Criminal History and Immigration

[yas24]

Hi,
Please please help me. I am so sad, upst and depressed. I can't stop thinkg abot the stupid biggest mistake in my life. I am in Canada and I got married to a U.S citizen, my application for permenent resident is under processing and I am supposed to have my visa interview for k3 visa soon. 4 months ago I was stopped by security in one of the Canada's big malls. I did shoplifting. The security hold me, police came . they asked me couple of question and then the officer said that because I didn't have any previouse record they wouldn't charg me. They didn't give me and citation or ticket. They didn't fingerprin me. On lt the store gave me a paper about a two year ban, It means I shouldn't enter any of their branches in canada for two years. Know I am filling the application for immigration.I ma really worried if they would be able to find any thing about this incident,the police officer said that they will not put that in my records. I have my polce check done and there is no record. In the imm!igration forms they asked this question:

Have you ever commited a crime or oofence for whihc you were not arrested?

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS QUESTION.
pLEASE HELP ME.

I also don't know if they will record it as an arrest record or not,please please tell me about your experience

[Mr. Knowitall]

The answer is technically "yes".

There is a good chance that if you answer "no" they will either not discover the incident, or you will have plausible deniability ("I was investigated for possible shoplifting, but it was a mistake.") But false statements can get you into a lot of trouble, so it's a huge gamble not to tell the truth.

Consider consulting an immigration lawyer.