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GraciousWords:
Was the crime noted in his PCC? How long ago was it? If it was recent and it was noted, they should probably have addressed this upfront. If the PCC is clean, then I guess he has no criminal record according to South Korea and there may be nothing to worry about.

I no be lawyer, wahala no be my work but I'm not sure an LOE is a good idea. Best to get a lawyer/immigration expert to advise. Lots of people are getting ADR for PCC and remeds so there is no harm in asking South Korea for an updated PCC and doing upfront meds. As for adding baby, search NL 5 or 10 pages back we have discussed it recently. Get all the docs for baby, do upfront meds, updated POF etc and send as webform and direct email to VO.

All hope is not lost even if he has a record, IRCC says people with a criminal record may not be allowed entry. May......so there might be some leeway for some people with criminal records. They should check with an expert though and consider that $5k part of the cost of japa. If they try to address the issue themselves, they could end up mudding it up.

The objective is to show the VO that he can be deemed rehabilitated and time has passed since the conviction or that he was exonerated or pardoned. They should study this while they lawyer up:

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/inadmissibility/overcome-criminal-convictions.html

Thanks a lot for your response. I'll keep showing her the responses. The first PCC was done before the court issue. So currently, the crime is not in the PCC she submitted. Which is why she uploaded a LOE to 'inform' them. She was talking about a part of the application that says if there is a change in circumstance, the applicant should inform IRCC. I am guessing convictions or criminal records are part of the list (she has better information than I do). They are in the process of requesting a new PCC in case IRCC requires it. We are all hoping the new PCC makes no mention of the crime since he was exonerated. I'm sure she's aware of the process to add her baby. She is just waiting for them to acknowledge that as well. Thanks again!
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Hi everyone.

I have a question on behalf of my friend who is not on nairaland (I have read nairaland threads for years but I did not create a profile. I know I can get some information here). We both applied for FSW around the same time in 2020.

Background: She got married in 2021 and added her husband who lives in South Korea. He did police report but no medicals request yet. He got involved in a petty crime charge (Very unfortunate situation. According to her husband, who is also my friend since we all went to Uni together, he was set up and a hotel claimed he stole some money when he went to meet some potential suppliers for a business. He denied it. But because of language barrier he was thrown in jail. He spent about 5 months in jail before he was exonerated by the courts recently). Since FSW is taking forever to send everyone PPR email, my friend is scared that he might fail criminality check because of the time spent in jail. She is trying to get him to get an updated police report in case IRCC asks for another PCC. They also just had a baby but IRCC has not responded to her webform to add their baby. On her profile, it's just her and her husband for now.

She included a letter of explanation detailing the arrest and court issue, but she is freaking out because she doesn't know what their options are. If they can all fail criminality because of her husband's issue. If she passes and he fails, what is the implication? If she should hire a lawyer? (the ones she reached out too are in the $3,000 to $5,000 range). I thought about positing here in case anyone has gone through a similar situation or has some advice.

PS: I know how helpful this thread can be, so thanks in advance.