Hi! I was planning on applying for Canadian perminent residence, however I have this awful story which happened to me, which will surely affect my application, I just need to understand how much and if there is anything I can do about it.
My father works in the US as a journalist and I had lived with my parents in the US when I was little.
When I was 17 I moved back to Russia. When I was 21 (year 2001) I went to USA on a work and travel programm, during which I was living with 2 girls. Once we went shopping together and I found myself a pair of shoes. I called these girls over to advise if they thought I should get them. One of the girls took a shoe into her backpack and went out of the store. I was stuck with the other shoe! I left it in the store and went after her, but the store owner saw her and already called the police. Long story short - we were both arrested, spent 3 or 4 days in jail (can't remember exactly), had a court trial, where it was announced that we were both sentenced for stealing a shoe and time sentenced time served (we did not have a lawyer or anything). Needless to say, this is the only criminal occurance that I have.
Since then, I have recieved 3 US visa's and went to the US, but needed to submit all 10 fingerprints and tell the "shoe story" each time. During my last visit and "shoe story-telling experience" just this summer, the cop told me that my record shows "attempted burglary and resist of arrest", which was completely shocking to me. I don't have any documents from the jail, those I had - I gave to the US embassy for visa processing. Please advise If it is still possible for me to be approved for perminent residence and what I can do to help the situation?
Thanks!
My father works in the US as a journalist and I had lived with my parents in the US when I was little.
When I was 17 I moved back to Russia. When I was 21 (year 2001) I went to USA on a work and travel programm, during which I was living with 2 girls. Once we went shopping together and I found myself a pair of shoes. I called these girls over to advise if they thought I should get them. One of the girls took a shoe into her backpack and went out of the store. I was stuck with the other shoe! I left it in the store and went after her, but the store owner saw her and already called the police. Long story short - we were both arrested, spent 3 or 4 days in jail (can't remember exactly), had a court trial, where it was announced that we were both sentenced for stealing a shoe and time sentenced time served (we did not have a lawyer or anything). Needless to say, this is the only criminal occurance that I have.
Since then, I have recieved 3 US visa's and went to the US, but needed to submit all 10 fingerprints and tell the "shoe story" each time. During my last visit and "shoe story-telling experience" just this summer, the cop told me that my record shows "attempted burglary and resist of arrest", which was completely shocking to me. I don't have any documents from the jail, those I had - I gave to the US embassy for visa processing. Please advise If it is still possible for me to be approved for perminent residence and what I can do to help the situation?
Thanks!