If a previous visa or work permit rejection was accidentally omitted from an earlier application (e.g. by a consultant, or missed at flagpoling), applicants worry about how this affects a later PR application.
What group members advised:- You must disclose all prior visa/permit rejections for any country in your PR application — this is treated as a mandatory disclosure, not optional.
- If you haven't submitted your PR application yet, attach a Letter of Explanation addressing why the earlier rejection was missed, so it's proactively on record rather than appearing to be concealed.
- If you've already submitted, consider a webform submission to add the clarification after the fact.
The practical takeaway: disclose the past rejection fully in your current PR application regardless of what happened before, and use an LOE (or a webform if already submitted) to explain the earlier omission rather than leaving it unaddressed.