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Difference between Visitor and Tourist Visa - Canada

chinthu

Star Member
Dec 30, 2009
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Category........
Visa Office......
New Delhi
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
30-06-2010
AOR Received.
06-Aug-2010
File Transfer...
03-Aug-2010
Med's Done....
12-06-2010
Interview........
No Interview
Passport Req..
27-08-2010 (sent on 30-08-2010 , Received by CIC on 31-08-2010)
VISA ISSUED...
28-10-2010 (pp received date , decision made on 26-10-2010)
LANDED..........
11-11-2010
Hi .. Can somebody expalain me the difference between Canadian Visitor visa and tourist visa??

can i apply for the above mentioned visas even if i dont have any known person in canada??

If i stay with my husband after marriage in visitor visa and during PR processing(Spouse sponsored-Outland),will i be able to extend my visitor visa even if i don't be having my passport but with the PR processing office???


Thanks in advance.
 

Leon

VIP Member
Jun 13, 2008
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Yes, you can apply for a visit visa even if you don't know anybody in Canada. Most important is to convince them that you will leave at the end of your visit and not overstay your visa.

You should apply to extend your visit visa 30 days before it expires if you want to stay longer. You can find the forms here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/visitor.asp

If you look at the document checklist, you can see that they want photocopies of your passport for that, not your passport itself. If you are at the point of outland processing that the visa office wants your passport shortly before you want to apply to extend your visitor visa, you should take the copies of your passport before you mail it to the visa office. That way, when you apply to extend your visit status, you will have the copies to send to them.