Canadian government’s advisory on document fraud

With many cases of fraud and scams targeting Canada immigration, the Government of Canada’s Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada [IRCC] takes serious note of anyone deliberately lying, or submitting false information or forged documents to IRCC. Considered to be ‘misrepresentation’, IRCC considers all such activities as a fraud.

As per IRCC, document fraud can involve fake or altered documents. These documents can be –

• Visas
• Degrees, diplomas, and trade or apprenticeship papers
• Passports and travel documents
• Police certificates
• Certificates of birth, death, marriage, separation, annulment, or final divorce

Similarly, lying on an application or during an interview with an IRCC officer will also be considered to be a fraud. This is a crime as well.

Supplying false information or submitting false documents will lead to IRCC refusing the application.

Individuals that will be found to have committed such misrepresentation might also be –

• Forbidden from entering Canada for a minimum of 5 years,
• Given a permanent record of having committed fraud with IRCC,
• Have their status as a Canada permanent resident or Canadian citizen be taken away
• Be charged with having committed a crime, or
• Removed from Canada.

Biometrics have a key role to play in accurately establishing the identity of any person. For more than 20 years, Canada has been making use of biometrics for immigration screening along with decision-making in Canada.

For the purposes of Canadian immigration, biometrics consists of taking a photo of the face of an applicant along with taking their fingerprints.

Biometrics makes it much harder for any person to hide their true identity, thereby reducing identity fraud.

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