Super visa - proving ties to home country for my mom?

[Sareena9999]

Hi All,

I am in the middle of filing for a super visa for my mom who is from Chennai India. I moved to Canada in 2015 on a spouse sponsored PR and since then haven't been able to travel to India due to circumstances to see her. I don;t think we will be able to travel in 2019 either. I miss her terribly and want her to come visit on a super visa.

We don't have any children as of now and our annual income more than meets the LIOC. We own a house here and have a good flow of incme and bank balance.

Do we need to prove substantial ties to the home country for my mom? I know that this is a main criteria in a regular TRV. But is it that key for a super visa? Is the burden on us to prove our financial capability to provide for out parents?

She doesn't own property and she is a homemaker. But has a great bank balance/FDs and is financially independent (she lives off the interests from her investments). She has traveled to Dubai in the last 10 years.

I was thinking to prove that she will leave Canada after sometime, if I should I mention that she has a cataract surgery scheduled for later half of 2019. It not an urgent surgery and she has no other health problem and she has a dr's report regarding the surgery. We are not looking to have her come here in Canada to be operated on - it much cheaper to do this India .

But will it prove that she will be coming back to India or do you think it can backfire and make the visa officers think that she might be a burden on the Canadian health system if she is given a super visa...

Any thoughts please!

 

[Bryanna]

Do we need to prove substantial ties to the home country for my mom? I know that this is a main criteria in a regular TRV. But is it that key for a super visa?

She must prove she has reasonable, basic ties to India.

Is the burden on us to prove our financial capability to provide for out parents?

Yes, for a super visa. No, for a TRV.

She doesn't own property and she is a homemaker. But has a great bank balance/FDs and is financially independent (she lives off the interests from her investments).

This could help for both visa categories.

She has traveled to Dubai in the last 10 years.

It won't help.

I was thinking to prove that she will leave Canada after sometime, if I should I mention that she has a cataract surgery scheduled for later half of 2019. It not an urgent surgery and she has no other health problem and she has a dr's report regarding the surgery. We are not looking to have her come here in Canada to be operated on - it much cheaper to do this India .

Cataract surgery (laser process) takes less than one hour. It's the pre-surgery tests and post surgery recovery that could take max. one month. It can be scheduled anytime.

That said, if her stay is for just about 6 months (you've mentioned a cataract surgery later this year) then a super visa might not be a good idea. IRCC could issue a V1 visa instead for a short stay.

But will it prove that she will be coming back to India or do you think it can backfire and make the visa officers think that she might be a burden on the Canadian health system if she is given a super visa...

She needs to prove she has other reasons to return to India. IMO, a cataract surgery is not one such reason