When some of the common conditions laid by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) are not met by international students and immigrants, it can lead to visa refusal. A lot of the reasons why visas are refused or rejected are known by licensed immigration consultants, lawyers and even mere successful immigrants but as unsolicited survey shows; not all so-called agents or consultants try so much to eliminate these glaring visa refusal pointers. In fact, many are just after the pay. Worse still, applicants themselves entrust their works with these personnel without putting a vested interest in looking through the collated documentations and later processing of their applications, in which case affects the travelability and trustworthiness of such migrants by countries like Canada, UK, and others…
When some of the common conditions laid by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) are not met by international students and immigrants, it can lead to visa refusal. A lot of the reasons why visas are refused or rejected are known by licensed immigration consultants, lawyers and even mere successful immigrants but as unsolicited survey shows; not all so-called agents or consultants try so much to eliminate these glaring visa refusal pointers. In fact, many are just after the pay. Worse still, applicants themselves entrust their works with these personnel without putting a vested interest in looking through the collated documentations and later processing of their applications, in which case affects the travelability and trustworthiness of such migrants by countries like Canada, UK, and others.
Previous Blog Article
I once wrote a blog article talking about the difference between study abroad and permanent residency in Canada. I emphasized on the importance of permanent residency, advantages of study permit, requirements of Canada study program, cost of studies abroad, cost of permanent residency programs, how to decide if one should focus on study visa or permanent residency and the next steps to follow after such information. However, this blog article will focus on a new spectrum of discussions. If you want to learn more about the other topics of discussion, you can read the past year’s writeup.
Today’s Topic of Focus
I want to start a conversation about the crimes and subconscious flaws that applicants and their agents or lawyers commit in their applications which lead them to getting rejected, refused or even banned for 3 – 5 years by the Canadian government. Whether immigrants know this or not, the originality and completeness of their applications rest on their individuality not of their consultants. Canada Immigration office states that the applicants will be judged by their documentations. In situations where IRCC finds any discrepancies, the punishments or disciplinary actions would be taken upon the owner of the application not agent. So, I want to give about 10 but (3 first) laws and salient regulations that are trampled on by applicants which cause them their approvals and subsequent safe immigration or studies abroad, with(out) travel ban;1. Misrepresentation
This is known as document fraud. According to IRCC, “it’s a serious crime to lie, or to send false information or documents to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). This is fraud. It’s called “misrepresentation.” Document fraud can involve either false or altered documents, such as: passports and travel documents visas diplomas, degrees, and apprenticeship or trade papers certificates of birth, marriage, final divorce, annulment, separation, or death and police certificates. If an applicant lies on an application or in an interview with an IRCC officer, this is also fraud. It’s a crime. If one sends false documents or information, IRCC will refuse the application. They may also forbid one from entering Canada for at least 5 years, give one a permanent record of fraud with them, take away one’s status as a permanent resident or Canadian citizen, have one charged with a crime or remove one from Canada.” Stating that you have married when you have not, bearing child(ren) when you have not, failing to disclose your past education in your home country or overseas, telling lies about your divorce with your spouse or adopted children or submitting fake police certificates are all instances of misrepresentation. This is very important for both study permit and permanent residency visa. In a case where the applicant or his consultant misrepresents, it puts an inevitable stain in the documentation of his application.
2. Rejections of Previous Visas or Applications
I am not a fan of working on past visa rejected candidates because I get so many mix-ups in candidates’ applications. It baffles me that so many applicants hire agents who lead them astray when it comes to their applications; they conceal so much information in their first application which affects the second and more as time goes on. Even though, they might get the visa at the first time, there will still be high risk on the second one and more. So, it pays to just be truthful and provide all relevant documents. A potential client once reached out to me saying that he was rejected in his first application to the UK in which he stated that he was married with a kid as directed by his agent. Another client who was already in Canada once reached out to me saying that she was instructed by her agent to state in her study permit application that she was single. She got the visa but after staying there for 2 years straight for her studies. She now wants to bring her family of 1 husband and 3 kids in but now in dilemma of how to do it successfully. She finally got probed by the Canadian government and faced the law which resulted in her getting deported at the brisk of getting her permanent residency status 3 years later. In all, getting rejected in the first application may affect the next one especially when it was as a result of incomplete application or misrepresentation. And, this affects both the study permit and permanent residency visa. However, the visa rejection letter determines more to what degree it affects. If the visa officer clearly pre-informs that an applicant can reapply if the reason for rejection has been treated, then another application can be started but, in all cases, the visa officer would strictly review such application than one which has no record of visa rejection. Every application though is different; start with this step.3. Missed Submission Deadline
As the immigration body portrays, it is better for an applicant to willingly decline an invitation or an offer than to allow a deadline to be passed. It leaves a dent on one’s subsequent application because it shows that such an applicant may not be fully prepared for the relocation process and worse still lacks attention to important notices towards their application. And as a result, the IRCC makes sure of removing such persons from not just the Express Entry pool as in the case of permanent residency, they also erase such person from their active database for serious-minded applicants; thought without doing away completely with the person’s biodata. Once an invitation or admission is issued to an applicant, the IRCC starts keeping the person’s details in their GCMS (Global Case Management System) which is a software system used by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to process immigration and citizenship applications. GCMS is a single integrated system designed to process applications both inside Canada and outside. So, whether you applied from your home country or from within Canada, your application has been stored in that system and would never come out for decades to come. It always pays therefore to get prepared for approval before even given the chance to apply for a study permit or a permanent residency program not only in Canada but in other first world countries too. and, of course, this applies to both the study permit and PR route to Canada.
Some End Notes
I would also be writing about 5 more reasons for visa rejection and PR refusal reasons in my next blog article on the subject matter. It is worthy of note that so many denials of temporary visas and permanent residency status in Canada, UK, US and other countries are not as a result of even the candidates’ applications but the so-called agents or consultants’ assistance. Though, to be fair, so many more applicants have gotten their visas approved based on the good works of some of these representatives. Hence, it is also imperative that we talk about how to spot a honest and trustworthy representative to use for your Canada immigration application processing if you don’t want to do it yourself. So, we would be writing about that in the nearest future. Subscribe to this channel and blogspot for subsequent blog articles.References
Canada.ca (2022, August 23). Document Fraud (Misrepresentation). https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/protect-fraud/document-misrepresentation.html
Canada.ca (2012, February 10). Privacy Impact Assessment Summary – Global Case Management System (GCMS) – Phase II. https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/transparency/access-information-privacy/privacy-impact-assessment/global-case-management-system-2.html