Hello, can someone explain to me what will happen if visit Canada using visitor visa and seek for asylum(I'm eligible for it)? will they cancel my visa and will they let me stay while I'm in the process of being accepted?
Seeking asylum after entering Canada using tourist visa
- Thread starter sharpshooter21
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Do you have a visitor visa? Right now you can’t travel to Canada because of Covid. If you claim, you will need proof of persecution in your home country. You need police and medical reports that document your abuse. You need letters/emails that show your lives have been threatened. You can stay in Canada while you wait for a decision.
Have you secured a TRV? Once you claim asylum your family members may have their TRVs cancelled. It seems as though you may also want to have your parents claim asylum as well. Unless you have extensive travel and quite a lot of funds it will be very difficult for the whose family to get TRVs together. Given that you are living in a 3rd country it is more difficult to obtain a TRV because it is hard to show ties to your home country. I would start by seeing if you can get a TRV. Since you haven’t lived in your home country for 20 years it becomes much harder to prove persecution unless there is a larger issue affecting the country like civil war. I would suggest getting a consultation with a Canadian immigration lawyer since claiming asylum anywhere has longterm consequences.
We probably can afford to issue TRV for the whole family, we have visited my home country about 4 times in these 20 years with the recent one being 3 years ago. I don't want to disclose much information about myself online but my country is said to be the 2nd largest producer of refugees although there is no civil war so I believe it's easy for me to prove that I'm not safe. If there is any Canadian immigration lawyer you know personally let me know and thank you for the advice.
To be approved for a TRV you will need to demonstrate strong ties to your home country to prove you have no plans on remaining in Canada long term and also demonstrate that you have sufficient funds to pay for your visit to Canada. If your country is the 2nd largest producer of refugees, then getting a TRV approved may be quite challenging.
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Good luck.
Just to add to my above post, the kinds of ties you will want to be able to demonstrate to have a chance of getting a TRV approved are: proof of employment, proof of property ownership, proof of assets, etc.
my father owns a business over there but it's managed by our extended family, and regarding the employment he works here as a driver and is self employed I don't know how we can be able to prove that
I think you will honestly struggle to get TRVs approved given you are living in a country where you only have temporary status and your home country is unstable / unsafe, as well as the lack of ties you can demonstrate. Having said that, you can certainly try.
Not about affording. Applying for TRVs for all of the family members is likely to create concerns that you are not true visitors. When it comes to proof of travel, countries like US, UK, Australia, etc. are the ones that really focused on. Would start with seeing if you can get a TRV before getting too ahead of yourself.
Depends on the country you are and the actual situation on it. You at least would have to disclose your birth's country to know how likely you can get accepted as a refugee. It also depends on your actual situation. Nowadays, all the process is faster than before because there has not been too much claimants because of COVID situation.