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I am posting the same question for the second time. Pls reply
am writing behalf of my friend. He is an international student frm india, and wen he didnt get ne job frm on campus, as every one else does, he started working off campus illegally. But instead of getting cash, he get the company cheque. But his employer didnt ask for his sin number or work permit. He just work for 10-15 hrs maximum in a week. He deposits the cheque in bank and he gets the money as usual, and the bank statement doesnt show the company name or any other info.
But now he is going to india for vacation and he is tensed wether it will become a immigration problem while coming back. But employer didnt take any of his information except his name and address for issiuing the cheque... so he just want to know wether its safe or not....
so i request some one to reply on this
thankyou
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Orginally posted by scorps
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I am posting the same question for the second time. Pls reply
am writing behalf of my friend. He is an international student frm india, and wen he didnt get ne job frm on campus, as every one else does, he started working off campus illegally. But instead of getting cash, he get the company cheque. But his employer didnt ask for his sin number or work permit. He just work for 10-15 hrs maximum in a week. He deposits the cheque in bank and he gets the money as usual, and the bank statement doesnt show the company name or any other info.
But now he is going to india for vacation and he is tensed wether it will become a immigration problem while coming back. But employer didnt take any of his information except his name and address for issiuing the cheque... so he just want to know wether its safe or not....
so i request some one to reply on this
thankyou
It is not safe for sure because he is not taken permission from college to work (as job is related to course he is taking). Question is how immigration officer will come to know about him working with a company. If ever this come to notice of immigration dept, he is for sure in big trouble with student permit. Normaly cheque payments are as good as cash payments when made without SIN number. These payment are accounted as expense and not salary. IMO it is very difficult for immigration dept to regard these cheque's as salary / payment towards work.
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Thaks for replying....and expecting more opinions from others too
Relax..
personal checks can't be conclusive proof of having worked.. it's a gift.. that guy is helping you out of goodness of his heart.. any number of scenarios could be true.. more worrisome would be if he's put you on payroll and is paying payroll taxes, EI etc.. in any case.. no one checks that when you are entering.. and unless you mention.. no one knows.. and actually no one .. including the immigration officer at airport has right to ask you these questions out of thin air..
don't put foot in the mouth and you will be okay.. you didn't work..
After you are done studying.. close the account with that bank.. and be done with it.. no harm no foul..
All that assuming you can't convince your employer to pay you in cash..
and if you are on the payroll and all.. well there's a paper trail up the ying-yang.. but no one's checking that in Canada yet.. so no big deal.. if they start checking then you will have issues.. but by then you will be PR and possibly be applying to citizenship.. so do you really wanna worry that far ahead??
thanks a loot for that reply, its so relieving :-)
Location: Toronto , ontario , ca
Posted on: 13-11-05 02:50:45
FYI - I am an International Student.
If i was in that situation i wouldn't take the risk.The upside is few $$$ which one can also earn working for cash and the downside (if caught) is your removal forever from this country.All in all i would have prefered to switch Jobs and get paid in cash rather than mess around with the system for such petty thing.
on a lighter note - Luck is a limited resource dont use it at such petty things.
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