You can certainly request the visa office for reconsideration of your TRV refusal. That said, it is the discretion of the visa office whether or not to consider the request.
Thanks very much for your reply. I have drafted a reconsideration letter for the Canadian High Commission. Please can you go through and let me know if I have done any mistakes.
To Whom It May Concern:
I am #######, born on ### in ####, with passport number ####. I live at ####.
I am writing this letter as remonstration for the rejection of my tourist visa application I received from the High Commission of Canada dated December 21, 2018. My visa application was refused for the reasons that I might not leave Canada at the end of my two week holiday based on my “travel history”, “purpose of visit” and “personal assets and financial status”. After receiving the refusal, I requested for my CAIPS notes which were the reason for the delay in writing this reconsideration request. After carefully going through my CAIPS notes I would like to point out some mistakes that I understood the visa officer had done while considering my application.
Firstly, according to my CAIPS notes the visa officer recognizes me as a person trying to visit family in Canada, “The applicant is seeking entry into Canada for the purpose of visiting family members”. I would like to reiterate that I applied for a tourist visa and solely for the purpose of tourism and site seeing, which I had also explained on my covering letter which I submitted with my application. I did also attach a detailed tour plan for my two week stay in Canada which included all the accommodation I will be using so there wasn’t any confusion as to I would meet any particular person in Canada. I would like to confirm that I haven’t got any family, relations, friends, organizations or institutions that I know in Canada. Therefore according to my CAIPS notes I understand that the visa officer had done a mistake considering my application as a person trying to visit family in Canada. Hence I am writing to kindly request for a reconsideration of my temporary resident visa application and I have attached additional documents as proof that I do not intend to be an illegal immigrant in Canada.
Secondly, according to my CAIPS notes my application was refused because “The applicant has no or limited prior travel history”, which is also a tad not true. I have being travelling since 1999, when I was only just four and half years old. My very first tour overseas was to England in 1999. I visited England again in 2003, 2006 and finally in 2013. My first two visas in 1999 and 2003 were stamped to my mother’s passport, of which I will attach copies into this letter. Apart from my England visits I have visited Thailand in 2005 and I was granted a visit visa for Japan in 2018, I have attached copies of those two visa stamps as well. I have not worked or studied illegally in any of my visits overseas. I would like to point out to you that if I had any intensions whatsoever of being an illegal immigrant, I have had plenty of opportunities to do so during the past.
Thirdly, my CAIPS notes state “The applicant’s ties to the country of residence appear weak”. I understand that my parents and my sibling living in England may seem like my immediate family ties in ### are very low. But I would like to point out a few details for your consideration. As I previously stated on my cover letter which I submitted along with my application, I will be getting married on the 25th of April 2019 to the love of my life. She is my immediate family. We have been planning our wedding for more than a year now and I wouldn’t do anything in this world to miss the happiest day of my life. All my fiancées relations are living in #### including my soon brother in law to be, sister in law to be and parents in law to be. I submitted proof of venue booking, copy of my honeymoon booking and a copy of my wedding invitation along with my application. All my relatives live very close to me as well, specially my two little cousins whom I adore so much. We spend almost all of my free time together. I have travelled to many places across country with my cousins and auntie. As ####, attending family religious events which take place monthly and some annually where all our relatives get together is a very important part of our lives. I have attached photographs to prove my bonds with my relations and my soon to be in-laws. Another very important part of my personal life is my volunteer work that I love very much. I am the treasurer of the #### charity foundation, where we help a lot of the less fortunate and at risk teens to get a good education and three meals every day. I have attached proof of photographs and a letter from my charity into this letter. More information about the charity can be found on their website.
Apart from my personal ties, I am a full-time employee of ###. as a ### since January 1st, 2017. I am involved in creating new art which was a dream of mine since a very young age. I love the work I do and my workplace very much therefore I have got no intention whatsoever to jeopardize my career. I had previously submitted along with my application all the documents that you require for proof of my employment in ###.
1. A letter on company letter head stating my name, position, current salary and date of hire.
2. My three most recent pay slips.
3. A letter from my employer granting me two weeks leave.
Furthermore, this two week trip to Canada was a gift of appreciation from my employer therefore all expenses for the two weeks in Canada will be covered by my employer which is another very important reason for me to come back on time and honor the faith my company had on me. To prove financial sponsorship I previously submitted along with my application;
4. A letter by my employer on company letter head explaining the reason for the financial sponsorship.
5. Three months of employer bank statements.
I will include into this letter further proof for my employment ties in ###. I have attached in this reconsideration request a copy of the employers’ business registration certificate, copies of letters of appreciations I have received from my employer and a letter from the employer acknowledging my refusal and reallocating my approved leave of absence.
Lastly, my CAIPS notes state “The applicant has limited or minimal funds”. My entire tour started with my employer offering me a fully expenses covered trip. All my accommodation for the entire tour plan will be paid for by the company. This was explained in detail on the letter that they gave me which I submitted with my application. I also submitted copies of by bank book which I use every day and to which my salary is deposited every month. Since I have got a financial sponsor, and submitted three months of their bank statements along with a letter on their letterhead I thought it would not be necessary to submit my savings. However I will attach my personal savings statement from the bank to this letter, which I did not submit originally with my application.
Originally I was planning to travel with my fiancée therefore we both applied for tourist visas. It was a promise that I made to her on her birthday last November. I surprised her with this news. She was thrilled to see that we will be going to her most favorite place on earth, the Niagara Falls, together. She had attached a copy to her application of the surprise card I gave her. I understand that if she leave with me my family ties to ### is becoming pretty low therefore I have explained her the situation and we decided to not travel together this time. And since I don’t want to miss this all expenses paid gift tour I will be traveling alone for two weeks and will be back before our wedding on the 25th of April. I won’t be visiting the Niagara Falls as stated on my previous cover letter. I saved Niagara for next time when we both can travel together.
My sole purpose of visit is tourism and sightseeing. All my previous accommodation bookings and tour plan were approved by my employer, whom will be the financial sponsor for my tour. I have attached updated accommodation, flight itinerary and tour plan for the two weeks. I have always being a genuine traveler and I certainly wouldn’t want to miss this all expenses covered gift tour. I HAVE NO DREAMS of becoming an illegal immigrant. If I wanted to do so I had all the opportunity to do that when I visited England where my family lives which would have been much more practical and convenient.
I am ready to face an interview or submit further documents if you require and I can even report at your embassy when I come back to show you that I, in fact, came back to #### honoring my visa conditions.
I am hoping to fly on 15th March to Canada. I hope you can respond to my request as soon as possible because I have barely two weeks before my planned departure date.
Thank you so much for considering my request and I hope to hear a positive response from you.
Sincerely,
