Canada Study permit application (Please advise.)

[chidosky4ril]

Hello everyone,

I wish to share and seek your candid advise. I am an international student here in Malaysia. I have been offered admission to study in Canada. I have few concerns and i need advise of others to help meet my goal. I must mention that i have been denied Transit visa to Canada twice when i applied to transit through Canada on our way to Brazil. We (my wife and I) had no intention to be there longer than the 24/48 allowable transit time.

Reasons for refusals states: "You have not satisfied me that you would leave Canada at the end of your stay". In reaching this decision, I considered several factors including: travel history, purpose of visit, and you have not declared previous refusals.

Now i am done with studies here in Malaysia and wish to move on to Canada for further studies. Below are my inquiry:

First, I wish to get clarified on funds as i fill my application form. On my Offer letter, it's stated

Tuition = CAD16,954.84,
Living Expenses i.e. Room and Board, Transportation, Miscellaneous = CAD13,296.00,
Books & Supplies: CAD875.

This gives a TOTAL CAD31,125.84 / year.

Based on explanation via CIC which states: Tuition (CAD16,954.84) + Living expense CAD10,000 which totals CAD26,954.84. On my offer letter the total is higher (CAD31,125.84). Should i go with CIC explanation or with the College estimated value of CAD31,125.84 as stated on my Offer letter. I asked this due to available funds CAD28,000 i have at my disposal, do i still stand the chance to get the visa ?

Secondly, as a requirement "to show a reliable source of funds for the duration of studies", I intend to write a letter of explanation notifying the consular of a potential plan to support my second year tuition and living expense. To achieve this, I intend to prepare a "Power of attorney" giving my spouse (she isn't going to Canada with me) the authorization to sell a part of our property and make the cash available in cashable format before the end of my first academic year. This i intend to use to cover my second years since my studies is only 2 years and i do have funds available for 1 year study. My intention is to achieve my academic pursuit with much experience in the industry. I will attach relevant documents to support this.. such as letter from the real estate company confirming that i own several properties and also the power of Attorney. Can this be used as potential and a reliable source of funds ?

Lastly, based on previous visa refusals and other inquiry shared above.. Do i stand the chance to get visa ? Please advise, should you have any piece of relevant information, i will appreciate.

Thank you

Micheal

 

[Murich]

It is good that you have been just refused, because usually if you will hide any visa refusals you are getting a ban for 5 years. So you are lucky! Write next time explanation why you didn't mentioned about your refusals. Also i recommend you to order caips notes and read a comment of VO.
About finance is always better to show more, but the reason for your refusal was not the finance.

 

[chidosky4ril]

Thanks for your feedback. You first few lines sounded kind of scary. Base on your first lines, why do you consider me to be lucky ? Sincerely, I didn't mention refusals from previous tourist visa application to other country in my first Canada transit visa application but mentioned it in my second application which was also refused. I did that because i felt it could trigger wrong impression. However, the above is exactly my reasons for not mentioning it, anyways can i state this reason as well in an explanation letter stating countries of visa refusals and reasons provided. Not all countries provided reasons. I will appreciate your candid advise. As regards CAIPS, in my opinion, i really don't subscribe to that as i was provided reasons why my visa was refused. These i mentioned in my first post here. Thank you

 

[Murich]

You are lucky because a lot of candidates which forgot to mention visa refusals from different countries were banned.
You should write like this in your application: I was applied for a tourist visa in XXXX and was refused.
Explanation why you forgot should be written in purpose letter, where you are writing why u selected canada and this program
You don't need to show the reason.
The reason that they wrote in the letter is general and in order to know 100% why you was refused you will need CAIPS notes.

 

[chidosky4ril]

Thanks for your advise in pointing out this facts. I thought about it but never gave it a consideration. I have written a purpose letter, will it be Okay if i write a separate letter to cover for this.. The only reason I didn't mention reasons for refusal is I felt it could trigger wrong impression or mar my chances of getting the transit visa applied. Does this reason make sense ? I am trying to figure out how best to approach this rather than stating i forgot. I can't say i forgot because i clicked NO to the answer. For purpose to travel, i skipped and didn't see the question. That i can justify... Please clarify. Thank you