Can visitor go back to country if their visitor visa extension still in progress.

[Nikesh13]

Hello Experts,

My mother is planning to visit us next month.

I know CBSA will approve 6 months of stay.

However, if we apply for a visitor visa extension.

Before a decision has been made, Can the visitor go back to the country? or visitor has to stay until the CIC's decision?

If a visitor can go back to the country, should I cancel her visa application after she leaves Canada?

Thanks

 

[Buletruck]

Once she leaves Canada, the application for the extension becomes invalid. Her return to Canada would result in a new entry (unless it falls into very specific categories) and new assessment by CBSA.

 

[Nikesh13]

Thanks to clarify..
So we can apply for her extension and she can leave within a month in her implied status window.

 

[Sam421]

Anytime you apply for any type of extension be it work permit, visitor record, or even PR. You are in implied status/in processing, you lose this status as soon as you travel outside Canada and you will be treated as fresh newcomer if you try to re-enter Canada.

She is free to leave Canada anytime but once she re-enters, officer at the airport will do fresh assessment of her eligibility to enter Canada, if she is found to be living here long term on a visitor's visa, she could be refused entry to Canada and sent back.

 

[canuck78]

Once she leaves you should send in a webform indicating that your mother has left Canada. As others have pointed out she is still a visitor in Canada so shouldn’t just be visiting her home country for a few weeks and returning to Canada.