Misrepresenting in immigration applications and documents can have serious consequences, including inadmissibility. It’s important to understand what constitutes misrepresentation. Paul E. Briggs Law in Surrey BC can help you navigate your misrepresentation case.

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What is Misrepresentation in Canadian Immigration Law?

 

Misrepresentation is document fraud that involves lying or providing false information or documents to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).

 

Misrepresentation can encompass a wide range of false or altered documents including passports, travel documents, diplomas, degrees, certificates of birth,  police certificates and so on.

 

Immigration and Refugee Protection Act states:

 

Misrepresentation

•         40 (1) A permanent resident or a foreign national is inadmissible for misrepresentation

  •         (a) for directly or indirectly misrepresenting or withholding material facts relating to a relevant matter that induces or could induce an error in the administration of this Act;

  •         (b) for being or having been sponsored by a person who is determined to be inadmissible for misrepresentation;

  •         (c) on a final determination to vacate a decision to allow their claim for refugee protection or application for protection; or

  •         (d) on ceasing to be a citizen under

    •         (i) paragraph 10(1)(a) of the Citizenship Act, as it read immediately before the coming into force of section 8 of the Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act, in the circumstances set out in subsection 10(2) of the Citizenship Act, as it read immediately before that coming into force,

    •         (ii) subsection 10(1) of the Citizenship Act, in the circumstances set out in section 10.2 of that Act, or

    •         (iii) subsection 10.1(3) of the Citizenship Act, in the circumstances set out in section 10.2 of that Act.