My husband who is a citizen of Canada had filed for a family sponsorship PR for me in 15-Oct-2014 and this is currently under process in the New Delhi office. I have an upfront medical done and reports submitted to New Delhi and they acknowledged that they received them on June 2015. After that there has been no communication or requests for documents from them.
The problem is that - in 2009, a potential new employer was willing to offer a job for me in the US and filed for a H1B visa accordingly. However this petition for a H1B application itself was not approved after the employer was issued a "Request for Explanation" RFE asking for some additional documentation. I am not sure what exactly was the RFE / documentation the company had been asked for. I was told that it was because it was the peak of the US recession and it was hard to prove the need to have an external worker come in to the US.
As this was the employer's petition that was not approved and I never attended a visa interview for that application with a US visa officer in the consulate and was then rejected the H1 visa, I never counted this as a visa rejection. visa rejection as in where I have to make an appointment with the consulate, attend a visa interview with the consulate officer and then after interview the visa office says sorry Mr/Miss X you have not been granted a visa.
Am not sure if this is relevant or not but -I have a multiple entry US b1/B2 tourist visa that I have used extensively and have travel history.
So in my PR forms I had answered "no" to the question - "been refused an immigrant status, immigrant or PR visa or visitors or temporary visa to Canada or any other country." in the IMM5669E form.
It was only recently when I was discussing the PR application to a friend who was also filing for spouse sponsored PR, that she pointed out to me that a H1B petition not being approved too should be recorded as a visa rejection.
Is this so? If so what do I need to do to add this onto the PR application we had submitted. I truly did not think it to be so and hence had answered a no. I don't want to be lying on a visa application and did not do this knowingly. I don't want this miss on my part to be regarded as a misinterpretation of data and have my application refused.
I am freaking out now and am picturing being denied entry to Canada, never being able to see my spouse again and worse still a marriage in trouble...All because I misunderstood and assumed one fact wrong.
Please help! Any advice will be more than welcome. Thanks in advance!
The problem is that - in 2009, a potential new employer was willing to offer a job for me in the US and filed for a H1B visa accordingly. However this petition for a H1B application itself was not approved after the employer was issued a "Request for Explanation" RFE asking for some additional documentation. I am not sure what exactly was the RFE / documentation the company had been asked for. I was told that it was because it was the peak of the US recession and it was hard to prove the need to have an external worker come in to the US.
As this was the employer's petition that was not approved and I never attended a visa interview for that application with a US visa officer in the consulate and was then rejected the H1 visa, I never counted this as a visa rejection. visa rejection as in where I have to make an appointment with the consulate, attend a visa interview with the consulate officer and then after interview the visa office says sorry Mr/Miss X you have not been granted a visa.
Am not sure if this is relevant or not but -I have a multiple entry US b1/B2 tourist visa that I have used extensively and have travel history.
So in my PR forms I had answered "no" to the question - "been refused an immigrant status, immigrant or PR visa or visitors or temporary visa to Canada or any other country." in the IMM5669E form.
It was only recently when I was discussing the PR application to a friend who was also filing for spouse sponsored PR, that she pointed out to me that a H1B petition not being approved too should be recorded as a visa rejection.
Is this so? If so what do I need to do to add this onto the PR application we had submitted. I truly did not think it to be so and hence had answered a no. I don't want to be lying on a visa application and did not do this knowingly. I don't want this miss on my part to be regarded as a misinterpretation of data and have my application refused.
I am freaking out now and am picturing being denied entry to Canada, never being able to see my spouse again and worse still a marriage in trouble...All because I misunderstood and assumed one fact wrong.
Please help! Any advice will be more than welcome. Thanks in advance!