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johnybegood said:
Please dont get disappointed if we dont see any progress. ...lol dear

i was just trying to link paper application to online account:

found we can now link ( :

Canadian Experience Class (applications made before January 1, 2015)
Federal Skilled Worker (applications made before January 1, 2015)
Federal Skilled Trade (applications made before January 1, 2015)
Provincial Nominee Program (applications made before January 1, 2015)

but i did not see option to link:
Family Sponsorship (excluding applications to become a sponsor)

however all these are supposed to be linkable by tomorrow

hopefully Family sponsorship will appear tomorrow, looks like everyone is testing us :(
 
In my experience, that there are more chances that they will reject your spouse's TRV if you declare upfront that your spouse is visiting you in Canada, however if you are exceptionally lucky then you can make it. Basically the decision to approve or reject lies on the hands and the mood of the visa officer who is looking at your file. Note, once your TRV is rejected for the first time then 90% of chance is that it will get refused subsequently, however if your PR application reaches the final stage or very close to it, then they might approve it. Note if you have multiple strong reasons then that will also fetch you TRV.

Most important part of the spousal TRV application is the cover letters, first and foremost is the "Purpose of Visit" and the next would be the invitation letter which should strongly support the former.

If you think you that you can make a stronger application by yourself, then make sure the cover letters doesn't have any loop holes which will doubt the reviewing visa officers. The cover letters should basically include your primary purpose of this trip, country ties, family ties, financial status, education (if any), employment (if any), travel history (if any), relationship evidences (describe in detail), travel duration, and travel itinerary, and finally we should mention and attach supporting documents for all the above mentioned sub topics. After reading the cover letters, and if the visa officers find that your purpose of visit is genuine and also if they judge that you will return back to your country after your visit, then they may proceed with verifying the attached supporting documents. I would also recommend a paper application, because we don't have to worry about the limitations on the size of your application package, and also you can submit original documents (wherever necessary), and attest the non-original documents, and get the cover letters notarized by an attorney. This would sound like a mini project, so better take your time in putting everything together in right place.

If people can afford then I would strongly recommend them to hire an immigration lawyer (preferably within Canada and also one who has good records) to file the TRV application for your spouse and the chances are that you will succeed ~ 75% of the time and this succession rate is only valid for the first time TRV application. This succession rate is due to the fact that the immigration lawyer will not keep any open ends in your application for the visa officer to even have second thoughts. I'd talked to few Canadian immigration lawyers who already denied filing TRV since the PR application is in process, and few other are willing to do only if you have strong reasons to visit temporarily, and the rest will do no matter what. One of the lawyer also mentioned that they usually submit a 7 page cover letter which will address all accepted reasons that are part of the immigration laws through which the spouse is eligible for a visitor visa. Note, a Visa Officer can only refuse visa if they can find a valid reason from your application. They would never refuse an application with no reason especially to a lawyer. But the downside is that it is very pricey.

Best Regards and Good luck to all!

rthivy said:
Hello Everyone,
I have been a silent observer of this forum for quite awhile and have finally decided to join.
To give some background, I have applied for PR for my wife back in May. The file is in process, but as we have all noticed nothing has moved since
mid March.

I do see there is a lot of talk of TRV on the forum. From people I have spoken to, the cover letter really matters. Could people with successful TRV applications share what they have mentioned in the cover letter.

What typically do they look at from a funds perspective.
 
gcan said:
i was just trying to link paper application to online account:

found we can now link ( :

Canadian Experience Class (applications made before January 1, 2015)
Federal Skilled Worker (applications made before January 1, 2015)
Federal Skilled Trade (applications made before January 1, 2015)
Provincial Nominee Program (applications made before January 1, 2015)

but i did not see option to link:
Family Sponsorship (excluding applications to become a sponsor)

however all these are supposed to be linkable by tomorrow

hopefully Family sponsorship will appear tomorrow, looks like everyone is testing us :(

exactly, this is what happened last time, when this feature was supposed to be introduced back in May, but they pushed this to 23rd of July, now it's taken out, i would guess this will be moved to another few months. I'm guessing rest of the features will be added, except for sponshorship application, becuase that will never be introduced anytime soon. someone is playing a nasty game on all of us!!!
 
Btoronto_12 said:
exactly, this is what happened last time, when this feature was supposed to be introduced back in May, but they pushed this to 23rd of July, now it's taken out, i would guess this will be moved to another few months. I'm guessing rest of the features will be added, except for sponshorship application, becuase that will never be introduced anytime soon. someone is playing game on all of us!!!
Lol wait it is only 230 pm 22 july only .....
 
johnybegood said:
Lol wait it is only 230 pm 22 july only .....

I'm not cautiously optimistic, but I have seen this before and have a bad feeling that this will repeat again tomorrow unless history doesn't repeat itself for immigration dept
 
johnybegood said:
Lol wait it is only 230 pm 22 july only .....

hahaha:)

yea , its 23rd in India,i was overly positive while trying to link.

I guess they will add it in today's batch :D
 
Btoronto_12 said:
I'm not cautiously optimistic, but I have seen this before and have a bad feeling that this will repeat again tomorrow unless history doesn't repeat itself for immigration dept
It will be postponed for sure
 
gcan said:
hahaha:)

yea , its 23rd in India,i was overly positive while trying to link.

I guess they will add it in today's batch :D
You are funny
 
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gcan said:
:D , some smiles on our tensed page :)
TY

:) :D ;D ;D :D :D :D
Some more smiles
 
johnybegood said:
It will be postponed for sure

I dont think it will be postponed as if you go on sign-in page there is a message above:-
This online service will be unavailable from 4:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. Eastern daylight time, on Saturday, July 23, 2016, in order to perform system maintenance.
I think this system maintenance is for linking account.
 
DrJignesh said:
I dont think it will be postponed as if you go on sign-in page there is a message above:-
This online service will be unavailable from 4:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. Eastern daylight time, on Saturday, July 23, 2016, in order to perform system maintenance.
I think this system maintenance is for linking account.
how can we link our application?? And what is the meaning of that any benefit?? I don't understand please let me know
 
Indocanada27 said:
how can we link our application?? And what is the meaning of that any benefit?? I don't understand please let me know

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/my_application/link.asp


read this link.
 
finally, i was able to link up my application. has anyone seeing "A background check is needed" other than Not started?

Application/profile status Open
Review of eligibility Review in Progress
Review of medical results passed
Review of submitted documents
Scheduling an interview Not needed at this time
A background check is needed Not Started
Final decision Not Started
 
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