Hi all,
I have submitted a sponsorship application for my wife in March 2021. Today I received a PFL that states the following-
I have concerns that you have not fulfilled the requirement put upon you by subsection 16(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, which states: 16(1) A person who makes an application must answer truthfully all questions put to them for the purpose of the examination and must produce a visa and all relevant evidence and documents that the officer reasonable requires.
I have concerns that you may have misrepresented yourself on the IMM 5669 – Schedule A, which you have provided in support of your application. More specifically, on your Schedule A, under question 4 (page 1 of 5), you have not declared any previous refusals to Canada. However, after a search of our immigration system, at the time you submitted your application for permanent residency, it would appear to that you had been refused a temporary resident visa.
So here is the truth. My wife was refused a TRV in Dec 2020, and I accidentally answered NO to that question - since the question is:
"been refused refugee status, or an immigrant or permanent resident visa (including a Certificate de selection du Quebec CSQ or application to the Provincial Nominee Program) or visitor or temporary resident visa to Canada or any other country"
I only read the first half of the question and answered NO in haste.
But luckily, in form IMM 5332, Question 11 - they ask us if you want to share more information about your relationship -
Here I have attached a 4 page detailed letter of our relationship, which includes the following paragraph:
"In June 2020 we started discussing the possibility of applying for my Temporary Residence Visa and visit him in Canada following all relevant quarantine and Covid-19 guidelines. Since he had started his new job at XYZ, he could not take time off and visit India. The plan was to spend time getting to know each other in Canada and spend some time together. If everything went as per plan, we would come back to India together for the wedding. I applied for the visa on 1st July 2020 (Application Number: VXXXXXXXX) and hoped to hear some good news regarding international travel. Unfortunately, the application for temporary residence was refused. "
Now, I want to know the format of responding to this PFL. I am going to admit my genuine mistake in answering that question and want to highlight this section of the letter that I have submitted, where I clearly convey the refusal of this TRV.
Can anyone please guide me in responding to this PFL??
@canuck78 @scylla