Hi everybody,
I've been reading through this forum for a the past few weeks while waiting for the decision on a visitor visa for my Thai girlfriend to visit me in Canada.
The reasons for refusal were:
“You have not satisfied me that you would leave Canada at the end of your stay as a temporary resident. In reaching this decision, I considered several factors, including:
1. Purpose of visit
2. Current employment situation
3. Personal assets and financial status”
I have a lot of questions as I prepare a second application.
On point 1, In my letter of invitation, I described the purpose honestly as: "<deleted> and I have developed a promising romantic relationship and we have decided that the reasonable next step is for her to see and experience how and where I live"
Is this an invalid or insufficient purpose on it's face? Purpose of visit is checked as a reason of its own. I don't intend to contrive some purpose, this purpose is sufficient for us to spend the money (I'm financing the trip, she is saving the money to maintain her business and her mother's expenses while she's not working) required for the trip. I hope that if the other two issues are addressed, then this isn't enough of a problem on its own?
On point 2 and 3 - This is the first time I've filed such an application and we didn't include any information of this nature. I indicated that I was paying for the trip and included my own financial information. They did not indicate in the refusal that there was any issue related to the financing of the trip. But it seems that this raised questions about her liklihood to return to Thailand within the specified time.
In the new application, we will include information about this as well as information about her responsibilities at home. She earns a little more than needed to support herself and her mother. Her mother depends on her support, they are essentially each others' only family. The amount of money she earns is more than she could likely earn working illegally in Canada and she works doing something she truly loves. This money obviously goes farther in Thailand than it would in Canada. In short, for her to stay in Canada illegally would be a life downgrade.
Unfortunately, she is self-employed in a cash business in as an artist in a night market, which doesn't yield any documentation. To handle this, I plan to have her sign an affidavit with facts around what she earns, how she earns, her costs for her and her mother, and that she is the sole support for her mother. We will include pictures of her working in the market.
Does this seem like enough to resolve the issues with the original application in your collective experience?
Thanks for any insights.
I've been reading through this forum for a the past few weeks while waiting for the decision on a visitor visa for my Thai girlfriend to visit me in Canada.
The reasons for refusal were:
“You have not satisfied me that you would leave Canada at the end of your stay as a temporary resident. In reaching this decision, I considered several factors, including:
1. Purpose of visit
2. Current employment situation
3. Personal assets and financial status”
I have a lot of questions as I prepare a second application.
On point 1, In my letter of invitation, I described the purpose honestly as: "<deleted> and I have developed a promising romantic relationship and we have decided that the reasonable next step is for her to see and experience how and where I live"
Is this an invalid or insufficient purpose on it's face? Purpose of visit is checked as a reason of its own. I don't intend to contrive some purpose, this purpose is sufficient for us to spend the money (I'm financing the trip, she is saving the money to maintain her business and her mother's expenses while she's not working) required for the trip. I hope that if the other two issues are addressed, then this isn't enough of a problem on its own?
On point 2 and 3 - This is the first time I've filed such an application and we didn't include any information of this nature. I indicated that I was paying for the trip and included my own financial information. They did not indicate in the refusal that there was any issue related to the financing of the trip. But it seems that this raised questions about her liklihood to return to Thailand within the specified time.
In the new application, we will include information about this as well as information about her responsibilities at home. She earns a little more than needed to support herself and her mother. Her mother depends on her support, they are essentially each others' only family. The amount of money she earns is more than she could likely earn working illegally in Canada and she works doing something she truly loves. This money obviously goes farther in Thailand than it would in Canada. In short, for her to stay in Canada illegally would be a life downgrade.
Unfortunately, she is self-employed in a cash business in as an artist in a night market, which doesn't yield any documentation. To handle this, I plan to have her sign an affidavit with facts around what she earns, how she earns, her costs for her and her mother, and that she is the sole support for her mother. We will include pictures of her working in the market.
Does this seem like enough to resolve the issues with the original application in your collective experience?
Thanks for any insights.