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As canuck78 suggested, the success of your application will depend upon proving that you're in a genuine relationship. Unfortunately, I don't think the CIC officers believe in "love at first sight" so you'll have to prove that you were in some sort of a relationship prior to your friend's...

Applied online last week of April. Biomentrics done in 3 days. PPR in 10 days. Visa issued in 15 days i.e. May 10th.

I'm not sure what you mean by an affidavit from an embassy but an affidavit from appropriate government department showing the name change was approved and accepted would definitely help. I was suggesting including a copy of an old passport (under the old name) to prove that he's indeed the...

If he has a passport issued under his new name, then the passport issue date might be sufficient. Given that he’s a long-time resident of Middle East, he must have a copy of an old passport under his old name. That can also help.

As long as your farther provides a name change certificate dated after you provided CIC a different name for him it will be fine. He probably has to provide police certificates for both names from Pakistan and his country of residence.

My wife’s parents have got a TRV. The invitation letter that my wife had sent for them was for a 2-month stay in Canada. Now that they got a 5-year visa, they’re thinking of staying a little longer than that. I know they can’t stay more than 6 months. Would it be a problem at the port of entry...

Thank you, that's very helpful! I wouldn't have thought of keeping those documents handy because my wife applied for their TRV online and submitted all the documents from here in Canada. So her parents don't even know of which documents were submitted. Its definitely a good idea for them to...

My wife’s parents will be visiting here in a few weeks. They got the TRV on the second attempt - first time only the mother applied but it was also 8-10 years ago. Anyway, my wife’s wondering what kind of questions can they be asked at the airport? How often do the TRV holders get turned back...

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Just follow the steps to see the status in GCKey.

Yes 21Goose I thought the same but was just wondering if they still stamp the passports when applications are rejected. I guess they don’t because they have other ways of tracking previous applications.

Thank you k.h.p. Turns out the visa is approved indeed!

My wife applied for her parents to visit her from Pakistan. The application was submitted online from Canada on April 28, 2019. A week later (i.e. around May 4th) my wife received the email about sending her parents for biometrics. Now, just a couple of days later, she's already received a...