Hi @legalfalcon I applied for an eTA last week as I am hoping to travel to Canada for a holiday for 1week once the borders open Sept 7th. As part of the eTA it asked if I had ever been refused a visa, permit or asked to leave Canada. I said no, but my application got put to further review. Unbeknown to me, I had a 'work permit refusal' in 2018 when I had applied for the IEC program but was unable to get a PCC certificate in time by the deadline. I thought the application simply timed out but I now know it is classified as a work permit refusal.
I have explained this and was completely honest in that it was a genuine error, but now really panicking that this will have an effect on my PR application that I submitted in Dec 2020. I've submitted a web form to explains it's attached to my PR application when further review occurs.
Have you heard of anything like this happening before? I appreciate they take misrepresentation very seriously but I have been extremely diligent in everything I have submitted thus far and this was a genuine mistake as I thought the work permit application simply timed out in 2018 rather than became an actual 'refusal' in the system.
I have explained this and was completely honest in that it was a genuine error, but now really panicking that this will have an effect on my PR application that I submitted in Dec 2020. I've submitted a web form to explains it's attached to my PR application when further review occurs.
Have you heard of anything like this happening before? I appreciate they take misrepresentation very seriously but I have been extremely diligent in everything I have submitted thus far and this was a genuine mistake as I thought the work permit application simply timed out in 2018 rather than became an actual 'refusal' in the system.