Visa denial because of "not being truthful"

[Bryanna]

Thank you for asking, I hired a lawyer who asked for the notes, apparently there was a previous application when I was a minor, my parents and family still don't remember anything, and even my passport wasn't valid at the time, so the lawyer suggested I file in for misrepresentation, and say that it's my parents' fault.
For now, I'm working in my travel history, so that I apply again in the future.

Thanks everyone

Maybe you can post your refusal case notes here after deleting any personal references. BTW have you seen those case notes yourself?

Did you check your complete application before your representative submitted it? It's possible that some part of that application/documents was not genuine or the facts were not consistent with the rest of your application.

I would not make any comments in your next application that make your parents look like they are untruthful. Hope your lawyer realizes that such speculative statements without any evidence can jeopardize the chances of visa approvals for your parents.

Also, Travel History is a generic refusal reason. You need to re-evaluate your entire application as a complete package instead of focusing on traveling to visa-required countries

 

[cpadream]

What does "file in for misrepresentation" mean? You had a previous refusal that you didn't declare and were correctly refused for this reason. IRCC didn't make a misrepresentation finding so you are welcome to apply again.

All you need to do is apply again and this time declare the old refusal (plus this more recent one).

It sounds to me like your lawyer is over-complicating things.

Do you think that are possibilities to have positive out from IRCC for a mistake like this? Have you seen a successful case like this?

 

[bellaluna]

Do you think that are possibilities to have positive out from IRCC for a mistake like this? Have you seen a successful case like this?

There is already clearly a positive, OP wasn’t banned even if she failed to declare the past refusal. This is usual grounds for misrepresentation and a ban.

 

[cpadream]

There is already clearly a positive, OP wasn’t banned even if she failed to declare the past refusal. This is usual grounds for misrepresentation and a ban.

Do you think there is a chance to get a visa after a mistake like this ?

 

[Bryanna]

Do you think there is a chance to get a visa after a mistake like this ?

I suggest you check the case notes yourself. If the notes suggest that your parents had previously applied when you were a minor when in fact there was no application then, you can inform the visa office with evidence to confirm the same.

That said, if there was some inconsistency in your recent application and/or some factually incorrect statements and/or some document that was not genuine then you're lucky you have not been banned for misrepresentation.

The way forward is for you to prepare a more convincing new application