I'm a Jordanian who holds 4 degrees in Information technology. I have an associates degree in I.T from the United States, A bachelors Degree in computer Science from Australia, A postgraduate in I.T from Ireland and a Masters Degree in Computer Science from UK. I have never been refused a visa from any country that i have applied to, but have been refused a visa to Canada Twice. The first time i have been refused a visa was back in 2008, I applied to study postgraduate in I.T. The reason for refusal was they did not think i was a genuine student. I wasn't very bothered by it, i found a similar course in Ireland a week later and i was able to earn my degree with honors. 5 months ago i found a very unique masters program in I.T and Electronics sadly it was in a Canadian University. I was very reluctant to apply a second time but I could not find a similar program elsewhere. I decided to give it another go. I applied once again paid the university the first year in advanced and 20 days after I apply i received the same refusal letter stating that they are not convinced i will leave Canada / Purpose of visit. I emailed the embassy explaining how excited i was about the program and that i would like to get more information to reapply, since the refusal letter was very vague. Their reply was " We are unable to provide information or details regarding the reasons for a refusal other than the information contained in the refusal letter. "
I did some research and found that i can apply for an Access of Information Request, which will provide me with the visa officers notes. Four months later ( Yesterday) I received the Access of Information. The reason of refusal was "Given current conflict in Libya, not convinced he would depart from Canada if required to do so."
1. I'm a Jordanian Citizen this was stated in the Application and they also did a bio-metrics with the Jordanian passport
2. I was born in Libya but not a citizen of Libya I've only lived there for the first 2 months after my birth.
I'm really shocked of how unprofessional Canadian visa officers can be, I think the visa officer didn't take more than a minute looking at my application. He simply skimmed through it as if my application did not deserve his time. At this point i just want to complete the program but not very confident i will get a visa. If anyone has any advice for me id love to hear it.
I did some research and found that i can apply for an Access of Information Request, which will provide me with the visa officers notes. Four months later ( Yesterday) I received the Access of Information. The reason of refusal was "Given current conflict in Libya, not convinced he would depart from Canada if required to do so."
1. I'm a Jordanian Citizen this was stated in the Application and they also did a bio-metrics with the Jordanian passport
2. I was born in Libya but not a citizen of Libya I've only lived there for the first 2 months after my birth.
I'm really shocked of how unprofessional Canadian visa officers can be, I think the visa officer didn't take more than a minute looking at my application. He simply skimmed through it as if my application did not deserve his time. At this point i just want to complete the program but not very confident i will get a visa. If anyone has any advice for me id love to hear it.
