Hi there,
My Mom is in Canada on a super visa which expires along with her Passport i.e. in 2023. This is her third entry to Canada:
First super visa entry in 2018 with a date stamp of 2 years, she left in about 10 months
Second super visa entry in 2019 with no date stamp, she left in about 5 months
Third super visa entry (current) in 2020 with a date stamp of 6 months only!
I actually want her to stay here longer this time, probably for 1.5-2 years and super visa does allow to stay for a period of 2 years at a time but not really sure why the immigration officer at the airport was so adamant to her that she can only stay until 6 months and printed a visitor record which expires in 6 months and gave it to her.
She didn't over stay during any of her previous visits, she came to Canada after spending 1 year and 3 months in her home country (India) and I had fulfilled insurance requirements for all her visits, even this time I bought 1 year of insurance with planning to extend closer to the expiry.
I'm planning on applying for extension of visa closer to the 6 months expiry but perplexed as to why the officer would date stamp for 6 months only while a super visa allows you to stay for 2 years at a time. The link below clearly states the difference between a regular visitor visa and a super visa, then would the officer only grant a 6 months entry?
https://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/questions-answers-by-topic.asp?st=16.2
Any thoughts or suggestions would be highly appreciated! Thanks!
My Mom is in Canada on a super visa which expires along with her Passport i.e. in 2023. This is her third entry to Canada:
First super visa entry in 2018 with a date stamp of 2 years, she left in about 10 months
Second super visa entry in 2019 with no date stamp, she left in about 5 months
Third super visa entry (current) in 2020 with a date stamp of 6 months only!
I actually want her to stay here longer this time, probably for 1.5-2 years and super visa does allow to stay for a period of 2 years at a time but not really sure why the immigration officer at the airport was so adamant to her that she can only stay until 6 months and printed a visitor record which expires in 6 months and gave it to her.
She didn't over stay during any of her previous visits, she came to Canada after spending 1 year and 3 months in her home country (India) and I had fulfilled insurance requirements for all her visits, even this time I bought 1 year of insurance with planning to extend closer to the expiry.
I'm planning on applying for extension of visa closer to the 6 months expiry but perplexed as to why the officer would date stamp for 6 months only while a super visa allows you to stay for 2 years at a time. The link below clearly states the difference between a regular visitor visa and a super visa, then would the officer only grant a 6 months entry?
https://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/questions-answers-by-topic.asp?st=16.2
Any thoughts or suggestions would be highly appreciated! Thanks!