Alabaman said:
So what do I do in this case? Should I quit my job and go spend time with her so that we can know each other and eventually get married? This should take me about 1 to 2 years outside Canada.
Is it considered automatic that one will want to stay in Canada just because someone is visiting a boyfriend or girlfriend? If it is considered automatic that everyone in that situation will 'abscond' and not go back to their home country, then the embassy should say so on their website and outrightly ban people in such situations from applying. Then, that way we do not waste application fees. Afterall, if I wanted her to immigrate, all I have to do is travel to go marry her and bring her here on a PR.
Why do these people enjoy punishing perople that try to do things the right way?
Trying to understand the mindset of visa officers is a losing game, Alabaman. A Canadian acquaintance where I live got a TRV for his wife, whose situation is quite similar to my wife's situation. Yet my wife's TRV application was turned down. He even told the border officer when entering Canada that they were going to apply inland for her PR, with no problem.
Wanting to know why my wife had been "discriminated against", I complained to the visa office, and used the CAIPS notes to refute the logic used by the Visa Officer in denying our TRV application. The person in the visa office assigned to reply to my letter explained their reasoning, and advised me that if I decided to re-apply, to use the points I had expressed in my letter of compaint.
oversight,
When I pointed out that indeed I HAD used those very points in my cover letter, I heard nothing more. When I re-sent my last message, I still got no response.
So, these visa officers have an immense amount of arbitrary power, and can use it without being accountable.