Hello Seniors,
Looking for some guidance on my situation. Sorry for the new post, I had posted earlier but not much response. If someone could please shed some light I would greatly appreciate it.
I am concerned on her applying for a new Visitor Visa after leaving the country, as I have read processing can take upto 280 days if outside of Canada due to the current COVID-19 delays. That would be a very long time until she could come back to us.
Thank you!
Looking for some guidance on my situation. Sorry for the new post, I had posted earlier but not much response. If someone could please shed some light I would greatly appreciate it.
- My mothers passport expired and she held SuperVisa valid in her old passport.
- We applied for a renewed passport and received a renewed passport.
- She is currently with me in Canada, we had applied for an extension of the visitor record and we got this based on the validity of the old passport.
- I was planing to apply for a regular multiple entry visitor visa from within Canada with her new passport
- When, I fill up the online questionnaire to apply for a new Visit Visa, it forces me to upload form:
- IMM 5708 - this is the form to extend the stay in Canada. It doesn't allow me to do anything but request for an extension to remain in Canada.
- This is not good for me, as I want to apply for a NEW visitor visa on her new passport to re-enter Canada
- The other option is to mail the application package to IRCC, but it requires placing her passports within. I do not want to take this chance, as I would like to have her passport with her incase she needs to leave Canada. With the current delays with COVID-19, it might take weeks until we are even assigned an application number --- in the event we need to request a return of passports.
- IMM 5257 - this is form to apply for a New Visitor Visa, but the online application tool DOES NOT allow me to upload this. There is no place-holder for it. When, I upload it in the space of IMM 5708, the upload validation fails. It only allows me to upload IMM 5708.
- IMM 5708 - this is the form to extend the stay in Canada. It doesn't allow me to do anything but request for an extension to remain in Canada.
- When, I fill up the online questionnaire to apply for a new Visit Visa, it forces me to upload form:
- Is she allowed to leave the country and re-enter based on just the extension of Visitor Record, even though her Supervisa is expired? I would apply for another extension and ask for a longer time - but I am not sure, if they would allow re-entry into Canada?
I am concerned on her applying for a new Visitor Visa after leaving the country, as I have read processing can take upto 280 days if outside of Canada due to the current COVID-19 delays. That would be a very long time until she could come back to us.
Thank you!