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adamk Posts: 3 Posted On: 3/26/2015	adamk Posts: 3 Hello, My question is if a person charged with shoplifting in Toronto, fingerprinted by local police, and in the court it was considered as summary offense and did not lead to any conviction (because of diversion program)How it is going to affect citizenship process? CIC website talks about convicted indictable offense but my case in neither consider conviction nor indictable. FYI, when I applied for citizenship, my record was clear and it happened after I submitted my application. Thanks
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PMM Posts: 661 Posted On: 3/26/2015	PMM Posts: 661 Hi Hello, My question is if a person charged with shoplifting in Toronto, fingerprinted by local police, and in the court it was considered as summary offense and did not lead to any conviction (because of diversion program)How it is going to affect citizenship process? CIC website talks about convicted indictable offense but my case in neither consider conviction nor indictable. FYI, when I applied for citizenship, my record was clear and it happened after I submitted my application. Thanks Then it won't have an effect on your citizenship application unless you were given probation. PMM
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adamk Posts: 3 Posted On: 3/26/2015	adamk Posts: 3 Thanks PMM, The charge completely withdrawn by crown attorney. Could you explain please hw it is not going to affect my application? Thanks
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adamk Posts: 3 Posted On: 3/27/2015	adamk Posts: 3 Hi Hello, My question is if a person charged with shoplifting in Toronto, fingerprinted by local police, and in the court it was considered as summary offense and did not lead to any conviction (because of diversion program)How it is going to affect citizenship process? CIC website talks about convicted indictable offense but my case in neither consider conviction nor indictable. FYI, when I applied for citizenship, my record was clear and it happened after I submitted my application. Thanks Then it won't have an effect on your citizenship application unless you were given probation. PMM Thanks PMM, The charge completely withdrawn by crown attorney. Could you explain please hw it is not going to affect my application? Thanks
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PMM Posts: 661 Posted On: 3/27/2015	PMM Posts: 661 Hi Hi Hello, My question is if a person charged with shoplifting in Toronto, fingerprinted by local police, and in the court it was considered as summary offense and did not lead to any conviction (because of diversion program)How it is going to affect citizenship process? CIC website talks about convicted indictable offense but my case in neither consider conviction nor indictable. FYI, when I applied for citizenship, my record was clear and it happened after I submitted my application. Thanks Then it won't have an effect on your citizenship application unless you were given probation. PMM Thanks PMM, The charge completely withdrawn by crown attorney. Could you explain please hw it is not going to affect my application? Thanks 1. Because you haven't been convicted of anything if the charge was withdrawn PMM
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