistake.

Please suggest me what should I do in this case? Do I need to submit any supporting document other than the Letter of Explanation to prove that the misrepresentation was innocent. Since I thought that the question was a kind of criminal that I was ordered to leave CANADA or refused CANADA - I didn't pay attention that it was other foreign country.

My friend just received a notice of visa refusal as well. So I am very worried right now.

Please help me ! Do I have a chance to get approved ?

Thank you so much,

Ella

 

[ola1974]

You are lucky to be given opportunity to amend ur error. I will suggest to respond through same medium to which u are written that the question was misunderstood to mean canada alone as u just frame in ur post & now explain how, when, why u are refuse usa visa with date applied & refused quoted. I am very sure the officer in charge of ur application is lenient.

 

[ellanguyen]

Thank you so much for your suggestion.

I will write a letter with the content as you mentioned.

However, I knew a refused case that had the same situation like I did - they gave 30 days to represent the matter too.

I don't know if I should provide any supporting document , or any thing that might change the case.

I appreciate your help

 

[ola1974]

What document u want send to justify misrepresentation? They have every information as the refusal u tachnical failed to mention, all they want u to do is to give detail of the refusal as has been discovered by them. Just try not to hide anything in respect of the refusal in any way again. That is all.

 

[J5M]

Hi,

You are lucky to be given opportunity to amend ur error. I will suggest to respond through same medium to which u are written that the question was misunderstood to mean canada alone as u just frame in ur post & now explain how, when, why u are refuse usa visa with date applied & refused quoted. I am very sure the officer in charge of ur application is lenient.

Its not an opportunity to amend your error, but a show cause notice. If the allegation is true, chances are just slim to none.

 

[ellanguyen]

Hi ,


This is what I got in the letter :

" I would like to give you an opportunity to respond to this information. I will afford you 30 days
from the receipt of this letter to make any representations in this regard. Please use the
address noted at the top of the letter for all correspondence and clearly indicate your file
number. If you do not respond to this request within the time outlined above, your application will be refused"

In this case, will I have any chance to get approval ?

Thank you so much for your help,

 

[sidhu_anwar]

They have already given you a chance to amend your error. So there is a clear possibility of you getting an approval because otherwise they'd not have bothered sending you such letter and would have refused your case straightaway. Good luck.

 

[ola1974]

Hi,



Its not an opportunity to amend your error, but a show cause notice. If the allegation is true, chances are just slim to none.

J5M, you will agree with me that some other pple denied of this nature in the forum have not been given opportunity as this, very few get this kind of opportunity. Though the chances may be slim but yet there is still hope if he is able to convince the VO effectively.

 

[ellanguyen]

Thank you so much for you guys 's suggestion. Hereunder is what I write but have not sent yet. Please advise if I need to provide any other information or adjust anything on this letter.


" Thank you so much for giving me a chance to correct my errors while applying for Study Permit. I much apologize for the mistakenly provided information due to my innocent misunderstanding.

Regarding the visa refusal to United States of America in June 19, 2014, I misunderstood the question as it was asked if I was refused any kind of visa or been ordered to leave Canada only. It was my fault not reading the question carefully since I’m pretty confident that I did not meet any criminal issues or Canada Visa refusal which led me to state “No”. Please allow my words in explaining the circumstance why I applied for an US visa. In June 2010, I joined the two weeks programs to explore and attend the seminar in Harvard University when I heard about the promotion in Vietnam. I took this advantage to discover the US educational system in two weeks as well as visit one of the top universities in the world, even just for short period of time. The time I applied for an US tourist visa was in a peak season, it seems hard. I was trying to obtain what I really wished for, but I might be an unlucky person who got rejected in obtaining tourist visa in the difficult time.

My purpose of applying for a Canadian Study Permit is to pursue my Hospitality Degree to help my family’s business. We own a hotel system in Da Nang City, where attracts thousands of foreign tourists annually. In fact, I did not have chance to study in an international environment to open-widen my knowledge in this field which strongly support me complete my study successfully in such a top educational system as in Canada. I’m willing to provide any necessary documents that are available to support my points.

Again, I apologize for the previously mistaken statement contributed from my misunderstanding. I greatly appreciate your kindness of giving me an opportunity in this matter.

I attest that the above statements are true and will bear full responsibility under the law for any perjury found.

Respectfully yours, "

 

[sageorge]

Ellen,

hope the vo considers your case. And I do back ola on the fact that the vo wouldn't have bothered if he were to reject. Your letter seems convincing and I hope does so. Good luck.

 

[ola1974]

Thank you so much for you guys 's suggestion. Hereunder is what I write but have not sent yet. Please advise if I need to provide any other information or adjust anything on this letter.


" Thank you so much for giving me a chance to correct my errors while applying for Study Permit. I much apologize for the mistakenly provided information due to my innocent misunderstanding.

Regarding the visa refusal to United States of America in June 19, 2014, I misunderstood the question as it was asked if I was refused any kind of visa or been ordered to leave Canada only. It was my fault not reading the question carefully since I'm pretty confident that I did not meet any criminal issues or Canada Visa refusal which led me to state “No”. Please allow my words in explaining the circumstance why I applied for an US visa. In June 2010, I joined the two weeks programs to explore and attend the seminar in Harvard University when I heard about the promotion in Vietnam. I took this advantage to discover the US educational system in two weeks as well as visit one of the top universities in the world, even just for short period of time. The time I applied for an US tourist visa was in a peak season, it seems hard. I was trying to obtain what I really wished for, but I might be an unlucky person who got rejected in obtaining tourist visa in the difficult time.

My purpose of applying for a Canadian Study Permit is to pursue my Hospitality Degree to help my family's business. We own a hotel system in Da Nang City, where attracts thousands of foreign tourists annually. In fact, I did not have chance to study in an international environment to open-widen my knowledge in this field which strongly support me complete my study successfully in such a top educational system as in Canada. I'm willing to provide any necessary documents that are available to support my points.

Again, I apologize for the previously mistaken statement contributed from my misunderstanding. I greatly appreciate your kindness of giving me an opportunity in this matter.

I attest that the above statements are true and will bear full responsibility under the law for any perjury found.

Respectfully yours, "

I am of opinion that u need to be more effective in your construction. Though I am not that too much good but let me see if something more remorseful can be drafted for other members to vet for us the following draft:

"I am pained and regret error committed in my study permit application dated ………………… in respect of a question about previous refusals. In honesty the question was misunderstood. I thought it was making reference to Canada only and not known that it included other countries.

Truthfully, I applied for USA tourist visa in June …….., 2010 to attend two weeks programs to explore and attend a seminar in Harvard University when I heard about the promotion in Vietnam. I took this advantage to discover US educational system in two weeks as well as to visit one of the top universities in the world, even just for short period of time. However, my visa was refused on …………… on the ground that ……………………………………………………..
It is noteworthy to inform you that I have no intention whatsoever to hide any information about my past refusal; it is just unfortunate that the question was misquoted and misunderstood. In fact, I am glad that I am given opportunity not only to explain myself but also to know how to answer similar question in future.
While appealing for your sense of magnanimity for reconsideration of my case, I apologize for any inconvenience my innocent error might have caused you.

Thank you".

Be concise and striaght to the point. VOs are psychologists and they may just want to know whether the error is intentional or mistake. So your letter needs to look innocence in construction and u may be lucky to convince them. This is not final, if we see anybody who can add more flesh to it, it is welcome.

 

[sidhu_anwar]

good job Ola! nice to see people helping each other selflessly <3

 

[sageorge]

Working on some grammatical and sentence structural errors , this is my version. I took in Ola's suggestion too .


Thank you so much for giving me a chance to correct the error I made while applying for my Study Permit. I heartily apologize for the mistake I made because of my innocent misunderstanding.Please let me elaborate the confusion that led me to it.

I was refused a tourist via to United States of America on June 19, 2014. I misunderstood the question that was asked in the Canadian application and thought that it was limited to my entry to Canada only. It was truly my fault for not having read the question carefully. Since I understood the question wrong I went ahead and ticked a NO. It was nothing but carelessness that led to this and I am very sorry about it.

Allow me to explain the circumstance of my visa rejection to USA: In June 2010, I joined a two week program to explore and attend a seminar in Harvard University about the promotion in Vietnam. I also took these two weeks to learn and understand the US educational system alonside intended to use the oppurtuinity to visit one of the top universities in the world, even though it was for short period of time. The period I applied for the US tourist visa was in the peak season and that seems to have led to a rejection. I consider this rejection my ill fate that deprived me of such rave oppurtunity.

My purpose of applying for a Canadian Study Permit is to pursue my Hospitality Degree to help my family's business. We own a hotel in Da Nang City , which attracts a thousands of foreign tourists annually. Also, I never had a chance to study in an international environment which I beleive will help me widen my knowledge in this field. This education that I seek for will strongly support me to both help my family in its business and also have the best international education out there. I'm willing to provide any necessary documents that are available to support my points.

I attest that the above statements are true and will bear full responsibility under the law for any perjury found .It is noteworthy to inform you that I have no intention whatsoever to hide any information about my past refusal; it is just unfortunate that the question was misunderstood. In fact, I am glad that I am given opportunity not only to explain myself but also to know how to answer similar question in future.
While appealing to your sense of magnanimity for reconsideration of my case, I apologize for any inconvenience my innocent error might have caused you.

 

[ola1974]

Wonderful work man. Thanks for the contribution.

 

[J5M]

Hi,

Thank you so much for your suggestion.

I will write a letter with the content as you mentioned.

However, I knew a refused case that had the same situation like I did - they gave 30 days to represent the matter too.

I don't know if I should provide any supporting document , or any thing that might change the case.

I appreciate your help

Its clearly written on the application;

"b) Have you ever been refused a visa or a permit, denied entry or ordered to leave Canada or any other country?"