Hello everyone,
I’m planning for my parents to visit Canada for about 3 to 4 months to meet my newborn son and spend some time with us as a family. I’m considering applying for either a Visitor Visa or a Super Visa for them and would love some guidance on which would be the better option. Specifically, I’d like to know which visa type typically has a faster processing time and lower risk of rejection for a stay of this length. Additionally, since I’ll be covering all their expenses, would that be a potential issue for a Visitor Visa? Any insights from those who’ve been through this process would be much appreciated!
I had exactly same situation in the past - 2019. I then went for Visitor Visa (since I was not a PR back then). Few things:
1. For Visitor Visa, I wrote a letter of support and invitation.
2. I also provided proof of my saving account funds. I showed about CDN 100K or so. (You may not need this to should this or more, lower amount might work as well).
3. They provided proof of their own funds too. They showed about INR 3,000,000 in liquid cash. They are on pension so they showed that too.
You MAY go for Super Visa but be aware. Super Visa needs a medical checkup as well. So things might take some time since sometimes they need to do furtherance. I did not need this for my parents.
DO get an emergency medical insurance for your parents. If for any reason they face a medical emergency, the bill stack up VERY fast. And I means 10s to 100s of thousands of dollars fast. Get 100K emergency medical insurance. I went with Manulife.
DO know that emergency medical insurance ONLY covers emergency and not regular checkup or follow up. That too, it only provides enough coverage for medical emergency to be stabilised. After wards insurers ask you to move back to their country for more treatment.
Emergency room usage in Island Health Authority atleast needs to be done from out of pocket and later charged to your insurer. This means you need to have some cash at hand.
Hospitalization, if covered,
might be directly billed. You might want to talk to your health authority's billing department. Almost all hospitals in Canada are run by government.