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Yes. Just keep in mind that the 120+ days is an average based on 80% of the applications. Your application might take longer or shorter. Don't rely on them being on implied status for the 135 days or whatever it currently says on the website the processing time is. No. Implied status means...

Just to clarify, you are NOT, based on what you say, on implied status - yet. You are still on explicit visitor status until mid-April as signified by the stamp in your passport. You will be on implied status after mid-April if you don't get a reply from CIC by then about your extension. The...

No. You jeopardized your chances by getting married. ;D It sounds a bit cruel but it's sort of like that. It is not said anywhere clearly, and officially PR sponsorship and TRV applications are handled by 2 separate departments, but many people (i.e. immigration lawyers) say that if you have a...

You never really know, in cases like yours the visa/immigration system is a bit schizophrenic. On one hand, to get a TRV (initial or extension) you are supposed to demonstrate ties to your home country and convince the Canadian authorities you will leave Canada. On the other hand, many people on...

I don't think you will have any problems. Many countries don't have exit stamps, for example Canada. In Canada, you get an entry stamp, but no exit stamp when you leave (at least not at an airport, I don't know about going by road). Same as you experienced for Serbia (Serbia stopped doing exit...

I will post this information here as well just in case someone is combing old threads for information. We went to Mexico for 2 weeks and came back March 3rd. The immigration officer looked at her a little crooked eyed and was a bit grumpy, but let her through (WITHOUT stamping the passport...

This is unclear, and you cannot find a straight answer anywhere on the CIC website (which is not strange for the CIC website...). All official documentation says is that studying less than 6 months does not require a study permit (a TRV will do, if you need one at all). That is what language...

When my girlfriend was applying for a TRV, she just showed a bank statement with her current balance. There was just the date, and the amount of money in the account. It was a foreign currency account, and she opened it a few days before applying for the visa, converted her savings to foreign...

A question then of the opposite case. My girlfriend came to Canada on Oct. 15th (plain stamp with no exit date, so 6 months - Apr. 15th). At the end of February we went to Mexico for 2 weeks and when we came back, the border officer DID NOT stamp her passport. He stamped her customs...

No it doesn't. If the exit date is not shown, i.e. the bar below the entry date is empty, it means 6 months from the entry date. This is what happens for most people visiting.

Hi, this sentence stuck in my mind so I just have to ask: why is "having no business in Canada but being with me" a "clear abuse of visitor terms"? I mean why would that be a red flag. You can stay in Canada as a visitor for the amount of time granted to you at the border. You can apply for...

Well, yes, there is - you overstayed (illegal thing #1) and you worked without a permit (illegal thing #2). Typically people who do this, get a 2 year ban on entering. Now, you didn't get one stamped in your passport because there is no exit control when you leave Canada, but eventually...

I'll ask here instead of opening another thread. What happens if the TRV extension is rejected? How long does the visitor have to leave Canada? The processing times are long...so if one applies after 5 months, the original 6 months will expire and there will be implied status. The response may...

How did it go? What I know worked for other people in the same situation as your brother-in-law was an official letter (stating employment and income) + a bank account with a sufficiently high enough balance. The problem of course is if they ask for extra documents...which you cannot provide...

Thanks a lot for your reply. So basically it's just a lottery.

This issue has probably been raised before but I cannot find it (I've looked through some past threads). My girlfriend is currently in Canada on a TRV, she was granted the standard 6 months entry (October - April). The original plan is that she would apply for an extension after 5 months to...

From another newbie: you can't start one until you've made a couple of posts in already existing topics.

Btw, how is the date which you actually leave Canada as a visitor determined? I don't remember ever having a proper passport control on a Canadian airport on departure...my grandma also had PR, and I never remember anyone checking her papers on leaving either - her absense (and thus whether she...

You have some points...ideally there would be some combination of the two :) i.e. a Schengen system with multiple year multiple entry visas. What my experience is however is that Schengen visitor visas tended to be issued rather quickly (e.g. 7 days). Also, the Schengen area seems more quick...

Yes of course as I said I don't want to lie...obviously. Does anyone know how long TRV extensions take to process? The TRV itself is quite fast in the relevant visa office (21 days). If she gets allowed in for 6 months, then she must (if she wants to) apply for an extension after 5 months (30...