Applicants who intend to immigrate to Canada or who have begun to prepare to immigrate to Canada may face a "background check".
Many immigration applicants will be worried when they hear "background investigation". What exactly does this investigation mean to investigate, whether it will touch my personal privacy, etc.
There is no need to worry about background investigations. Most applicants will not have any problems. Only in extreme cases will a long background investigation be carried out. Today we will learn about the background checks for Canadian immigration.
What is background check?
Background investigation is called "back-tuning". This is a random check, and not all applications will be investigated. Most of the time, back-references mainly depend on whether the materials submitted for the immigration application are complete. At this time, the completeness, accuracy and authenticity of the material become particularly important.
First of all, back-registration is not to check whether the applicant meets the immigration conditions, because if the immigration conditions are not met, the visa officer will directly refuse the visa. Only when the immigration conditions are met and the visa officer has doubts about the materials provided will the second step - back-tuning.
Generally speaking, the following possibility is relatively high:
1. The materials are inconsistent before and after, or low-level errors
This situation often occurs because the applicant himself DIY the application materials. If there is a difference or logical error between the materials, he will be discovered by the visa officer at a glance, and thus enter the background investigation procedure.
2. The applicant's personal situation has "hard flaws"
Sometimes we find that there is no problem with the applicant's information preparation, but the personal background situation is particularly suspicious. For example, immigrants for same-sex couples. Although the Canadian government recognizes the immigration application of same-sex couples, it is necessary to prove that same-sex relationships require more complex and experienced copywriting, otherwise it is easy to cause suspicion of fraud for immigration.
3. Background information is more sensitive
Sometimes we always encounter applicants with special circumstances. For example, some applicants work in the public security bureau system, party affairs system, and legal system. They usually have no way to take out their private passports and will be included in the scope of key review. There are also employees working in certain sensitive industries, including production and research institutions under the communications, aerospace, etc. Applicants in these industries are usually included in the security survey by Immigration Bureau to check whether the applicant will have an impact on Canadian national security.
4. The more sensitive exit history
We all know that European and American countries always look at some third world countries with different eyes, because they involve the influence of terrorism, social systems, and inherent thinking, some countries will be included in the key focus. For example, we will encounter some applicants who have worked in , Iran, and North Korea for a long time, and will be investigated by the security department.
5. The source of the applicant's assets is unclear
For investment immigration applicants, the source of assets conducted by third-party institutions on the applicant's assets are often the focus. Many applicants ask me why I cannot apply for investment immigration. In addition to the applicant's lack of relevant legal persons, executives and management background, unclear assets are also a flaw. The Immigration Bureau often includes you in the scope of key investigations.
In addition, the probability of false materials overseas in Canada is higher than that in China, so the probability of overseas visa officers (Beijing, Hong Kong) doing back-regulation is higher.
After the investigation is completed, the investigator will provide the investigation report. If there is a satisfactory result, the application process will continue; if there is no satisfaction, the visa officer will request additional materials.What will
back-tuning involve?
1. Investigate the authenticity of the applicant's kinship relationship
There are more than 60 pieces of information related to the applicant in the Chinese citizen's household registration and resident identity database. These information is open to legal inquiries by some institutions, and the consulate will verify some of the information, such as birthplace, birthday, occupation and other information. Or in reunion immigration, if the marriage relationship is questioned, the embassy staff will sometimes go to the applicant's home to check whether the marriage relationship between the guarantor and the guarantor is real.
2. Investigate social background and criminal records
Immigration Bureau will require the applicant and his family to provide proof of no criminal record in the country where they have lived for more than 6 months in the past five years. If a certificate of no criminal record cannot be submitted, the application will be affected.
One thing that needs special attention is that if the applicant is a so-called politically sensitive person, or a party member, you need to apply truthfully. If the applicant has too high political sensitivity, it will not meet the requirements for Canadian immigration. Generally speaking, ordinary party members will not affect the processing.
3. The funding source of the investigative applicant
The funding documents of this part include company documents, bank statement , income certificate, in-service certificate , real estate funding certificate , etc. In some immigration projects, the Immigration Bureau will call the Tax Bureau, Industrial and Commercial Bureau , or banks and other institutions to confirm whether the documents submitted by the applicant are true or valid.
4. In the immigration application for investigating the applicant's work background
Economic category (provincial nomination category), if the Immigration Bureau questions the applicant's work background, it will conduct a survey of the applicant's past or present work background to confirm that his work experience is consistent as shown in the materials. What are the ways to back-tune
?
1. On-site visits
Sometimes, the applicant's work location is in the big cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. If the occupation and work content are particularly sensitive, embassy staff may visit directly at the workplace, but this situation rarely happens.
2. Send an email
Applicants often leave the company or recommender's email address under the work recommendation letter or supporting documents. Generally speaking, visa officials at the provincial level have limited foreign language skills. If you want to investigate the authenticity of the applicant, you will usually contact the applicant's referee and conduct a simple investigation by email. This method is the most common.
3. Call
We have encountered applicants who have received a telephone investigation by the embassy staff. Generally speaking, telephone investigations are entrusted by the embassy staff who speak Chinese, or may be entrusted by a third-party investigation agency to conduct Chinese telephone inquiries.
4. Knocking at the door in the middle of the night
Generally, this situation is common in the field of immigration to same-sex couples or reunion immigration. In order to investigate the authenticity of the applicant's marriage relationship, the embassy staff sometimes go directly to the applicant's home in the middle of the night to check the real life status of the main applicant and the deputy applicant. We have also encountered cases where Canadian reunion immigration applicants were called to investigate by the Immigration Bureau in the middle of the night.
5. Web search
This is the easiest and most direct way. Sometimes staff at the Canadian Embassy in Hong Kong will use the Internet to search for whether the work unit and company name provided by the applicant exists. If the applicant has had more sensitive information online before, he or she needs to pay attention to this link.
6. Make an appointment for an interview
If the embassy still has serious doubts about the applicant's conditions and lacks staff, the applicant will be booked to the Canadian Embassy in Hong Kong for a one-on-one interview. The interviewer will be in the small room, and the visa officer will usually ask the applicant about his work and life. You will know whether he agrees with your answer from his expression and words.Usually this happens in cases of investment immigration, reunion immigration and same-sex couple immigration.
7. Third-party institution
If it is an investment immigration, the embassy often entrusts third-party institution to investigate the applicant's assets. We have encountered an applicant who has not declared a credit card information and was investigated and refused to sign up for the visa. This survey is generally limited to investment immigration, and other immigration methods will not appear.
8. Secret investigation
This situation is limited to the security background investigation process. This section involves state secrets and security departments and the means they take. The applications involved are generally those of senior confidential personnel and those of applicants from sensitive work sources. We are not sure about the specific method, but usually applicants without espionage will pass smoothly, so there is no need to worry too much about this. One of the most commonly used methods is to search through search engines, and all relevant news about applicants and applicants' companies can be found, such as public litigation documents and equity transfer information.
or above is related to the Canadian background check, but immigration applicants don’t have to worry at all. This is just some processes that may occur during the immigration process. Judging from the actual situation, the staff of Canadian visa is now seriously insufficient, and most applications do not have any retweets. If an applicant with a sensitive background with some sensitive background encounters a back-registration and the visa officer has some questions after the back-registration, he will issue a process fairness letter to the applicant according to the process, and will not directly refuse the visa! will list its own questions in this letter and give examples of which documents need to be added to the applicant to explain. When the applicant is affected by the decision, the applicant has the right to know the case to be resolved and has an opportunity to respond impartially. The right to fair interpretation requires that the applicant be given a valid opportunity for interpretation. The same applies to information received from third parties, including IRCC partners. Although decision makers do not need to provide tangible documents in the decision process, decision makers still need to convey the substance of the issue of concern to the applicant and inform the applicant of relevant legal provisions. More importantly, the decision-maker’s concerns should be fully conveyed and the applicant should be given a reasonable opportunity to explain.
