I am a Canadian citizen and my girlfriend is from Thailand. She would like to visit me for 3 weeks during Christmas holidays. I would need some advice on what to include in her TRV application. Here's the story:
Since the last 4 years or so she applied four times for a Canadian TRV which got declined every time. The first three times were somewhere around 3-4 years ago. She wanted to visit her boyfriend at that time (not me). From my understanding from the cases' notes, her TRV was declined mostly because of her salary and savings at that time (which were low). Of course, even though never explicitly mentioned in the notes, her relationship with her boyfriend at that time must not have helped. Last time was in last April, when she wanted to come visit me. Since she got her TRV declined three times before, this time we did not want to take any risk so we hired an immigration consultant. Her case was strong: she had more than 30k CA$ in her bank account, bank statements from past 6 months, a letter from her employer stating her job and salary (22000THB/month, which is good in Thailand), she had traveled to many countries before in the past 10 years (even though all Asian countries), etc. All of this backed by the immigration officer. The only thing I would not agree with was the purpose of visit which was come to visit me. The immigration consultant insisted that we put it in the application since "they will know anyway". So I wrote an invitation letter in the form of an affidavit, stating that I would not marry her during her stay in Canada, that I would support her during her trip, that she would leave at the end of her vacation, etc. which was notarized. Her TRV was declined without an interview.
We asked the immigration officer to request the case's notes. Quite frankly after reading them I understood that the reviewer's decision was mainly based on past declines since many reasons were completely false. For your reading pleasure, here are some of the best examples:
I personally wrote a complaint to the embassy and, surprisingly, did not receive any answer. On the Canadian government's website, it is stated that one should reapply if his/her situation changed considerably. Since it did and since I still have a little faith that maybe this time the immigration officer will not base his/her decision solely on past declines, she wishes to reapply later this month to spend the Christmas holidays with me. Here are some details about the application:
tldr; my question is: should she mention that she wants to visit me? Can that help? Can that harm? From last cases' notes it seemed like it caused more harm than any good. I know last time when she applied it was to visit me, but it's been 6 months ago, our relationship could've been over for a long time already. I don't want the reviewer to have anything that can give him/her bullsh*t reasons for a refusal. Mentioning it could lead to stronger ties in Canada vs Thailand (which is complete bullsh*t if you ask me, but anyway). However not mentioning it could not lead to anything except complete assumptions, as far as I am concerned. What are your advice? If she still should mention it, I will add an invitation letter like last time.
Finally, am I missing anything in the application? Anything I should add? Thanks!
Since the last 4 years or so she applied four times for a Canadian TRV which got declined every time. The first three times were somewhere around 3-4 years ago. She wanted to visit her boyfriend at that time (not me). From my understanding from the cases' notes, her TRV was declined mostly because of her salary and savings at that time (which were low). Of course, even though never explicitly mentioned in the notes, her relationship with her boyfriend at that time must not have helped. Last time was in last April, when she wanted to come visit me. Since she got her TRV declined three times before, this time we did not want to take any risk so we hired an immigration consultant. Her case was strong: she had more than 30k CA$ in her bank account, bank statements from past 6 months, a letter from her employer stating her job and salary (22000THB/month, which is good in Thailand), she had traveled to many countries before in the past 10 years (even though all Asian countries), etc. All of this backed by the immigration officer. The only thing I would not agree with was the purpose of visit which was come to visit me. The immigration consultant insisted that we put it in the application since "they will know anyway". So I wrote an invitation letter in the form of an affidavit, stating that I would not marry her during her stay in Canada, that I would support her during her trip, that she would leave at the end of her vacation, etc. which was notarized. Her TRV was declined without an interview.
We asked the immigration officer to request the case's notes. Quite frankly after reading them I understood that the reviewer's decision was mainly based on past declines since many reasons were completely false. For your reading pleasure, here are some of the best examples:
- "Income is relatively low (22,000 Baht per month). There is no corresponding regular deposits representing this amount (or one close to it) in the applicant's bank books" -> Average income in Thailand is about 7,000 Baht per month, so saying that 22,000 Baht per month is a low salary is completely ridiculous. Also, in the banks book, there is a deposit of ~22,000 Baht every 6th of every month and that for 9 months (all the bank statements included with the application)
- “The applicant has limited history in her passport- one prior trip to Myanmar.” -> her current passport and her old passport photocopies were included with the application. Her old passport included stamps from Hong-Kong, Singapore and Korea.
- “The applicant has no children.” and “the applicant's relatively weak familial/social ties in the home country: no children” -> oh well, it seems you need to have children to visit Canada.
- “the applicant has failed to satisfy me that the purpose of the stay is temporary [because of] -the length of the applicant's proposed stay to Canada” -> She asked for 3 months, which seems, by definition, temporary to me.
I personally wrote a complaint to the embassy and, surprisingly, did not receive any answer. On the Canadian government's website, it is stated that one should reapply if his/her situation changed considerably. Since it did and since I still have a little faith that maybe this time the immigration officer will not base his/her decision solely on past declines, she wishes to reapply later this month to spend the Christmas holidays with me. Here are some details about the application:
- She has had 30k CA$ in her bank account since last application, that is more than 6 months ago. Banks statement from past 6 months will show a high balance. She still has the same job and receives her salary every month (maybe we should highlight the salary deposits this time?). Letter from employer will be included. Also, a certificate of leave (for the vacation's dates) will be included.
- She owns a business since last June. It's still young so that's why she keeps her old job as well. Business registration papers will be included. A letter from her two associates stating her shares % in the company and her position will be included. A certificate of leave (for the vacation's dates) from these two will also be included.
- Her car papers (she owns it since a long time already, but we did not include them in the last application) will be included.
- She recently (today
bought a condo there. Property papers will be included. - The complete itinerary for 3 weeks will be included. Literally everyday with activities that we will do, means of transportation, lodging, etc.
- A document stating her travel history will be included, since it seems that stamps in the passport are not straight forward enough for the reviewers.
tldr; my question is: should she mention that she wants to visit me? Can that help? Can that harm? From last cases' notes it seemed like it caused more harm than any good. I know last time when she applied it was to visit me, but it's been 6 months ago, our relationship could've been over for a long time already. I don't want the reviewer to have anything that can give him/her bullsh*t reasons for a refusal. Mentioning it could lead to stronger ties in Canada vs Thailand (which is complete bullsh*t if you ask me, but anyway). However not mentioning it could not lead to anything except complete assumptions, as far as I am concerned. What are your advice? If she still should mention it, I will add an invitation letter like last time.
Finally, am I missing anything in the application? Anything I should add? Thanks!