Hello. My gf is applying for a work visa from Nairobi visa office. She already has a job offer from a canadian bank to work in their audit dept, has plane ticket, health certificate, police check, etc. They asked her some amount for the BTA but Im not sure she is giving me the right amount. What she asks seem excessive to me coz I know men and women from african descent who have come on work visa to Canada not long ago and the amount she claims they asked her is superior by 1500 USD from the maximum figure those I enquired to told me. Where can I find the answer? I tried the visa office but cant get through to them. Or could the agent have mistakenly giving her the BTA in CAD figure rather than the normal USD rate? I know cases vary from one application to another but Id like to have a specific idea to know if she is trying to scam me(or rather her travel agent tries to scam me and her coz he is adamant about the BTA required and she trusts him despite he not wanting to show her or me the canadian visa office written bta requirement) coz I guess it comes in written form. Im a born canadian so Im not aware of all technicalities. Btw, we arent married and wont do so before she would get citizenship so sponsorship isnt an alternative unless it'd be considerably cheaper which I doubt it would. Thanks.
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Sounds like a scam. Work permits cost $155 Canadian.
Does she have an approved LMIA? You can't get a work permit without an approved LMIA. Also, it's very rare that banks hire foreign workers. I would be extremely concerned this is a scam
Does she have an approved LMIA? You can't get a work permit without an approved LMIA. Also, it's very rare that banks hire foreign workers. I would be extremely concerned this is a scam
Hello dear sir I get LMIA and work permit and visa also but why they are asking money for BTA is is Real or fake
Sorry - I don't understand what that means. No real employer would ask for money. Only scammers as for money.
There is a minimum amount of funds required for some immigration pathways but those do not have a job offer.
In any event, the employer or agent should not be asking for it even if it was this pathway to immigration she was taking. The visa office would only ask for proof of funds not the funds themselves.
BTA is not used in immigration terms in Canada. And I agree with the above - banks don't hire auditors from overseas unless they are one of the two people in the world with specific skills. There are lots of auditors in Canada.
Who paid for the air tickets?
In any event, the employer or agent should not be asking for it even if it was this pathway to immigration she was taking. The visa office would only ask for proof of funds not the funds themselves.
BTA is not used in immigration terms in Canada. And I agree with the above - banks don't hire auditors from overseas unless they are one of the two people in the world with specific skills. There are lots of auditors in Canada.
Who paid for the air tickets?
This seems fake. Any proof of funds required would be provided before the visa is issued.
Hopefully the visa in your passport is not fake.
Attention:Vishnu K.T,
Top of the day to you.
I have just checked with Consular General and wish to inform that your visa processing 90% completed for stamping on your passport.
I tried to secure your gate pass for Thursday 1st October, But your GATE PASS was not issued, by the Consular General officer, There is need that you secure a BASIC TRAVELERS ALLOWANCE cheque.
You are advice to secure BASIC TRAVELERS ALLOWANCE CHEQUE (BTA)from our office as per the news immigration laws to enter into Canada.it’s only a compliance demand for your personal security to enable you enter into CANADA on arrival at the airport,on presentation of your (BTA) travelers cheque at the point of entry.
This same amount you can cash from any bank in CANADA immediately you enter for your personal expenditure.
Note that the Airport immigration will not allow you to enter the city if you are not with Certified BTA obtained from the CANADA Embassy treasury department.
The required amount for this BTA is $2,500 CAD = Rs. 1,37,900 INR (Refundable in Travelers cheque at the Embassy)
This traveler’s cheque will be issued to you as a travelers security money after the Payment , Then you can be allowed into the embassy gate on presenting your travelers check, so your visa will be stamped and you can travel any moment thereafter.
Clarification:
a) The BTA a cheque is mainly needed to show that you can take care of your personal expenses while in CANADA and no totally depending on your company before your first salary.
b) The BTA is your personal self security to enable you enter into CANADA to prevent deportation back to India if you are not with the Basic Traveling Allowance as required by the CANADA Immigration law.
c) The BTA is the money which nobody spends on your behalf, except you and yourself.
d) The Payment of this BTA Money will make the Embassy issue insurance protection for your Visa Guarantee.
e) The BTA payment is your money and not a payment to the Embassy.
Immediately after securing your BTA, Your GATE Pass will be issued and mailed to your address, thereafter you can come down to the Embassy in DELHI for your BIO-METRIC and visa stamping.
Importance Note: Be informed that the BTA is would be given to you in form of a travelers cheque 24 hours after payment, and it can be cashed in any bank in CANADA immediately upon your arrival, So it should not being seen as any fee.
So kindly get back to me when you have arranged the amount.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Anderson Michael
Consular / Immigration Service Director
PLEASE COMMENT ANYONE, THIS BTA PROCESS IS ORIGINAL OR FAKE..
My mail id is "vishnu.kt07@gmail.com"
Top of the day to you.
I have just checked with Consular General and wish to inform that your visa processing 90% completed for stamping on your passport.
I tried to secure your gate pass for Thursday 1st October, But your GATE PASS was not issued, by the Consular General officer, There is need that you secure a BASIC TRAVELERS ALLOWANCE cheque.
You are advice to secure BASIC TRAVELERS ALLOWANCE CHEQUE (BTA)from our office as per the news immigration laws to enter into Canada.it’s only a compliance demand for your personal security to enable you enter into CANADA on arrival at the airport,on presentation of your (BTA) travelers cheque at the point of entry.
This same amount you can cash from any bank in CANADA immediately you enter for your personal expenditure.
Note that the Airport immigration will not allow you to enter the city if you are not with Certified BTA obtained from the CANADA Embassy treasury department.
The required amount for this BTA is $2,500 CAD = Rs. 1,37,900 INR (Refundable in Travelers cheque at the Embassy)
This traveler’s cheque will be issued to you as a travelers security money after the Payment , Then you can be allowed into the embassy gate on presenting your travelers check, so your visa will be stamped and you can travel any moment thereafter.
Clarification:
a) The BTA a cheque is mainly needed to show that you can take care of your personal expenses while in CANADA and no totally depending on your company before your first salary.
b) The BTA is your personal self security to enable you enter into CANADA to prevent deportation back to India if you are not with the Basic Traveling Allowance as required by the CANADA Immigration law.
c) The BTA is the money which nobody spends on your behalf, except you and yourself.
d) The Payment of this BTA Money will make the Embassy issue insurance protection for your Visa Guarantee.
e) The BTA payment is your money and not a payment to the Embassy.
Immediately after securing your BTA, Your GATE Pass will be issued and mailed to your address, thereafter you can come down to the Embassy in DELHI for your BIO-METRIC and visa stamping.
Importance Note: Be informed that the BTA is would be given to you in form of a travelers cheque 24 hours after payment, and it can be cashed in any bank in CANADA immediately upon your arrival, So it should not being seen as any fee.
So kindly get back to me when you have arranged the amount.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Anderson Michael
Consular / Immigration Service Director
PLEASE COMMENT ANYONE, THIS BTA PROCESS IS ORIGINAL OR FAKE..
My mail id is "vishnu.kt07@gmail.com"
Hello guys please help me, they gave me a job offer of working at a farm of Alberta grains Canada, but then the agent told me I have to pay the authorization fee of 2150 dollars and I paid it, after paying it, he’s telling me that I need to make the payment of 3500 dollars for the BTA that it will be chequed to me at the embassy on the day of my appointment, he sent me the BTA pdf that I have to fill it and submit it with the payment of 3500 dollars, but I have a feeling that this is a scam now because I’ve not got any thing yet.
I wanna share here that picture of that BTA form he sent me but I don’t know how to share pictures here.
I wanna share here that picture of that BTA form he sent me but I don’t know how to share pictures here.
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