Reason 39 of 50 · Travel history, immigration history and credibility
Classified asCredibility / record-consistency issue
Employment, marital status, family members, travel history, income or other material facts differ from a previous Canadian application without explanation.
Immigration applications are not isolated files. Unexplained contradictions can reduce credibility and may raise misrepresentation concerns depending on materiality and intent is not always determinative under the legal test.
Prior forms and supporting documents, GCMS/decision notes, current declarations and chronology.
The same situation, presented two ways. The right-hand column is what a reapplication needs to look like.
Review the previous file before reapplying. Where facts legitimately changed, state when and why. Correct previous errors transparently instead of silently replacing them.
Changing a job start date to make employment look longer; omitting a previous common-law relationship; different travel history in different forms.
A genuine salary increase is easy to explain; a completely different employer history with no explanation is harder.
You cannot fix a reason you have not read. Your GCMS notes contain the officer's own words about your file, and requesting them is free — we publish every step.
[S10], [S12], [S14]. This page is general information, not legal advice.Employment, marital status, family members, travel history, income or other material facts differ from a previous Canadian application without explanation.
Immigration applications are not isolated files. Unexplained contradictions can reduce credibility and may raise misrepresentation concerns depending on materiality and intent is not always determinative under the legal test.
Prior forms and supporting documents, GCMS/decision notes, current declarations and chronology.
Review the previous file before reapplying. Where facts legitimately changed, state when and why. Correct previous errors transparently instead of silently replacing them.
Changing a job start date to make employment look longer; omitting a previous common-law relationship; different travel history in different forms.
No. IRCC states that refiling the same information will likely not change the decision. A reapplication has to answer the specific concern the officer recorded — which is why you should read your GCMS notes first and find out exactly what that concern was.
Most refusals cite more than one concern, and only one of them is usually decisive. Your GCMS notes say which. Get them free, or send them to us and we will tell you exactly what to fix.