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

[Yogita07]

Hello Priyank,
I want to understand if we apply the visitor visa for Parents and elder sibling within the same group with New Portal, will that be of any issue?

I submitted the employement proof and NOC leave letter for my brother application. Will that be rejected? If yes, will that make my parents visa reject too? Please suggest. Thanks.

 

[maissom]

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

This is very useful information. Thank you for sharing.

I pretty much did the same thing. I was also expecting passport request within a day or two (reading from earlier threads). However, there has been no progress since April 07, 2022 - the date my mother submitted her biometrics (other than the instant update we saw the same day about completion of Biometrics step). I have not seen any documents request in the email either. I am just wondering what is causing this much delay.

Application timeline for my mother's visitor visa:

1. Application submitted: March 25, 2022
2. Biometrics request letter: March 25, 2022
3. Biometrics submitted: April 07, 2022
4. Biometrics status updated on the portal: April 07, 2022

Hopefully soon ...

 

[Alieha]

Hi Priyank. My parents have travelled previously but not in the last 5 years. So my question is: Should I answer the question "have you travelled in the last 5 years" as no (it won't give me an option to describe the travel in the form then) and in the supporting application along with the passport I attach visa stamps from previous travels even if they were more than 5 years ago (these are in older passports). I thought attaching the previous visas would strengthen their case that's why I am eager to include. Let me know what you think

 

[Simratpal]

It's always good to have it notarized to make it more authentic.

Hello Priyank,

can you also share the process after getting passport request. What document we need to sent

 

[dsinghd]

Applied thru new portal for my mother in law on Feb 18 2022
biometrics: Feb 25th
Decision on May 11th. Visa refusal

• I am not satisfied that you will leave Canada at the end of your stay as a temporary resident, as stipulated in paragraph 179(b) of the IRPR, based on the purpose of your visit. • I am not satisfied that you will leave Canada at the end of your stay as a temporary resident, as stipulated in paragraph 179(b) of the IRPR, based on your personal assets and financial status.

She has no property or assets on her name, always a home maker. Actually we made a mistake with funds. It was a joint account with my father in law. Also they were not maintaining enough balance from last 6 months. Till January they had around 2500$ in their account And all of sudden in Feb beginning we informed them that we are going to apply for her visa please deposit another $4k -$4.5k (we were targeting around 7k per head). So they followed the instructions and deposited funds at last minute. Therefore, bank statements for last 6 months did not reflect required funds. We also attached a letter signed by my FIL saying she has full access to funds, We knew it somewhere that it might not go through but since we had a baby coming in March, we thought we might get away with it(because Canada is usually compassionate towards these kind of situations) but sadly it didn't happen.

we also attached our bank letter and bank statements from here(Canada) with good amount of funds but it didn't help.

Guys any solution you can offer ? Currently we are not in position to apply for her super visa.

 

[CEC_1304]

This is very useful information. Thank you for sharing.

I pretty much did the same thing. I was also expecting passport request within a day or two (reading from earlier threads). However, there has been no progress since April 07, 2022 - the date my mother submitted her biometrics (other than the instant update we saw the same day about completion of Biometrics step). I have not seen any documents request in the email either. I am just wondering what is causing this much delay.

Application timeline for my mother's visitor visa:

1. Application submitted: March 25, 2022
2. Biometrics request letter: March 25, 2022
3. Biometrics submitted: April 07, 2022
4. Biometrics status updated on the portal: April 07, 2022

Hopefully soon ...

Each application situation is different and approval matters based on Applicant individual situation .
Like if your mother already have earlier V V for other country like , USA, Aus., UK it will help alot ,
Also statement , tie up document with home country matters alot

Good Luck

 

[CEC_1304]

Hello Priyank,

can you also share the process after getting passport request. What document we need to sent

4 Document you have to send in envelop
- Latest Passport (at least one page empty for Visa stamp)
- PPR letter Printout
- Courier/SMS wEB FORM
- Consent form

No need to worry as soon as you will raise TWOWAY Webform (Link- https://vfs-cic.mioot.com/forms/PS/ ) email will come with all the instruction

Good Luck

 

[Anamika1410]

I submitted my parents visitor visa from the IRCC portal.
I have one query - why only for 1 individual was included for biometric. Does either one of the parent have to give biometric or both?
My mother received biometric collection letter request, but my father has not received it yet.
Just wanted to confirm if this is the ideal scenario or I missed something.

Please advice.

 

[Anamika1410]

The same thing happened with me today. Is this ideal scenario?

Did your parents get the visa ?

 

[maissom]

Each application situation is different and approval matters based on Applicant individual situation .
Like if your mother already have earlier V V for other country like , USA, Aus., UK it will help alot ,
Also statement , tie up document with home country matters alot

Good Luck

Thanks for following up !

As far as the documentation is concerned, I made sure whatever they require covers the acceptance criteria (including information about travel history, purpose of travel to Canada, ties with the country of origin). I totally understand that each case is different. The thirty business days timeline will be reached on May 19. Probably after that I can add a web form inquiry perhaps.

 

[Simratpal]

4 Document you have to send in envelop
- Latest Passport (at least one page empty for Visa stamp)
- PPR letter Printout
- Courier/SMS wEB FORM
- Consent form

No need to worry as soon as you will raise TWOWAY Webform (Link- https://vfs-cic.mioot.com/forms/PS/ ) email will come with all the instruction

Good Luck

Thank you!

i booked 2 way courier yesterday and now there is a confusion regarding last name. When i payed fee and filled form online i filled same first and last name.

Now what should i fill on last name on courier form

 

[CEC_1304]

Thank you!

i booked 2 way courier yesterday and now there is a confusion regarding last name. When i payed fee and filled form online i filled same first and last name.

Now what should i fill on last name on courier form

I did not get your Question
So same last name should be same as in Passport or 2 way courier webform

Sorry I did not understood what is issue here

 

[Simratpal]

I did not get your Question
So same last name should be same as in Passport or 2 way courier webform

Sorry I did not understood what is issue here

Surname on passport is empty. When i filled form on vfs to request 2 way courier the form will not let you go next page without filling last name so filled same name as first name. Now the question is when we physically fill sms/courier form what should i fill in that form in last name column

 

[CEC_1304]

Surname on passport is empty. When i filled form on vfs to request 2 way courier the form will not let you go next page without filling last name so filled same name as first name. Now the question is when we physically fill sms/courier form what should i fill in that form in last name column

webform (2 way) in this situation you can simply put dash (-) and could have proceeded.
Sms/courier form is just for the address where return AWB will return so hardly matters if you are writing dash or matching it with 2 way return webform ,

In my opinion match it with 2 WAY webform i.e. write Last name

Good Luck

 

[Amrita abhinav singh]

I had similar situation. I applied for my parents VV through new portal and biometric was given on Jan 30th and was updated next day. My father's status said completed while for my mother it showed number and validity but status was not completed. I didn't raise any webform for this as this is technical glitch and as long as number and validity is shown, biometric is received by them. Surprisingly, status changed to biometric completed on May 05. However, there is no other progress on application yet.

hi Pratik
Is there any progress on your parents visa?