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Super Visa - anyone applied as yet?
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Hi Torontonian,
Appreciate you detailed reply.
Pls let me know if you sent the letter by having the heading as 'Letter of Extension' or 'Letter of Invitation'.... because I wondered if the letter would be ok as she is already in the country.
I was glad to read that you got the insurance for 1200. Can you pls tell me the deductible you had to pay and if it was inclusive/exclusive of pre medical conditions..
Once thanks for your time, Torontonian
Fiona
Appreciate you detailed reply.
Pls let me know if you sent the letter by having the heading as 'Letter of Extension' or 'Letter of Invitation'.... because I wondered if the letter would be ok as she is already in the country.
I was glad to read that you got the insurance for 1200. Can you pls tell me the deductible you had to pay and if it was inclusive/exclusive of pre medical conditions..
Once thanks for your time, Torontonian
Fiona
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torontonian999
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Hi Fiona,
I put "Letter of Support" as the heading. The $150,000 has $0 deductable, and I think does not cover pre-existing conditions if your parent is over 50 years of age. But you should double check the pre-existing conditions clause with the insurance broker or the insurance company.
I put "Letter of Support" as the heading. The $150,000 has $0 deductable, and I think does not cover pre-existing conditions if your parent is over 50 years of age. But you should double check the pre-existing conditions clause with the insurance broker or the insurance company.
Fiona2012 said:
hello can someone tell me how to prove my income for super visa if I get paid cash and I don't want to pay high taxes to revanue Canada?Also what do i have to show gross or net income to meet LICO?
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torontonian999
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If the parent is already in Canada on TRV, you can apply to extend the period of stay up to two years through the Super Visa program. I just got 2-year extension for my mom through the Super visa from WITHIN Canada.
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Super Visa applications for visitors to Canada are often rejected
Published On Wed Mar 14 2012
Caught up in the immigration backlog to sponsor her mom and dad to Canada permanently, Emma Canizales was thrilled to learn of Ottawa’s new visa to facilitate her parents’ visits.
The so-called Super Visa allows eligible individuals to travel in and out of Canada to visit their family here over a 10-year period — with up to two years for each stay — while their sponsorship applications are processed.
“We met all the requirements and had no doubt my parents would get the visa,” said Canizales, who came to Toronto from Honduras in 2001 and now works as an accountant in Vancouver.
When the new visa was announced in November, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney touted it as the “most generous” visa provision for travellers to Canada.
“Even if they’ve been waiting for several years for a permanent residency application, they will be able to come to Canada for extended visits, so long as they meet the health care and other requirements,” Kenney said at the time.
That obviously isn’t true for Canizales, whose father Jose Alfredo Canizales Giron, 70, and mother Emma Luisa Fonseca De Canizales, 69, recently got a refusal letter from Citizenship and Immigration Canada. The couple had applied to join their family here in 2008 under family reunification.
In a form letter, officials denied their visa application, citing their “family ties in Canada and in your country of residence” and “length of proposed stay in Canada.”
Canizales said her siblings are all in Canada and they had invited the parents to visit from March through November, for nine months.
“We fly to see our parents at least once a year. It costs us thousands of dollars for our trip. It is much cheaper for them to come and see all of us,” said Canizales.
“We paid $6,000 for our parents’ health insurance coverage in Canada and $2,200 for their return flight. I don’t know if we can get our money back.”
While Liza Parekh was grateful her mother, Meena, 57, arrived from India last month on the Super Visa to help her with the birth of her first child due in April, she was shocked border officials limited the woman’s stay to six months.
“What is the point of having the Super Visa if they only give six months like all the other temporary visas?” asked the Regina IT consultant, whose husband is a health care project manager.
“We’ll have to do all the paper work again for an extension. We are not sure if they would grant it. It’s so stressful,” added Parekh, who has been diagnosed with gestational diabetes and is counting on her mother to care for her and the baby.
Since November, Ottawa has stopped accepting new sponsorship applications for parents and grandparents in order to halt the growing backlog, which now stands at 168,500. It plans to accept between 21,800 and 25,000 applications in the category in 2012, up from 15,326 in 2010.
As of February, 1,361 Super Visa applications have been assessed, with 313 — or 23 per cent — of the cases refused. In comparison, Canada rejects 20 per cent of the 1 million temporary resident visa applications it receives yearly.
While officials cannot comment on individual cases, a department spokesperson said Canada Border Services Agency is responsible for determining a visitor’s authorized length of stay in Canada.
In a recent report on immigration backlog, the Conservative-majority parliamentary committee on citizenship and immigration recommended the Super Visa be widely promoted and kept as a permanent program.
It also suggested the federal government to look into Australia’s “balance of family” test, which assesses sponsorship applications based on the number of children an applicant has in Australia. The test requires that at least half of the children must be permanent residents in Australia to qualify.
(www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1146305--super-visa-applications-for-visitors-to-canada-are-often-rejected)
Published On Wed Mar 14 2012
Caught up in the immigration backlog to sponsor her mom and dad to Canada permanently, Emma Canizales was thrilled to learn of Ottawa’s new visa to facilitate her parents’ visits.
The so-called Super Visa allows eligible individuals to travel in and out of Canada to visit their family here over a 10-year period — with up to two years for each stay — while their sponsorship applications are processed.
“We met all the requirements and had no doubt my parents would get the visa,” said Canizales, who came to Toronto from Honduras in 2001 and now works as an accountant in Vancouver.
When the new visa was announced in November, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney touted it as the “most generous” visa provision for travellers to Canada.
“Even if they’ve been waiting for several years for a permanent residency application, they will be able to come to Canada for extended visits, so long as they meet the health care and other requirements,” Kenney said at the time.
That obviously isn’t true for Canizales, whose father Jose Alfredo Canizales Giron, 70, and mother Emma Luisa Fonseca De Canizales, 69, recently got a refusal letter from Citizenship and Immigration Canada. The couple had applied to join their family here in 2008 under family reunification.
In a form letter, officials denied their visa application, citing their “family ties in Canada and in your country of residence” and “length of proposed stay in Canada.”
Canizales said her siblings are all in Canada and they had invited the parents to visit from March through November, for nine months.
“We fly to see our parents at least once a year. It costs us thousands of dollars for our trip. It is much cheaper for them to come and see all of us,” said Canizales.
“We paid $6,000 for our parents’ health insurance coverage in Canada and $2,200 for their return flight. I don’t know if we can get our money back.”
While Liza Parekh was grateful her mother, Meena, 57, arrived from India last month on the Super Visa to help her with the birth of her first child due in April, she was shocked border officials limited the woman’s stay to six months.
“What is the point of having the Super Visa if they only give six months like all the other temporary visas?” asked the Regina IT consultant, whose husband is a health care project manager.
“We’ll have to do all the paper work again for an extension. We are not sure if they would grant it. It’s so stressful,” added Parekh, who has been diagnosed with gestational diabetes and is counting on her mother to care for her and the baby.
Since November, Ottawa has stopped accepting new sponsorship applications for parents and grandparents in order to halt the growing backlog, which now stands at 168,500. It plans to accept between 21,800 and 25,000 applications in the category in 2012, up from 15,326 in 2010.
As of February, 1,361 Super Visa applications have been assessed, with 313 — or 23 per cent — of the cases refused. In comparison, Canada rejects 20 per cent of the 1 million temporary resident visa applications it receives yearly.
While officials cannot comment on individual cases, a department spokesperson said Canada Border Services Agency is responsible for determining a visitor’s authorized length of stay in Canada.
In a recent report on immigration backlog, the Conservative-majority parliamentary committee on citizenship and immigration recommended the Super Visa be widely promoted and kept as a permanent program.
It also suggested the federal government to look into Australia’s “balance of family” test, which assesses sponsorship applications based on the number of children an applicant has in Australia. The test requires that at least half of the children must be permanent residents in Australia to qualify.
(www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1146305--super-visa-applications-for-visitors-to-canada-are-often-rejected)
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:-[ Thanks torontonian999 , can u please share the details which visa office to apply , they are residing in Toronot Thanks
Faisal
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torontonian999
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Hi smfaisal,
You send your application to the following address for the Super Visa extension:
CPC-Vegreville
Parents and Grandparents - Extended Stay
6212 – 55th Avenue, Unit 444
Vegreville AB
T9C 1W1
Full details are here:
(www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/5551ETOC.asp)
You send your application to the following address for the Super Visa extension:
CPC-Vegreville
Parents and Grandparents - Extended Stay
6212 – 55th Avenue, Unit 444
Vegreville AB
T9C 1W1
Full details are here:
(www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/5551ETOC.asp)
smfaisal28 said:
torontonian999,
Did your mother pass a medical examination for your visa initially? I want to know if you request an extension after a six months visit and you have a medical examination done in your country already before coming, are they still going to ask you to do a medical here in Canada?
Tx.
Did your mother pass a medical examination for your visa initially? I want to know if you request an extension after a six months visit and you have a medical examination done in your country already before coming, are they still going to ask you to do a medical here in Canada?
Tx.
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torontonian999
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Hi Ottawat,
My mom got TRV twice before and never was asked to do medical exam. But because now she applied to extend her stay in Canada beyond 6 months, medical exam is required. First, they granted an extension of 2 years, and then sent the medical forms asking to do the medical exam within 90 days. I was expecting them to ask to do medicals first and then grant 2-year extension, but they did the exact opposite: granted 2-year extension first and then asked to complete medicals within 90 days.
My mom got TRV twice before and never was asked to do medical exam. But because now she applied to extend her stay in Canada beyond 6 months, medical exam is required. First, they granted an extension of 2 years, and then sent the medical forms asking to do the medical exam within 90 days. I was expecting them to ask to do medicals first and then grant 2-year extension, but they did the exact opposite: granted 2-year extension first and then asked to complete medicals within 90 days.
ottawat said:
Hi Jassi, Many Congratulations!!
Quick question, did she get 8 yrs visa because her passport only have 8 year validity?
I am just curious as my parents have applied for supervisa in chandigarh and they only have 2.5 yrs of validity on their passport.
Quick question, did she get 8 yrs visa because her passport only have 8 year validity?
I am just curious as my parents have applied for supervisa in chandigarh and they only have 2.5 yrs of validity on their passport.