A common worry: a past US visitor visa refusal was disclosed on an initial study permit application, but was accidentally left off a later study permit extension or work permit application. Does it need to be disclosed again for PR?
What group members advised:- Yes — disclose it again on the PR application, and on every future application or status change. IRCC and other government systems share information, so a prior refusal already on record elsewhere can surface even if it wasn't repeated on a later form.
- Not disclosing it risks IRCC discovering it through information-sharing with other agencies (like US immigration authorities), which can look like misrepresentation even if the earlier omission was an honest oversight.
The safest path: always re-declare any prior visa refusal on every subsequent application, regardless of whether it was missed once before — consistency matters more than any one omission being 'forgiven'.