Hi everyone, I’m just wondering if I can get some more info on what the refusal process is like? It’s my understanding that if the officer thinks there’s something wrong with your application, it either gets sent back, or they ask you for more information, or you get called for an interview. But is this always the case? Like has anyone been flat out denied without a chance to fix or update information? Here’s why I’m concerned: my common law partner and I only met when he had one month left on his working holiday visa in Canada and we were so head over heels, I decided to move to Australia to be with him, but couldn’t move right away because of financial reasons so we did long distance for 6 months until I moved in with him in Oz. We’ve been living together 14 months now (total length of relationship is 20 months) and are now applying for the visa so we can move back to Canada because we both love it there. We also have a 9 year age difference and my partner is an avid traveler (having visited over 50 countries, many that would be considered “high risk”), as well as him having a previous criminal conviction for dangerous driving (which he’s already gone through the rehabilitation process for his working holiday visa). He’s also got significantly greater savings than I do and we don’t want it to look like maybe he’s paid me or something to sponsor him to Canada after his working holiday visa expired. Overall, we’re just worried a few of these may cause some red flags and we hope we will get the opportunity to clear them up first before being denied. We have tried to go above and beyond in the initial application to show our relationship as genuine by already providing iMessages, instagram posts, Skype chats, plane tickets together, letters from friends, photos, etc. Hopefully someone could shed some light on the experience of refusal or maybe share an opinion on our circumstances and what our chances of being denied are?
