Five Countries Conference - Do these countries share visa refusal information automatically

[dineshanand750]

Hello everyone, one of my friend was refused study visa to canada earlier however, he told me he had put wrongly on his UK study visa application that he wasnt refused visa for any country ever before (he is still waiting decision on his application). After reading online i found that Five country conference rules exist regarding using biometric data sharing. Can someone put a light on this..if UK will find out his canada refusal or how this Five country conference thing works. Thanks.

[sah10406]

if UK will find out his canada refusal

The question is more, why did he not tell the truth about the previous refusals? The consequences of a previous refusal on the new application may well be minimal -- depending on the reasons for the refusal, of course. The consequences of lying about previous refusals are likely to be a refusal and a future ban.

You should always assume that not only do the immigration authorities of all countries have access to each others' data, but that they will check it.