Hello and thanks in advance for your help. It is so overwhelming when looking at how to apply for a non-Westerner, so I'm open to any advice you can offer!
I am a Canadian woman trying to help my Rwandan boyfriend apply for a temporary resident visa. I want him to visit for 3-6 months, particularly to attend my graduation in June. He has never travelled outside of East Africa, but his older brother is a citizen of Belgium, his older sister has travelled to Europe and the United States before, and his father travels to Europe frequently for his work. I don't know that this will make any difference for my boyfriend, but I thought I would include as much detail as possible.
He has never applied to travel to Canada before. We can provide proof of our relationship since May of 2013 and I have travelled to Rwanda twice during that period. We are fairly serious about one another and we have talked a bit about getting married in the next couple of years, but we are not at that point in our relationship yet. I just don't want to do anything at this time that might jeopardize his chances of coming to Canada and eventually getting Canadian citizenship down the road.
My boyfriend is employed, but he works in journalism which does not pay well in Rwanda, and often does not pay regularly either. Obviously, we are trying to go about this honestly and we would never plan to have him stay longer than he would be allowed with a TRV, but I worry that the government might perceive him - a single, 27-year-old man, with a low-paying job and a university degree from East Africa - to be high risk for staying in Canada against the law.
In an ideal world, I want him to visit Canada so he can get a sense of what it is like here, and to introduce him to my family and friends before we proceed any further with our relationship.
Do you think it is worth a try to lay down the $100 for the TRV application? And do you have any advice that might help him to be approved for a visit, and that wouldn't cause us problems in the future if we were to apply for him to live here as my spouse?
Thank you very much!
I am a Canadian woman trying to help my Rwandan boyfriend apply for a temporary resident visa. I want him to visit for 3-6 months, particularly to attend my graduation in June. He has never travelled outside of East Africa, but his older brother is a citizen of Belgium, his older sister has travelled to Europe and the United States before, and his father travels to Europe frequently for his work. I don't know that this will make any difference for my boyfriend, but I thought I would include as much detail as possible.
He has never applied to travel to Canada before. We can provide proof of our relationship since May of 2013 and I have travelled to Rwanda twice during that period. We are fairly serious about one another and we have talked a bit about getting married in the next couple of years, but we are not at that point in our relationship yet. I just don't want to do anything at this time that might jeopardize his chances of coming to Canada and eventually getting Canadian citizenship down the road.
My boyfriend is employed, but he works in journalism which does not pay well in Rwanda, and often does not pay regularly either. Obviously, we are trying to go about this honestly and we would never plan to have him stay longer than he would be allowed with a TRV, but I worry that the government might perceive him - a single, 27-year-old man, with a low-paying job and a university degree from East Africa - to be high risk for staying in Canada against the law.
In an ideal world, I want him to visit Canada so he can get a sense of what it is like here, and to introduce him to my family and friends before we proceed any further with our relationship.
Do you think it is worth a try to lay down the $100 for the TRV application? And do you have any advice that might help him to be approved for a visit, and that wouldn't cause us problems in the future if we were to apply for him to live here as my spouse?
Thank you very much!
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