online visitor visa appllication

[ash1219]

i have a question on proof of means of financial support and proof of financial resource supporter. i dont know what to put on proof of means of financial support since i am dependent to my parents and i dont have any bank statements and my parents will cover all my visit in canada. do i like just put my parents letter on the two questions? waht should i do?

 

[sonnabend]

Ideally, you should put your bank account and your parents' bank account. But if you don't have a bank account, I guess putting your parents letter on the two questions will be okay.
I was also in a somewhat similar situation with you, when submitting online I need to submit letter of invitation AND acceptance letter from school, but I didn't have any invitation letter; So I ended up uploading the same acceptance letters for the two questions.

 

[ash1219]

did you get approved though? can you tell me like the kind of documents that you submitted online? thank you

 

[sonnabend]

Last Saturday, which is 31 days after the online submission I received a passport request from CIC. I have submitted my passport on Monday and waiting for the result. The status is still "not started" but according to what I read in the forum, passport request most likely means approval.

I'm applying tourist visa for short term studies (exchange program) here are the documents I submitted:
- Letter from my current university in Singapore
- Letter from my host university in Montreal
- My university transcripts
- My Singapore student visa
- My bank account statement for last 4 months
- My mother's bank account statement for last 3 months
- A cover letter I typed myself explaining my intention of visit (exchange program and tourism)
- Scanned copy of my new and old passports
- Confirmed booking of plane ticket for Singapore to Vancouver and Toronto back to Singapore
- Confirmed booking of plane ticket for domestic travel (Vancouver to Montreal and Montreal to Toronto)
- Confirmed booking of Rocky mountains tour package

 

[ash1219]

did your parents make a letter for proof of financial support to cover the expenses you going to be spending?

 

[ash1219]

do i need still need to sign the application for temporary resident visa and the family information if im going to apply online?

 

[Hansi89]

do i need still need to sign the application for temporary resident visa and the family information if im going to apply online?

See answer here http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=740&top=23

 

[sonnabend]

No they didn't, but their bank account it's not in English so they told the bank to translate it to English.

I signed the family form, but for the application form itself, I did what Hansi89 said

 

[ash1219]

btw how did you put your visa photo online?

 

[Hansi89]

btw how did you put your visa photo online?

In the online application there is a seprate box to upload the photo.

 

[ash1219]

i mean is there any way i can take a photo online with the visa specification size? or do i go to a photo booth and have it scanned and upload it online?

 

[sonnabend]

i mean is there any way i can take a photo online with the visa specification size? or do i go to a photo booth and have it scanned and upload it online?

Yes, you can take picture with your phone and then use some online picture editor to edit it to the required specifications

 

[Hansi89]

i mean is there any way i can take a photo online with the visa specification size? or do i go to a photo booth and have it scanned and upload it online?

I actually took a good photo of a passport size picture which I had at home and uploaded to the application

 

[capr13]

Hello All...
Applying for visitor visa and the question is related to the signature on the forms to be submitted online.
IMM5257 Application for Visitor Visa (Temporary Resident Visa) Made Outside of Canada (IMM5257) (required) -- is it recommended to physically sign and scan the document for uploading and for Family Information IMM5645 for online application do we need to take a print out write the names in native language and sign the same and then scan and upload.
please comment thanks in advance for the time.

Thanks

 

[albert_dec1387]

btw how did you put your visa photo online?

Here's what I did. I went to a professional photographer and gave them the photo specification. He then re-sized it and I asked for a soft copy which I had uploaded it for my first application