Canadian Consulate Expecting an Explanation

[Peace1 0]

I was refused a B2 VISA for US last december and now i want to go to Canada as a master student but i failed to indicate 

in the online form i filed that i was denied a US visa . Please find below what the consulate told me and advice me on what to do .

Thanks

 

I have concerns that you have failed to answer truthfully to the statutory questions on the 
IMM1295. Specifically, you answered “NO” to question 2(b):

Have you ever been refused a visa or study or work permit, denied entry or ordered to leave 
Canada or any other country?

You have been refused visas to Canada on two occasions, of which you were advised of our 
concerns on the last visa refusal grounds. Furthermore, according to our information you were 
refused a USA visa in which you failed to indicat

 

I would like to provide you with the opportunity to respond to this information. You have 30 
days from the date of this letter to submit additional information in this regard. Please clearly 
indicate your file number for all correspondence.

 

[Joey & NaYa 13]

You did not only fail to provide information for the US visa denial; you also didn't provide information for the 2 previous denials for Canada.

Now that can actually work in your advantage in your response. Make sure you give them all the information they need about any visa denials.

 

It could not possibly have been that you thought they wouldn't know you have been denied Canadian visa twice. I guess you didn't understand the question.

In that case, respond to them and explain that you didn't fully understand the question that's why you answered wrongly.

 

I don't want to think you tried to hide Canadian Visa denials from Canadian Embassy.... 

[KurosawaSan 52]

3 hours ago, Peace1 said:

You have been refused visas to Canada on two occasions, of which you were advised of our 
concerns on the last visa refusal grounds. Furthermore, according to our information you were 
refused a USA visa in which you failed to indicate

 

So you were refused a visa 3 times, and you didn't mention that on the form? That sounds like willful misrepresentation with very little you can do to fight it. Canada and US share immigration data, by the way.

 

What were the reasons given to you for previous denials?

[Loki_Go 126]

Is there a Canadian immigration site you can ask your question? If so people may know more there as this is is a US immigration site.

 

[Penguin_ie 5,985]

****** Moving from Student Visa to Canada regional forum as Op is asking about Canadian Visas, and duplicate removed.  Please only post once on a question. *******

[Cheezees 1,514]

You have not mentioned in your post exactly why you did not indicate the 3 visa denials.  So, why didn't you?

[NikLR 13,220]

OP doesn't mention that they failed to indicate their previous Canadian visa refusals, only the US one. 

 

What do you tell them?  The truth.  

 

Accept the fact that Canada and the USA feel you are an immigrant threat and will not grant you a visa unless you marry a citizen.  That marriage would likely be under a lot of scrutiny considering your previous visa denials as well.