Parents TRV Application Guide || My Visa Got Approved In Just 6 Days || New Portal 2022

[JamesRodriguez]

Hello,

I selected Yes for this question. As this application is on behalf of your parents and as your parents they have to mention that you are putting the invitation letter and mentioning that you will be assisting their stay. So you should select Yes. No half for that.

Hi Priyank,

I am applying for a visitor extension for my parents

I have created my father's cic account and I am going to fill up the application .My mother will be a coapplicant in father's profile.

My Question is - Should I fill form a IMM 5476 as I am representing both of them using father's profile And addition to this add ,IMM 5713E and signed by my father as his account will be used for mothers application ?

 

[priyankbhojak88]

Hi Priyank,

I am applying for a visitor extension for my parents

I have created my father's cic account and I am going to fill up the application .My mother will be a coapplicant in father's profile.

My Question is - Should I fill form a IMM 5476 as I am representing both of them using father's profile And addition to this add ,IMM 5713E and signed by my father as his account will be used for mothers application ?

Hello,

I would suggest filling up IMM 5476 separately for Father and Mother. Even though the mother is a co-applicant CIC considers it as a separate application and both applicants have separate upload files options so better to fill up two forms and get signed. I am suggesting this based on my experience.

 

[JamesRodriguez]

Hello,

I would suggest filling up IMM 5476 separately for Father and Mother. Even though the mother is a co-applicant CIC considers it as a separate application and both applicants have separate upload files options so better to fill up two forms and get signed. I am suggesting this based on my experience.

Thanks Priyank for the prompt reply.Got it.

 

[CEC_1304]

Hi Priyank,

I am applying for a visitor extension for my parents

I have created my father's cic account and I am going to fill up the application .My mother will be a Co-applicant in father's profile.

My Question is - Should I fill form a IMM 5476 as I am representing both of them using father's profile And addition to this add ,IMM 5713E and signed by my father as his account will be used for mothers application ?

Fill separate IMM 5476 for both. I had first hand experience on this , I filled just for my father and thinking my father is co applicant for my mother , so by default I will be representative of my mother application also ,
But I was wrong , Few days after I sent a webform for some enquiry for Father and Mother , They did not responded my mother Query saying You are not representative for her , While they responded for my Father

so i will suggest fill separate IMM 5476 form and if there is only one place to upload , merge the 2 PDF , same i did when applied second time as First Super Visa refused because of some reason

Good Luck

 

[priyankbhojak88]

MY INVITATION LETTER FORMAT

Notes:
- This invitation letter format you can use if you are applying from Canada and you are representative of your parents as a family member.
- You must notarize with a red seal this letter from a Local Canadian lawyer. That will give a good impact. You and your lawyer both have to sign this letter.
- Avoid using reasons that you want your parents to visit to take care of you during pregnancy or baby seating. It is not a good reason to convince visa officers to provide visas. Better to just simply mention that you wanted to meet your parents.
- You can consider this letter as a reference as I have used it for my case and I got approval that doesn't mean it is applicable to everyone. As everyone has a different scenario so you can modify the content of the letter as per your situation.
- I kept the duration of the trip for just 2 months. Try to keep the duration as short as you can. Avoid mentioning 6 months trip as more months you mention more expense you have to show. And visa officer will calculate your financial situation based on duration. Once you receive a visa no one can stop your parents to stay for 6 months.
- You can update the BOLD section below the letter for your case.



LETTER OF INVITATION


IN THE MATTER OF VISITORS TO CANADA


To,

Canadian High Commission,

7/8 Shantipath, Chanakyapuri,

New Delhi – 110021, India.


This is to invite FATHER'S NAME (D.O.B: 22nd September 1957) and MOTHER's NAME (D.O.B: 18th May 1961) holder of Indian Passports #P XXXXXX and #P XXXXXX respectively and Currently residing at YOUR FULL ADDRESS. The applicants are my biological parents, and I am a citizen of India and a permanent resident of Canada. I, YOUR NAME (D.O.B: 23th May 1988) currently residing with my wife WIFE'S NAME (D.O.B: 19th June 1992) at YOUR FULL CANADIAN ADDRESS. Contact No: YOUR CONTACT NUMBER;

SOLEMNLY STATE AND DECLARE AS UNDER :

1. That I wish to invite my parents (above said) under the visitor visa program to meet us and spend some quality time with us. They will stay with us in YOUR PROVINCE, Canada and will leave Canada after staying here for a 2 months period. I undertake to send them back to India after a 2 months period.
2. That I and my wife will not get a chance to visit our home country due to work and responsibility here in Canada and I have not seen my parents since I moved to Canada in September-2019.
3. That I am working full-time at the YOUR COMPANY NAME AND JOB LOCATION as a JOB DESIGNATION and I am earning XX$ per hour.
4. My parents are genuine visitors who will not overstay their visas and do not have any plans to settle here in Canada.
5. That I agree to provide support to my parents including but not limited to lodging, food, care, travel expenses within Canada and maintenance including medical, hospitalization for the whole duration of their stay in Canada.
6. They will not become a public charge in Canada or will not be a burden to the government of Canada or the PROVINCE NAME by any means.
7. I also undertake to repatriate them at our cost, if and when necessary and to bear all the cost and expenses of burial in the event of their death in this country.
8. That I make this affidavit in support of an application for the issuance of a visitor visa to my parents and for no other improper purpose.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing it to be true and knowing that it is of the same effect as if made under oath. I respectfully request that you grant a visitor’s visa to my parents.

Thank You in Advance for considering my parent’s temporary resident visa application to Canada so we can spend some time together in Canada.

Yours Faithfully,

Mr. YOUR NAME
YOUR ADDRESS AND CONTACT DETAILS

-------------------------- Parents Supporting Letter For Funds and Strong Ties(Additional Document Section)-------------------------------

As I received many requests to share supporting document which I have used to demonstrate my parent's finances and strong ties to their home country. I am uploading content that you can use for your parents. Please find below format for the letter your parents can use. I uploaded the same letter for my father and mother under the additional document section. Consider the below letter is prepared by your Father/Mother (Main Applicant). You can modify content as your available funds and situation this is just a reference. I hope this will be helpful to everyone. Do not forget to attach 6 months bank statement, CA valuation report, Mutual funds statement and other supporting docs. Create a combined PDF and upload it under the Additional Document upload section.

NOTE: Again, This is the format that I have prepared for my parents and it worked for me that doesn't mean it will be applicable for each case. You have to modify it as per your need. All the best.

Dear Visa Officer,

I, [FULL NAME OF MAIN APPLICANT], holder of Indian passport number P XXXXXX would like to share proof of funds available that would support me and my spouse’s stay in Canada. Though our son [YOUR FULLNAME], a lawful permanent resident in Canada, is going to take care of our expenses as mentioned in his invitation letter. My spouse [FULL NAME OF SPOUSE], holder of Indian passport number P XXXXXX is also accompanying me.

We wish to visit our son and his wife under the visitor visa program to meet and spend some quality time. They will not get a chance to visit our home country due to work and other responsibilities in Canada. They also bought a new house recently and want us to spend some time together during summer vacation.

bought a new house recently and want us to spend some time together during summer vacation.

No.	Name of the Holder	Name of Institute	Type of the fund	Current Valuation (INR)	Current Valuation (CAD)
	LIQUID FUNDS
1.	NAME OF ACCOUNT HOLDER	Axis Bank	Savings account	XXXXXX	XXXXXX
	TOTAL			14,41,348	24130
	OTHER FUNDS
1.	NAME OF ACCOUNT HOLDER	National Savings Scheme	Savings Scheme	XXXXXX	XXXXXX
2.	NAME OF ACCOUNT HOLDER	Fixed Deposit	Fixed Deposit	XXXXXX	XXXXXX
3.	NAME OF ACCOUNT HOLDER	Mutual Funds	Mutual Funds	XXXXXX	XXXXXX
	TOTAL			26,60,589	44543

		TOTAL FUNDS
	LIQUID FUNDS	Saving Accounts + Term Deposits		14,41,348	24130
	OTHER FUND	Mutual Funds + Stocks		26,60,589	44543
	TOTAL			41,01,937	68673

For my Liquid funds (Saving Account) I have attached below 6 months statements for the savings account provided by the bank. I have Properties in my name in India which demonstrate my solid ties to my country by attaching the certified valuation report for all assets herewith.

Other investments are in different funds like Fixed Deposit and in Mutual Funds for which I have attached a Valuation report generated by an official charter accountant.

On 11th March 2022, 1 CAD rate was 59.73 INR which makes the above-mentioned INR amount into CAD 24130 for liquid funds and CAD 44543 for other investments which is sufficient for our expenses while we will be in Canada.

I have provided all information that demonstrates my intentions of travelling to Canada as well as a strong connection to my home country as well as my purpose for travelling. we assure you that we will return to India and will not stay in Canada.

Please let me know in case other information is required or in case I have to show the funds in another format.

Your faithful,
[Full Name Of Applicant, No Signature needed]

 

[JamesRodriguez]

Fill separate IMM 5476 for both. I had first hand experience on this , I filled just for my father and thinking my father is co applicant for my mother , so by default I will be representative of my mother application also ,
But I was wrong , Few days after I sent a webform for some enquiry for Father and Mother , They did not responded my mother Query saying You are not representative for her , While they responded for my Father

so i will suggest fill separate IMM 5476 form and if there is only one place to upload , merge the 2 PDF , same i did when applied second time as First Super Visa refused because of some reason

Good Luck

Thanks for your reply

 

[JB386]

MY INVITATION LETTER FORMAT

Notes:
- This invitation letter format you can use if you are applying from Canada and you are representative of your parents as a family member.
- You must notarize with red seal this letter from a Local Canadian lawyer. That will give a good impact. You and your lawyer both have to sign this letter.
- Avoid using reasons that you want your parents to visit to take care of you during pregnancy or baby seating. It is not a good reason to convince visa officers to provide visas. Better to just simply mention that you wanted to meet your parents.
- You can consider this letter as a reference as I have used it for my case and I got approval that doesn't mean it is applicable for everyone. As everyone has a different scenario so you can modify the content of the letter as per your situation.
- I kept the duration of the trip for just 2 months. Try to keep the duration as short as you can. Avoid mentioning 6 months trip as more months you mention more expense you have to show. And visa officer will calculate your financial situation based on duration. Once you receive a visa no one can stop your parents to stay for 6 months.
- You can update the BOLD section below letter for your case.



LETTER OF INVITATION


IN THE MATTER OF VISITORS TO CANADA


To,

Canadian High Commission,

7/8 Shantipath, Chanakyapuri,

New Delhi – 110021, India.


This is to invite FATHER'S NAME (D.O.B: 22nd September 1957) and MOTHER's NAME (D.O.B: 18th May 1961) holder of Indian Passports #P XXXXXX and #P XXXXXX respectively and Currently residing at YOUR FULL ADDRESS. The applicants are my biological parents, and I am a citizen of India and a permanent resident of Canada. I, YOUR NAME (D.O.B: 23th May 1988) currently residing with my wife WIFE'S NAME (D.O.B: 19th June 1992) at YOUR FULL CANADIAN ADDRESS. Contact No: YOUR CONTACT NUMBER;

SOLEMNLY STATE AND DECLARE AS UNDER :

1. That I wish to invite my parents (above said) under the visitor visa program to meet us and spend some quality time with us. They will stay with us in YOUR PROVINCE, Canada and will leave Canada after staying here for a 2 months period. I undertake to send them back to India after a 2 months period.
2. That I and my wife will not get a chance to visit our home country due to work and responsibility here in Canada and I have not seen my parents since I moved to Canada in September-2019.
3. That I am working full-time at the YOUR COMPANY NAME AND JOB LOCATION as a JOB DESIGNATION and I am earning XX$ per hour.
4. My parents are genuine visitors who will not overstay their visas and do not have any plans to settle here in Canada.
5. That I agree to provide support to my parents including but not limited to lodging, food, care, travel expenses within Canada and maintenance including medical, hospitalization for the whole duration of their stay in Canada.
6. They will not become a public charge in Canada or will not be a burden to the government of Canada or the PROVINCE NAME by any means.
7. I also undertake to repatriate them at our cost, if and when necessary and to bear all the cost and expenses of burial in the event of their death in this country.
8. That I make this affidavit in support of an application for issuance of a visitor visa to my parents and for no other improper purpose.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing it to be true and knowing that it is of the same effect as if made under oath. I respectfully request that you grant a visitor’s visa to my parents.

Thank You in Advance for considering my parent’s temporary resident visa application to Canada so we can spend some time together in Canada.

Yours Faithfully,

Mr. YOUR NAME
YOUR ADDRESS AND CONTACT DETAILS

Hi Priyank,
Thank you so much for taking effort and time in explaining the step by step process in detailed.
I Recently re-applied for my Parent's Visitor Visa via new IRCC portal (No response for Old Application on GC key Aug 10, 2021 and Biometric Sep23, 2021)
Followed these steps mentioned by you and I got their Passport Request in 3 working days!

Thanks again for sharing your experience and guiding us.

 

[priyankbhojak88]

Hi Priyank,
Thank you so much for taking effort and time in explaining the step by step process in detailed.
I Recently re-applied for my Parent's Visitor Visa via new IRCC portal (No response for Old Application on GC key Aug 10, 2021 and Biometric Sep23, 2021)
Followed these steps mentioned by you and I got their Passport Request in 3 working days!

Thanks again for sharing your experience and guiding us.

Hello,

Most Welcome. I feel happy that my post was helpful to you. Cheers.

 

[ntlady_leo]

Hello Everyone,

I would like to share my experience here for my parent's visa application process which I did. So many people were asking me about my application and what documents I have put in to get quick approval. I am sharing my document list and approach here for everyone's reference. Hope that it will help anyone who is trying to apply for their parents. In my case, I applied on behalf of my parents from Canada as a representative. My parents are living in India.

MY TIMELINE:
Application Submitted For Parents: 30-Jan-2022
Biometric Request Received: 31-Jan-2022
Biometric Scheduled (Ahmedabad, India, VFS Global): 04-Feb-2022
Biometric Validity Letter Received: 06-Feb-2022
Passport Request: 06-Feb-2022 (Within 4 Hours)

Below I am sharing documents that I put for my parent's visitor visa.

Step 1: Profile Creation with the new portal
I would recommend everyone to check the below video for step by step process on how you can create your parent's profile with CiC's new Visitor visa portal. I followed the same video and created a profile for my parents.

Note: You have to select the below option if you are applying from Canada on behalf of your parents.
"To visit my grandparent, grandchild, sibling, half-sibling, step-sibling or non-dependent child who is a Canadian citizen, person registered under Canada's Indian Act or permanent resident of Canada"

New Portal Profile Creation:

Step 2: Document Gathering for you and your parents
Creating your parent's profile is very straightforward with the new CIC portal. You just need to follow the steps and at the end of the process, you will see a list of documents required to upload. For me, the Document upload list was like below. I am sharing what document I have uploaded for each section.
Note: Father and Mother both have to upload their documents separately. You can upload common documents again for both profiles. (Ex, Marriage Certificate, Finacial Support Doc etc)

Based on the information provided mine be for each parent below was the document upload list I had to upload.

Mandatory Documents
1) National Identity Document
- I uploaded the Aadhar Card document in this section along with my father's Notarized affidavit for his name. My father has two names Ashokbhai and Ashokkumar in some documents so he created one affidavit with half of the lawyer mentioning he is the same person with both names. The affidavit should be on a certified 50 INR stamp. This affidavit will go in this section along with Aadhar Card. For my mother, I only put an Aadhar card in her profile.

2) Passport/Travel Document (To show Tie with my Parents and their travel history)
- Scan copy of passport first and the last page of passport along with all other countries Visa Stamps if any for entry and exit.

3) Proof Of Funds: Single file in exact order max 2MB (In My Case I mentioned that I am going to bear all costs for my parents for their visit to Canada so no POF for parents)
- Invitation Letter (I prepared Invitation Letter and got it notarized by a Canadian lawyer with a red seal, I will post my invitation letter format in the next post for everyone's reference)
- My PR Card
- My Company ID Card
- My passport front and back page
- My Paystub for the last 3 months
- My Bank statement for the last 4 months (Around 10000 CAD balance maintained)
- My T4 Tax Documents for the last 2 years

4) Use of Representative Form (Signed from both parents and from me)
- This is a very important form if you are applying on behalf of your parents. Fill all information in form, Download form, Sign and send it to your parents for their sign and get scan copy to upload in this section.

5) Marriage Certificate:
- This is a very important document. In my case, my parents had no marriage certificate as marriage was done in 1984 but now you can hire some lawyer in the city where marriage was done and they will file an application to generate a new marriage certificate from a particular municipality. Some people also put notarized affidavit with marriage photograph that is also accepted but I will highly recommend taking some time and get marriage certificate done to upload in this section. It will speed up the process.

Optional Documents
6) Consent Personal Information:
- This is an optional document but I filled it out and uploaded it. This is just for GCMS purposes maybe if you needed for the future.

7) Employment Letter(Current)
- I haven't submitted anything for this.

8) Aditional Documents: Single file in exact order max 2MB - Here you can upload anything which can support your application, I used this section to upload documents that represent strong ties at home for my parents and vaccination proof for them.
- My Father's LOE to demonstrate a summary of his proof of funds as backup funds for a trip. He also mentioned in LOE that my mother is financially dependent on him. He created one table where he added Saving accounts, Mutual funds and Stock investments along with INR to CAD conversion. We showed around 12000 CAD balance in the Saving account. Stocks and Mutual funds were mentioned as additional funds and investments in the home country.
- Saving Account's Bank Statement, try to maintain 7-8 lacks (11000 CAD) for the last 6 months in a single account and show that statement.
- Mutual funds and Stock investment statements.
- CA Valuation Report: This is a very important document to represent your parent's strong ties in your home country. I got it done from CA. They will include all information in the report regarding saving accounts, mutual funds, stocks, etc and for property government-approved valuer will include a property valuation report which will list all the properties in the report with current valuation. Most of the CA will have tie-ups with Valuaer you can get it done for around 3000 INR for the combined report. Make sure your CA puts an FRN stamp on the report so in case the Visa officer wants to verify online they can do that with this unique number. This document will confirm strong ties in your home country for your parents and it will increase the chance for visa approval.
- ITR Return forms for Both for the last 2 years.
- Pension Payment order or Details of Pationoner and Pension Document. I put this document as my father is retired and he is receiving pension each month so it will make sense to demonstrate that is not financially dependent on me. If your father is still working you can put his job-related documents like salary slip, Employment letter, ETC.
- Vaccination Proof: My parents are fully vaccinated and they have a certificate of vaccine with a QR code provided by the Government of India.I put that also to demonstrate that they both are fully vaccinated.

I uploaded all the above documents separately for Father and Mother. If we mentioned in the Invitation letter that Son is going to take care of parent's expenses during the trip then parent's POF will be considered as backup funds. Another very tricky part is to create a combined and 2 MB size PDF I am providing some online software tool links which you can use to create a 2MB PDF.

Merge PDF: Below are tools I have used. It's free to use online.
https://smallpdf.com/merge-pdf
https://www.ilovepdf.com/merge_pdf

Compress PDF without losing quality:
https://avepdf.com/hyper-compress-pdf
https://www.sejda.com/compress-pdf

Again, I am just sharing my scenario everyone has different situations. Try to provide only important information to the visa offer so he can review and approve your file in one go. No need to upload extra documents to confuse the visa officers.

I wish all the best to everyone for their quick visa approval for parents. I am also adding my invitation letter format in the second post below for anyone's reference.

Best Regards
Priyank

Do you have airline tickets attached

 

[prish_17]

Hello All,

Hope, someone can help here!! I already have an application for parents in progress through old portal. Do i need to withdraw that one or it automatically gets withdrawn upon submitting from new portal.

 

[chelsea]

Hello No, I didn't show return tickets.

Hi. What was your port of entry? YVR?

 

[prish_17]

Hello All,

Hope, someone can help here!! I already have an application for parents in progress through old portal. Do i need to withdraw that one or it automatically gets withdrawn upon submitting from new portal.

Hello Friends,

hope, someone can help me with my query.

 

[Jyaro1]

Hi All,
I submitted my parent's application for visitor visa (as a group) today. Made my father the Principal applicant and mother as accompanying with my father. Few hours after I received biometric collection letter for my Father but did not receive it for mother.
Anything happened like this with someone? Did I miss/do wrong something in application?

 

[Abhilashg]

Hi All,
I submitted my parent's application for visitor visa (as a group) today. Made my father the Principal applicant and mother as accompanying with my father. Few hours after I received biometric collection letter for my Father but did not receive it for mother.
Anything happened like this with someone? Did I miss/do wrong something in application?

same thing happened to me.just wait for 24 hrs.

 

[marslan123]

Hi everyone, i'm going to apply for my parents visit visa. do we have to apply separate for both parent. i just fill up all detail for my father but didn't got option to put detail for my mother. can anybody help please. Thank you