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It is extremely rare to get a TRV to visit a spouse in Canada. There would normally have to be something you could prove that would make it well nigh impossible for you to overstay.

You are looking at the reasons too narrowly. They don't map neatly on to individual document checklist requirements. If the officer thinks that the applicant has a romantic interest in someone living in Canada, he or she will get routinely rejected for "purpose of visit" reasons (with other...

I see there's another thread on this: http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/applying-online-as-representative-t204182.0.html and it looks like there is no way around this. I could, of course, create a MyCIC account under the family member's name. But they might...

It seems to me that it's just in the last year or two that they've introduced this preface to an online application since I don't recall this issue when I applied for my wife's visit visa summer of 2014. This would seem to render the IMM5713 "Use of a family member for online applications"...

That's great, but how is the 5713 form to be submitted when there isn't an option where that form is asked for. Should it be uploaded instead of 5475 "authority to release info" since that shouldn't be needed when 5476 "use of a representative" is used (since the 5476 is broader and includes...

I am now leaning towards a regular visa application and just extending that if necessary since there's no way she'd be here for more than 12 months and from what I can tell there isn't any evidence that submitting the paperwork for a supervisa reduces the odds of rejection. I've heard that...

Checklist for China says "You should take the required medical examination before submitting the Super Visa application by visiting one of the Panel Physicians for China and Mongolia." Is this an absolute must? The checklist for a permanent residency app also called for an upfront medical...

She was on implied status while the refugee application was processing, that's why she didn't necessarily overstay the Temporary Resident Visa. But the TRV was applied for on the basis that she was going to return to Colombia within the time duration of that TRV. When she lands and applies for...

Just a caution here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/security/police-cert/intro.asp says "each country or territory where you have lived for six or more months in a row since the age of 18" In my experience on this forum, whenever someone pointed to the CIC website in a case of...

Well I don't believe that we are, in fact, "told" that the medical has to be done before sending the file to Mississauga. It's on the application checklist, sure, but the application forms frequently change and the CIC website says it's merely an option. The CIC website also says that "You...

It's stories like these that remind me that people should not be getting their (first) medical done until after the sponsor has been approved, at the earliest. Had the medical been done one or two months after sponsorship approval with the result sent directly to Hong Kong instead of...

"... the Right of Permanent Resident fee for my wife. Actually, I already paid this amount..." Apparently it's part of the passport request form letter that Hong Kong consulate sends so everyone gets asked for this regardless. "... the passport to the Beijing VO. My wife did send the...

I had just arrived at YEG and was waiting inside near entrance 10, the southernmost entrance on arrivals, which is as close as one can get before being able to meet someone whose first point of landing in Canada is in Edmonton, when I got a call on my mobile: "This is Edmonton Immigration, we...

I don't think it would delay, or at least not much, if you will be requested to submit a passport since the passport request will request the receipt which you could pay promptly and upload per Majromax above. As long as they are waiting for the passport anyway, delay would be due to their...

The month and a half after "Decision Made" was the tough wait because we thought we were basically done and told friends and family it would all be over probably within two weeks. And indeed historically that's been the case at most embassies around the world when they are already in possession...

I've updated my profile to indicate visa issued August 1. In fact, it says on the visa it was issued on July 6, but I don't think that's informative because what matters to people is when they can expect to receive it. Why it took so long to return after being "issued" I don't know - was it...

Today is 4 weeks since the Beijing VAC (the visa application centre run by VFS Global) received the (mainland) passport and yesterday this intermediary sent an email (actually, half a dozen repeated emails all saying the same thing) saying the passport was en route from the embassy back to their...

I've learned that after it indicates "decision made" on e-CAS, for mainlanders Hong Kong is done with the file and from that point on it's Beijing's affair. Ask Hong Kong what's going on like I did and they may respond same day to say go ask Beijing. This makes it even more of a mystery to me...

I'll make one more comment here, because I think it is concerns what could be a critical choke point in terms of delays: "Medical exams would also be different than ordinary document requests such as relationship proof, since medical exams are assessed by dedicated staff, who presumably have...

"... the office was clear that I had to do it for sponsorship (emphasis original) to do the upfront medical." And I believe the office was absolutely correct that if you want to do an upfront immigration medical you must be family class and not some other class. Not sure what your contention...