hi i am canadian citizen living in canada. in 1993 i went to india and i was 15 years old at the time. i was not a canadian citizen at the time, i was a indian citizen with canadian immigration documents. when i was returning to india for the first in 1993, i was travelling on a new indian passport that i had just recieved from india. I had my relatives in india get my passport so i dont know the exact channels they went to obtaining the passport. but to make the long story short, when i landed in delhi, the immigration officer said my passport was not legitmate b/c it was missing a authorizing personnel signature, he asked for a bribe and he would let me go thru, i wasnt aware that their was anything wrong with my passport and i refused to pay him. it turned out their was somethign illegitimate with the passport and i was arrested and taken to police station where i spent the night and the next day i was taken to court. at court my family had hired a lawyer and i was release on bail. my relatives at the time told me that they would take care of the matter and they had made another passport for me and i came back to canada. since then i have recieved my canadian citizenship and have travelled back to india. but i have found out that their is a outstanding arrest warrant for me b/c apparently i skipped bail. so the police has came to my village mulitiple times seeking me. I guess the case was never closed and its still open case.
what i wanna know is, how do i deal with this matter, what kind of trouble could i be looking at? what do i need to do resolve this matter, what would i have been charged with for having a false passport?
i wasnt aware of anything at the time b/c i was young and just followed instruction given by family.
any and all help is greatly appreciated.
also i would appreciate referal of any great lawyer that deals with passport/immigration matters.
regars
Manny
