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laraa

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Hello everyone,

I posted a thread previously regarding my refusal. https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/tourist-visa-refusal.602921/

I received my GCMS notes and the VO notes on refusal are very unrelated to my situation. The VO has considered me as a traveller trying to visit family members which Im not and I specifically selected tourism on my application. Please help me.

VO notes as stated on the GCMS notes (this was the same on both my and my girlfriends GCMS notes):

Application and supporting documents reviewed. The applicant is seeking entry into Canada for the purpose of visiting family members. The following information was noted during my review of the documention presented: - The applicant has no or limited prior travel history; - The applicant's ties to thw country of residence appear weak; - The applicant has limited or minimal funds according to documentation provided. As a result of my careful review and considering all relevant factors presented, on balance, I am not satisfied the applicant is a genuine visitor who would comply with the conditions of temporary entry. Application is refused.

Thanks very much
 

Manpreet_2233

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Have you traveled before any country ?
How many CAD you showed in your account?
What was your strong ties ? Or present to VO for leave the canada ?
 

laraa

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Have you traveled before any country ?
How many CAD you showed in your account?
What was your strong ties ? Or present to VO for leave the canada ?
My fiancée and I applied for a 2 week visit to Canada on the 4th of December at VFS and got our passports back with a letter of refusal on the 24th December. The reasons that the VO stated for the refusal are as follows;

• I am not satisfied that you will leave Canada at the end of your stay as a temporary resident, as stipulated in paragraph 179(b) of the IRPR, based on your travel history.

• I am not satisfied that you will leave Canada at the end of your stay as a temporary resident, as stipulated in paragraph 179(b) of the IRPR, based on the purpose of your visit.

• I am not satisfied that you will leave Canada at the end of your stay as a temporary resident, as stipulated in paragraph 179(b) of the IRPR, based on your personal assets and financial status.

We both got the same refusal letter with same reasons with just our perosnal details changed. This is my first refusal and I’m worried to reapply because they might just put my application away like “ahh we refused it once, how come he has new evidence or strong points this soon, so let’s refuse again without even going through what he has got to say”

Please advise me on reapplying? Should I go ahead and do it or should I just giveup?

Here’s the back story:

I was planning on visiting Japan with my family friends whom I have known since childhood and are permanent residents of Japan. I applied for Japan visit visa in July 2018 along with my friends parents and was granted a three month visit visa. I was working at the same place I work right now and I submitted leave approval letter (leave for the Japan tour was approved from 1st - 31st august 2018) and employment confirmation. During the month of august my office was going through some rough times and the director board requested me if at all possible to postpone my Japan tour and stay back with them to get back the client submissions on track. And since I love my job and workplace so much I was okay with it. Why not visit Japan some day later was my thought.

And last October, during a casual chat my superior officer asked me about the countries I would love to visit and stuff. And I was like Niagara is a dream to visit for both me and my fiancée. A few days later I got to know that i was granted an all expenses covered two week trip to Canada by my employer. This was as an appreciation to staying back during the hard times cancelling my Japan trip.

Having my wedding April next year, and my fiancées birthday in November, I thought I would surprise her with a two week canada trip because Niagara falls is right on top of her bucket list (I was overloaded with fiancée points - you know happy wife, happy life innit?) and then we applied for visas.

Travel History:

My fiancée has a fresh passport.

Me on the other hand has travelled to UK quite a few times (4 to be specific) becuase my dad is a British Citizen. 1 thailand visa and 1 unused Japanese visa. I started travelling on my moms passport the first time and later on my own passport. Of all the visits to UK I have not overstayed any. During the last visit which was in 2013 I tried to switch my visit visa to a dependent visa as I was 17 years and my dad had the finances to support me. I applied before my visit visa was expired so technically I didn’t over stay. Applications got rejected by the UKBA and we appealed went to a hearing, applied again, refused again, the process was costing alot for us and my time was just being wasted becuase I didn’t want to work or study illegally I just stayed at home while the UKBA approved me. Finally in 2016 I decided to voluterily withdraw and leave UK. Both my parents and my sibling is living in the UK having settled status. I am here doing my dream job and looking after my parents properties, marrying the love of my life, life is good.

Documents Submitted (applied as a group):

- two Completed applications
- Employment confirmation
- Two week travel plan
- Booking.com reservations (4 different hotels for the two weeks inorder to sync with the travel plan. These bookings were stamped by the company director to stay they approved the expenses)
- Return air tickets itinerary
- Letter from employer explaing the all expenses covered two week trip
- 3 months of employers bank statements (2 banks)
- land deed of my parents.
- valuation of the land.
- statements of remittances I get from my parents every month (around £1500/month)
- my personal bank book copies (around 1700CAD balance)
- my parents and my siblings British settled status proof. ( my dad british passport and my moms and siblings resident cards)
- joint account passbook copies (my mom and I jointly own it)
- joint account passbook copies (my fiancée and I jointly own it)
- wedding hall reservation confirmation email
- wedding invite
- copy of the surprise card I gave her on her birthday tell her we will be going to Canada (she was so excited and was already packing and I still haven’t told her about the refusal )

I will be covering my fiancée expenses so I gave a sponsorship letter and my finances stated above. I specifically stated on this letter that the accommodation approved by my employer can accommodate two people as stated on the bookings so she will not incur any costs for accommodation.
 

bellaluna

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Hello everyone,

I posted a thread previously regarding my refusal. https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/tourist-visa-refusal.602921/

I received my GCMS notes and the VO notes on refusal are very unrelated to my situation. The VO has considered me as a traveller trying to visit family members which Im not and I specifically selected tourism on my application. Please help me.

VO notes as stated on the GCMS notes (this was the same on both my and my girlfriends GCMS notes):

Application and supporting documents reviewed. The applicant is seeking entry into Canada for the purpose of visiting family members. The following information was noted during my review of the documention presented: - The applicant has no or limited prior travel history; - The applicant's ties to thw country of residence appear weak; - The applicant has limited or minimal funds according to documentation provided. As a result of my careful review and considering all relevant factors presented, on balance, I am not satisfied the applicant is a genuine visitor who would comply with the conditions of temporary entry. Application is refused.

Thanks very much
That’s frustrating...it turns out GCMS notes can be general.

They’re not wrong about showing limited funds or having no/limited travel history. Also note that they don’t care about your purpose or reason to travel to Canada...the refusal reasons are all about your ties.

I would think your UK immigration history factored into the refusal. Canada probably fears you’ll also attempt to do the same.

I would suggest to apply for US visas to establish the type of travel history they want. They are slightly easier and you can still see Niagara Falls from the US side.
 

Bryanna

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Sep 8, 2014
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Hello everyone,

I posted a thread previously regarding my refusal. https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/tourist-visa-refusal.602921/

I received my GCMS notes and the VO notes on refusal are very unrelated to my situation. The VO has considered me as a traveller trying to visit family members which Im not and I specifically selected tourism on my application. Please help me.
I believe it is because your girlfriend applied with you.


VO notes as stated on the GCMS notes (this was the same on both my and my girlfriends GCMS notes):

Application and supporting documents reviewed. The applicant is seeking entry into Canada for the purpose of visiting family members. The following information was noted during my review of the documention presented: - The applicant has no or limited prior travel history; - The applicant's ties to thw country of residence appear weak; - The applicant has limited or minimal funds according to documentation provided. As a result of my careful review and considering all relevant factors presented, on balance, I am not satisfied the applicant is a genuine visitor who would comply with the conditions of temporary entry. Application is refused.

Thanks very much
Other than the 'visit family members', your GCMS notes perfectly resonate with the TRV refusal reasons. There's no difference.

Quite honestly, it makes sense why you were refused.... and your case notes confirm the same points that we had discussed in this thread:
https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/tourist-visa-refusal.602921/
 

laraa

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Dec 27, 2018
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Thanks very much for your reply.

That’s frustrating...it turns out GCMS notes can be general.

They’re not wrong about showing limited funds or having no/limited travel history. Also note that they don’t care about your purpose or reason to travel to Canada...the refusal reasons are all about your ties.
Aren't my four UK visas, one Thailand visa and one unused Japanese visa worth for a good travel history?

Regarding the financial status, I have got two more savings accounts which I did not disclose on my previous application, as I thought it might be not be necessary to, since my employer provided me with a letter of guarantee (sponsorship letter) and three months of business bank statements. Overall I have got around 22,000 CAD on savings and around 36,000 CAD on fixed deposits. Will these be enough for both of us? Although it’s true with my fiancée. She is still dependent on her parents as she is not working. She is going to attend a local university for her undergraduate degree. She has received the confirmation of acceptance letter for September 2019. We can attach a copy of it too. Will the VO consider that to be strong tie to return back? Should she attach her parents financial statements too? With a letter of support? Do you think that it might help?

About the ties to my home country, isn't the fact that my employer is sponsoring me for the tour and the fact that I will be having my wedding in April solid reasons?

I would think your UK immigration history factored into the refusal. Canada probably fears you’ll also attempt to do the same.
This was because my family was in the UK and I was below the age of 18 during the time of entry. As I said on my previous thread I never studied or worked illegally and I voluntarily departed and I have proof to show that. Neither have I got anyone in Canada nor have I got any intention whatsoever to overstay jeopardizing my wedding in April which my girlfriend and I planned tirelessly for the past year and half.

I would suggest to apply for US visas to establish the type of travel history they want. They are slightly easier and you can still see Niagara Falls from the US side.
Won't my Canadian refusal affect a US tourist visa application?

Or should I just reapply to Canada alone? Because I really don’t want to miss this all expenses paid offer from my employer. If I succeed I can visit and come back on the stated date and then apply again with my fiancée after our wedding? Because I promised my fiancée about Nigara falls so I want to keep my word. And after I come back within two weeks the first time, the VO will be able to trust me on keeping to my word?
 

laraa

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Thanks very much for your reply.

I believe it is because your girlfriend applied with you.
How can the VO come to a conclusion that I am visiting family members just because I applied with my girlfriend? Although I fear was this because I stated on the section where I should state for the people I would meet, the details of two of my pre booked hotels where we would stay during the first couple of day. Please clarify if this was the reason for such a judgement?

Other than the 'visit family members', your GCMS notes perfectly resonate with the TRV refusal reasons. There's no difference.

Quite honestly, it makes sense why you were refused.... and your case notes confirm the same points that we had discussed in this thread:
https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/tourist-visa-refusal.602921/
Do you think I should reapply with my girlfriend attaching the complete wedding binder(venue booking, food, flowers, band, dresses, saloon appointments,etc), my family members pre booked air tickets for my wedding, my girlfriends university acceptance letter for September 2019 and my other undisclosed finances plus her parents financial statements too? With a letter of support? Also my employer notified me if I am planning on reapplying they will deposit the director board approved amount of 8000 CAD for my two week tour to my personal bank account from their business account which will reflect on their next monthly statement. Will this validate the main purpose of visit even more?

Or do you think this would have a higher chance of getting approved;

Or should I just reapply alone? Because I really don’t want to miss this all expenses paid offer from my employer. If I succeed I can visit and come back on the stated date and then apply again with my fiancée after our wedding? Because I promised my fiancée about Nigara falls so I want to keep my word. And after I come back within two weeks the first time, the VO will be able to trust me on keeping to my word?
 

laraa

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Thanks very much for your reply.

This was because my family was in the UK and I was below the age of 18 during the time of entry. As I said on my previous thread I never studied or worked illegally and I voluntarily departed and I have proof to show that. Neither have I got anyone in Canada nor have I got any intention whatsoever to overstay jeopardizing my wedding in April which my girlfriend and I planned tirelessly for the past year and half.
 

bellaluna

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Ok, let me break down “travel history” for you: they are looking for recent short (tourism) trips to visa-required developed nations:
UK: the only visa-required developed nation you went to, and you already tried to immigrate there. Even if you were a minor at that time, this does not establish a good kind of travel history.
Thailand: not visa-required
Japan: unused, so no history was established
Do you now understand how all this looks to a visa officer?

In the end, it doesn’t matter what your actual intent was (UK immigration, marriage, etc.). What matters is how the visa officer interprets the evidence that you presented. Your application certainly left some holes that planted doubt in their minds.

You can certainly try what you proposed to strengthen your application, with your actual bank statements. Bear in mind that your situation is very unusual, to have an employer sponsor your entire trip. You still have to apply as if you are paying for the entire trip yourself.

As for the US visa, maybe your TRV refusal will factor in, or maybe it won’t. It’s just my personal observation that a Canadian TRV may very well be the hardest tourist visa to acquire, and you dove in without any preparation. A US tourist visa application allows you to explain yourself face to face to a visa officer. A Canadian TRV is just one-way, hard documents. You can’t exactly justify yourself, as you can see, your explanation letter was virtually disregarded.
 
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Bryanna

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How can the VO come to a conclusion that I am visiting family members just because I applied with my girlfriend?
Probably yes. This is because your ONLY family tie in your country of residence is your girlfriend. Your family in the UK are not your family ties per se.

As both you and your girlfriend want to travel together, your family ties to your country of residence would become non-existent.

Regardless of this 'visiting family members' phrase, you must consider the entire case notes in total.


Although I fear was this because I stated on the section where I should state for the people I would meet, the details of two of my pre booked hotels where we would stay during the first couple of day. Please clarify if this was the reason for such a judgement?
No, certainly not. People visit as tourists and they don't have any family/friends to visit. It is standard to state pre-booked hotels in these cases.


Do you think I should reapply with my girlfriend attaching the complete wedding binder(venue booking, food, flowers, band, dresses, saloon appointments,etc), my family members pre booked air tickets for my wedding, my girlfriends university acceptance letter for September 2019 and my other undisclosed finances plus her parents financial statements too? With a letter of support?
I recommend you re-read my replies to your previous thread.


The gist of your situation:
1. Your income is extremely low = Your job is not a reason to return to your country of residence,

2. Your girlfriend has zero income.

3. Your employer offering to pay CAD 8,000 for a holiday destination of your choice is unconvincing.... especially consider you lost out on the Japan visit. Why not pay for the visit to Japan instead which you missed going to?

4. Your previous intended trip to Japan was for one month = Weak employment ties

5. Your UK family has been remitting money to you = You are unable to financially support yourself as a working adult.

6. Your wedding in September is several months away

7. Merely being accepted to study in a university is not a study tie


Also my employer notified me if I am planning on reapplying they will deposit the director board approved amount of 8000 CAD for my two week tour to my personal bank account from their business account which will reflect on their next monthly statement. Will this validate the main purpose of visit even more?

Or should I just reapply alone? Because I really don’t want to miss this all expenses paid offer from my employer.
No.

Again, your employer offering to pay/transfer CAD 8,000 does not make sense as it equates to nearly 5-6 months' salary earned by you.


If I succeed I can visit and come back on the stated date and then apply again with my fiancée after our wedding? Because I promised my fiancée about Nigara falls so I want to keep my word. And after I come back within two weeks the first time, the VO will be able to trust me on keeping to my word?
It's always best to make promises that one can keep + to be realistic. Just my two cents.

Why not visit the US and see the Niagara Falls from that side? Not as good as from the Canadian side, but it is the same Niagara Falls.


In short:
The applications of you and your girlfriend are sort of 'chain funded' i.e. sponsored by multiple other people
 

laraa

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Ok, let me break down “travel history” for you: they are looking for recent short (tourism) trips to visa-required developed nations:
UK: the only visa-required developed nation you went to, and you already tried to immigrate there. Even if you were a minor at that time, this does not establish a good kind of travel history.
Thailand: not visa-required
Japan: unused, so no history was established
Do you now understand how all this looks to a visa officer?

In the end, it doesn’t matter what your actual intent was (UK immigration, marriage, etc.). What matters is how the visa officer interprets the evidence that you presented. Your application certainly left some holes that planted doubt in their minds.

You can certainly try what you proposed to strengthen your application, with your actual bank statements. Bear in mind that your situation is very unusual, to have an employer sponsor your entire trip. You still have to apply as if you are paying for the entire trip yourself.

As for the US visa, maybe your TRV refusal will factor in, or maybe it won’t. It’s just my personal observation that a Canadian TRV may very well be the hardest tourist visa to acquire, and you dove in without any preparation. A US tourist visa application allows you to explain yourself face to face to a visa officer. A Canadian TRV is just one-way, hard documents. You can’t exactly justify yourself, as you can see, your explanation letter was virtually disregarded.
Probably yes. This is because your ONLY family tie in your country of residence is your girlfriend. Your family in the UK are not your family ties per se.

As both you and your girlfriend want to travel together, your family ties to your country of residence would become non-existent.

Regardless of this 'visiting family members' phrase, you must consider the entire case notes in total.



No, certainly not. People visit as tourists and they don't have any family/friends to visit. It is standard to state pre-booked hotels in these cases.



I recommend you re-read my replies to your previous thread.


The gist of your situation:
1. Your income is extremely low = Your job is not a reason to return to your country of residence,

2. Your girlfriend has zero income.

3. Your employer offering to pay CAD 8,000 for a holiday destination of your choice is unconvincing.... especially consider you lost out on the Japan visit. Why not pay for the visit to Japan instead which you missed going to?

4. Your previous intended trip to Japan was for one month = Weak employment ties

5. Your UK family has been remitting money to you = You are unable to financially support yourself as a working adult.

6. Your wedding in September is several months away

7. Merely being accepted to study in a university is not a study tie



No.

Again, your employer offering to pay/transfer CAD 8,000 does not make sense as it equates to nearly 5-6 months' salary earned by you.



It's always best to make promises that one can keep + to be realistic. Just my two cents.

Why not visit the US and see the Niagara Falls from that side? Not as good as from the Canadian side, but it is the same Niagara Falls.


In short:
The applications of you and your girlfriend are sort of 'chain funded' i.e. sponsored by multiple other people
Thanks very much for your replies. It really helped me a lot in understanding everything.

Why not visit the US and see the Niagara Falls from that side? Not as good as from the Canadian side, but it is the same Niagara Falls.
Yes I have spoken to my employer and given it a lot of thought myself. After all, I just want to cash in this all expenses paid two weeks and keep my promise (which I obviously shouldn't have made in the first place) to my fiancee. So two weeks in USA would be a win win situation isn't it? But I really don't want to let the Canadian embassy think that I gave up on the TRV because what they said was right about me trying to overstay my permitted time. I want your opinion on a couple of things please.

1. After doing some research online I have understood that there is this "reconsideration request" thing that I could do. Send an email to the Canadian embassy quoting my application numbers stating my request to reconsider my application, attaching my other personal finances and proof of family ties in my home country (photos with my little cousins and our outings and family events, my relatives, my friends (frequent meetups) since school, my work people and attach my charity membership details which I have been a member since 2016 and all the social work we do.) Would this be possible? Is this "reconsideration request" really a thing?

2. Will my Canadian TRV refusal affect my chances with the US. I have had a quick glance of the US application and there is no question asking for previous refusals. (idk if I missed it somewhere) But if they did not ask about it should I mention it anyways on the cover letter or should I just not mention it at all unless the VO asks about it during the interview?

3. Can I send a "reconsideration request" to the Canadian embassy and apply for the US visa at the same time?

Thanks very much.
 

Bryanna

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1. After doing some research online I have understood that there is this "reconsideration request" thing that I could do. Send an email to the Canadian embassy quoting my application numbers stating my request to reconsider my application,
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.

A reconsideration might work if the visa officer gave a refusal reason without considering certain documents that were originally submitted, for example. Or, if you were refused because you provided a photocopy instead of the original. Basically, if the refusal was made without considering the original facts/documents.

It mostly works for PR or H&C applications.... and is not usually the route taken for refusal of temporary resident visas, unless there were obvious errors in the assessment.


attaching my other personal finances and proof of family ties in my home country (photos with my little cousins and our outings and family events, my relatives, my friends (frequent meetups) since school, my work people and attach my charity membership details which I have been a member since 2016 and all the social work we do.) Would this be possible? Is this "reconsideration request" really a thing?
A request for reconsideration is not a substitute for a reapplication which would include new evidence.


2. Will my Canadian TRV refusal affect my chances with the US. I have had a quick glance of the US application and there is no question asking for previous refusals. (idk if I missed it somewhere) But if they did not ask about it should I mention it anyways on the cover letter or should I just not mention it at all unless the VO asks about it during the interview?
Canada and the US share immigration data. Your refusal would be visible to the US consular officer who assesses your application/interviews you. So, don't hide this refusal or your UK visa history if you're asked.


3. Can I send a "reconsideration request" to the Canadian embassy and apply for the US visa at the same time?
These are two different countries with two different visa assessment processes
 

laraa

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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,
 

Bryanna

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Sep 8, 2014
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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,
I skimmed through your post but I got the idea nonetheless.


To reiterate:
1. A reconsideration may/may not work for a TRV. It is more likely to work for PR cases.

2. A reconsideration is not an alternative to reapplying.

3. Reconsideration will work only if the visa officer has genuinely made an error(s) in the assessment of your case.... and not based on your perception of the 'error'.

4. New/additional documents submitted as an 'after thought' post-refusal are not likely to be considered.

5. You have not stated the true and correct facts about your UK history, including the fact that you had no option but to leave the UK after exhausting all means to stay permanently.

6. IMO, you are risking a 5 years' ban for misrepresentation for your UK visa history IF you had not declared it in your previous application.

7. Reconsideration requests may/may not get a reply from the visa office. A visa office could respond in 24 hours, a week, a month or never