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Guidance regarding filling of visit visa from Pakistan, to marry my cousin, a canadian national

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Majid3006

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Jun 5, 2017
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Dear all
Please assist me. I am 30 years old Pakistani male and I am engaged to my cousin, who is a Canadian citizen, she is my aunt's daughter. Now my family is planning to fly to Canada for my wedding. We are altogether 5 family members and one sister is married having 11 months old daughter. My father in law is preparing an invitation letter for us.
I want to have some guidance from the experts, what things should I keep in mind prior to file our visit visa. How much bank statement do we need, should we attach old pictures of our family with our application, should I get the wedding card attached with the application etc etc. do we have to write the personal statements separately or just my father should write the personal statement being head of the family.
I am a graduate from UK and working independently, should I file separately or should I file visa along with father.
My father is a retired Army officer, re-employed in one of the armed forces institutions, my brother in law is also an Army officer presently serving, my younger sister is studying medicine and she is in her last year of medical school, other sister is a housewife having an infant and my mother is a house wife. This is the complete profile.
please assist me accordingly.
 
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k.h.p.

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Mar 1, 2019
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There are a lot of red flags in your application.

Are you currently in Canada? If you are not, and your purpose of visit is to get married, your largest challenge will be convincing a visa officer that you will leave Canada once you are married. To be perfectly honest and quite frank, there is very little chance that you will get a visitor's visa for yourself to come to Canada to get married.

For your family, there is a significant red flag in that your entire family is applying to come. Yes, the purpose of visit is valid - a wedding - but bringing the entire family means there are no ties at home that make them want to return, so they'd be considered a high risk for an asylum or refugee claim. They would need significant amounts of funds to prove they can afford to journey around the world for a wedding and overwhelming proof of concrete obligations that mean that they must return to Pakistan after the wedding.

Your father and brother in law being in the military will also face extreme challenges in getting visas, and their file may either be denied immediately or may be sent to CSIS and security review for months to years.

If I were to venture to give you advice, it would be "get married in Pakistan."
 
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Majid3006

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Jun 5, 2017
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k.h.p. said:
There are a lot of red flags in your application.

Are you currently in Canada? If you are not, and your purpose of visit is to get married, your largest challenge will be convincing a visa officer that you will leave Canada once you are married. To be perfectly honest and quite frank, there is very little chance that you will get a visitor's visa for yourself to come to Canada to get married.

For your family, there is a significant red flag in that your entire family is applying to come. Yes, the purpose of visit is valid - a wedding - but bringing the entire family means there are no ties at home that make them want to return, so they'd be considered a high risk for an asylum or refugee claim. They would need significant amounts of funds to prove they can afford to journey around the world for a wedding and overwhelming proof of concrete obligations that mean that they must return to Pakistan after the wedding.

Your father and brother in law being in the military will also face extreme challenges in getting visas, and their file may either be denied immediately or may be sent to CSIS and security review for months to years.

If I were to venture to give you advice, it would be "get married in Pakistan."
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thanks a lot for a quick response.
 
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Majid3006

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Jun 5, 2017
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Majid3006 said:
thanks a lot for a quick response.
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k.h.p. said:
There are a lot of red flags in your application.

Are you currently in Canada? If you are not, and your purpose of visit is to get married, your largest challenge will be convincing a visa officer that you will leave Canada once you are married. To be perfectly honest and quite frank, there is very little chance that you will get a visitor's visa for yourself to come to Canada to get married.

For your family, there is a significant red flag in that your entire family is applying to come. Yes, the purpose of visit is valid - a wedding - but bringing the entire family means there are no ties at home that make them want to return, so they'd be considered a high risk for an asylum or refugee claim. They would need significant amounts of funds to prove they can afford to journey around the world for a wedding and overwhelming proof of concrete obligations that mean that they must return to Pakistan after the wedding.

Your father and brother in law being in the military will also face extreme challenges in getting visas, and their file may either be denied immediately or may be sent to CSIS and security review for months to years.

If I were to venture to give you advice, it would be "get married in Pakistan."
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What if i don't mention that i am visiting canada to get married and what if I don't apply with the whole of the family. will that increase any chance ?
 
k.h.p.

k.h.p.

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Mar 1, 2019
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Maybe. But what will your purpose of visit be?

You will need to prove overwhelming ties to Pakistan in order to be granted a visitor's visa. Since you are a UK graduate, your personal history demonstrates that you are able to travel and succeed in other countries; while you have (I suppose?) complied with UK visa requirements, which will be a positive factor, if you have not established yourself in Pakistan, then you will have a weaker profile.

If your entire family does not go to Canada, will you be doing a full traditional marriage? Getting married in Canada and then applying for PR - which is what I assume you are doing - will cause your relationship to be examined extremely closely. If you do not do a full traditional marriage, you will need to justify why you didn't. The visa officer's assumption will be that your marriage is a marriage of convenience, intended only to get you PR in Canada and is not based on a real loving relationship.

Same advice - get married in Pakistan. But you should still apply for the visa - sometimes miracles happen.

It's always better to be honest in a visa application instead of hiding something.
 
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Majid3006

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k.h.p. said:
Maybe. But what will your purpose of visit be?
not sure, may be just visiting my 1st cousin and his wife(My real paternal aunt). what do you suggest.

You will need to prove overwhelming ties to Pakistan in order to be granted a visitor's visa. Since you are a UK graduate, your personal history demonstrates that you are able to travel and succeed in other countries; while you have (I suppose?) complied with UK visa requirements, which will be a positive factor, if you have not established yourself in Pakistan, then you will have a weaker profile.
I think I am established, The money in my bank account isn't really too much but that's earned by me.

If your entire family does not go to Canada, will you be doing a full traditional marriage? Getting married in Canada and then applying for PR - which is what I assume you are doing - will cause your relationship to be examined extremely closely. If you do not do a full traditional marriage, you will need to justify why you didn't. The visa officer's assumption will be that your marriage is a marriage of convenience, intended only to get you PR in Canada and is not based on a real loving relationship.
Yeah we will do the traditional wedding, and yes If i get the visa, i have plans to apply for PR.

Same advice - get married in Pakistan. But you should still apply for the visa - sometimes miracles happen.
I will definitely consider you advice, will talk to my father in law (residing in Canada)

It's always better to be honest in a visa application instead of hiding something.
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Yeah, I have the similar approach, I never want to hide anything but being truthful can cause troubles, otherwise my whole family was planning to apply together. but now after the experts advices, I found it futile to apply for the whole family and tell them the actual reason of my visit.
 
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