the reason cubans get refused visit visas to canada is because 99% of the staff at the Canadian embassy are CUBANS!(ive been to the canadian embassy more times than what i can remember since i was 19) so,they know that all cubans have the right to (once in Canada) go to the US border and apply for Asylum(Cuban adjustment law)...trust me,,thats their main concern...you can count with your hand the cubans that have overstayed in canada in the past 10 years..
and its such a bull,,sometimes they approve old people(parents of canadians citizens or PR) even when ''like the rest of the cubans'' do not have travel history,,nor ''ties'' strong enough(like 10000 usd in the bank) so,its a really unfair system...i have a friend who worked at the embassy and you dont wanna know the way they treat trv apps...
Nice to see some positive energy flowing... I need it these days. Ok so here is my story. My husband and i filled out and signed all our papers in June/July and I mailed everything as soon as I recieved his UK Police record check in the mail. The package was delivered to CIC in Mississauga on Aug 20th acorrding to Canada Post... I didnt get any emails or anything confirming that they recieved the application, which would have Been super stressful if I didnt have a way to track it..thank god I paid the extra few dollars for that huh?! Luckily i was able to go to Cuba in Sept to Spend time with my husband while we wait for the first hurdle. Sept 25th I recieved an email requesting the new updated form which Changed in August and that they need it within 45 days. This was super frustrating considering everything was signed and sent by July. It makes no sense to have people Send new forms if the application was recieved in August!? How are people suppose to know that there will be a new form??? Do they not think people would Send the appropriate form in the first place??? anywayyyyyyssss. So we sent off the new form a couple days later and Canada post delivered it on oct 30th. Okay soooo november 15th would have Been 45 days from when they sent me that email saying they need the new form. Ok so what is frustrating is that if they are giving me a time limit of 45 days to get the form to them then shouldnt they also Send me something within that time as Well once they see that they recieved it or Something....ANYTHING. We went to the Canadian Embassy in Havana a couple of days ago to see if I could get at least SOME information. We get to the Embassy and the lady at the gate tells me that they only deal with Consulate issues and that Immigration is on the other side of the building BUT Canadians arent allowed to Enter hahahaha to the CANADIAN EMBASSY. Can someone Please explain to me why, because im still scratching my head trying to figure that one out. anywhooo long story short the guy tells my husband that they havent received anything (Duh!lol) but that apparently its "in process" , Which i didnt believe he Even looked into that but okaaaayyy. I have never recieved a Client number or anything like that, nore have i Been able to look myself up on that status checker thingy. So now here i am flying alllllllthe way back to Canada right now just so that i can call CIC (since 1-800 numbers dont work from Cuba, or at least i cant seem to figure out how to make it work) to see what the heck is happening 
