Confirmed air tickeds and hotel booking are not required for visa. its a misconception to have air ticket and hotel booking for UK US and CAN visa.. its only required for shengen
u should not buy air tickets and book a hotel. at times can visa takes a lot of time to process.
download the checklist. i only attached documents which were mentioned in checklist and were applicable to me. i didntsubmit any other document not mentioned in check list
i got my visa yesterday. I think u should attaché, salary statements, leave granting letter, ITRs, Bank statement, and previous travel history, this is the only documents i attached and got visa approval
I gave evidence of Leave granting letter mentioning the date when i will b joining back to office (signed by my HR), Bank balance and previous travel history. that's it
I feel the three points that u mentioned are not the compelling reasons to return home for the visa officer. personally the points u listed are valid reason to return back home but for visa officer these might not be
As far as point 1 is concerned that wont be an issue: I was in similar situation, my passport was blank but my previous passport had various visas including valid US visa and they still granted me Canada visa. but that was in 2011
My timelines below
Applied online from india: August 27th, 2018
Eligibility review started: August 31, 2018
Passport request: September 3, 2018
Passport submitted to VFS Chandigarh: September 4, 2018
Passport dispatched from New Delhi VO: September 6, 2018
passport ready for collection at...
I had applied online on August 27th eligibility review started on 31st and PP was requested on 3rd Sep.
I have submitted my Passport on 4th Sep. at VFS Chandigarh and the same has been forwarded to New Delhi. Maybe New Delhi office processed my online application
Today i went to VFS Chandigarh to submit my passport. On the notice board, processing time mentioned is 23 days. i have been reading a lot of threads, most of them are waiting for more than 34-40 days. Either the processing time has been decreased to 23 days or they are lying...