MaL1206 said:
Hi fkl,
Thanks a lot for your kind reply. Its really knowledgeable for me. If visit visa for short vacation is unlikely then pls also suggest any other way to apply for more better chances of successful results. Also, my wife's uncle live in Toronto and he is Canadian national. Can this factor be a plus? If yes then how we can proceed with it? Regards/
No problem. If you ask for my opinion (or if i were in your place - assuming the circumstances you indicated, such as having enough funds to cover an entire trip of family comfortably), then you should apply with the same intention. Being honest and fair helps since CIC has a lot of authority and they often make a lot of twists that are unique to cases.
I said visit visas like this are less likely (but not outright refused), because there aren't many people who have enough money to ACTUALLY GO FOR A VISIT and come back. Also they have enough travel history and ties to Pakistan (job, property, family, financial assets) to APPEAR certain to CIC that these people would come back. If you have most of above stick to same plan.
Other possible and common reasons for visit could be employer sponsored (meetings, training etc.) as well as visiting family. But the family ones are very closely scrutinized. Having an uncle there can be positive as well as negative. If you are going for a visit visa where an uncle is the sponsor, then you need to have strong enough reasons for coming back. This is some what negative that you have a person already established there who might support you even to stay illegally. But strong ties to Pak would counter that as i mentioned before.
Any other plans would take a long time and process to go through. They include temporary visas (Study or work) which require admission or job offer from Canada and one can latter apply from within Canada for permanent residence OR permanent visas (FSW etc.) which require years or processing and points based qualification plus enough risk and initial funds to go and look for job there before being able to secure a routine life in Canada.
Bottom line, you need to have a legitimate reason to go to Canada. They deal with too many applicants and are very experienced. So my advice is to stick to your honest goal even if it is visit. If you have what you indicate to support the intent, you will probably get it Insha Allah.
Is Islamabad office not issuing visaz? Is anybody else facing the same long wait time as me?
