Should I mention or not mention a summary offense

[Maha]

Hi guys,

I have a question to you all...
Have any of you, or someone you know, been convicted in a 'summary offense' that does NOT make you inadmissible to Canada, and was therefore clear about that case in his/her immigration application....and was afterwards accepted?

Or is it always better, since the conviction is not that critical, NOT to mention it in the application?

The confusion comes from a curiosity on whether the officer who studies my file will concentrate on the case and study it deeply, or will he/she decide to cancel the file without even bothering to study it, just because there is a summary offense in it...so in this case I would be taking a risk of mentioning something that might not be realized anyways, if not mentioned...

But at the same time, it's even a bigger risk not to mention something and then appear to have lied in my application !! which is the worst thing..


What do you guys think?

 

[scylla]

Yes - mention it. If you don't and it appears on your PCC or CIC finds out through the background checks - then your file will be refused and you'll likely end up with a two year ban from Canada for misrepresentation.

 

[rizmayo]

Hi guys,

I have a question to you all...
Have any of you, or someone you know, been convicted in a 'summary offense' that does NOT make you inadmissible to Canada, and was therefore clear about that case in his/her immigration application....and was afterwards accepted?

Or is it always better, since the conviction is not that critical, NOT to mention it in the application?

The confusion comes from a curiosity on whether the officer who studies my file will concentrate on the case and study it deeply, or will he/she decide to cancel the file without even bothering to study it, just because there is a summary offense in it...so in this case I would be taking a risk of mentioning something that might not be realized anyways, if not mentioned...

But at the same time, it's even a bigger risk not to mention something and then appear to have lied in my application !! which is the worst thing..


What do you guys think?

This might help you: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/inadmissibility/conviction.asp

Regards,

 

[zein]

"I can't post links"
Immigration and Refugee Protection Act:

(2) A foreign national is inadmissible on grounds of criminality for
(b) having been convicted outside Canada of an offence that, if committed in Canada, would constitute an indictable offence under an Act of Parliament, or of two offences not arising out of a single occurrence that, if committed in Canada, would constitute offences under an Act of Parliament;
(c) committing an act outside Canada that is an offence in the place where it was committed and that, if committed in Canada, would constitute an indictable offence under an Act of Parliament;

if it happened once, and it was a summary offence, then it would be fine.

search your crime and if you find "is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction"
then just tell the truth, you are safe for sure.