A Fake Proof of Funds, and a Five-Year Ban
An applicant’s Canadian study permit had already been approved when IRCC reopened the file and found that the RMB 2 million bank statement used to show funds had been falsified. The case was treated as misrepresentation and the applicant received a five-year ban. IRCC’s own guidance sets out the consequences: refusal, at least five years of inadmissibility, a permanent fraud record and loss of existing status.