TRV for asylum

[VSputnik]

To apply for asylum, refugees must get to Canadian soil. To do this, they must get a TRV. However, I worry that in trying to satisfy the officer to issue TRV, one might make one's asylum case harder.

Firstly, to get a TRV one must have a travel history, specifically with visa requiring countries like USA, UK, NZ and Schengen states. However, if one does manage to accrue such a history, won't the refugee board ask why asylum was not applied for in any of the countries traveled to? Would this be considered 'asylum shopping' and thus be grounds for rejection?

Secondly, the TRV application must convince the officer that the applicant has no intention to stay in Canada and will leave at the end of authorized stay. The applicant must lie and give a bogus reason as to why she wants to visit Canada. Will this be used to refuse asylum?

I am interested in hearing from refugees who got to Canada on a TRV. How did you acquire a TRV? Was anything you included in your application a detriment to your asylum claim?

 

[Bryanna]

Firstly, to get a TRV one must have a travel history, specifically with visa requiring countries like USA, UK, NZ and Schengen states. However, if one does manage to accrue such a history, won't the refugee board ask why asylum was not applied for in any of the countries traveled to? Would this be considered 'asylum shopping' and thus be grounds for rejection?

It's not necessary to have traveled to other visa-required countries before applying for a TRV. That said, having a fair amount of travel would prove you have a history of returning to your home country after short visits abroad.

What would also matter is your financial situation + the purpose of your visit + reasons to leave Canada at the end of a short visit.

Secondly, the TRV application must convince the officer that the applicant has no intention to stay in Canada and will leave at the end of authorized stay. The applicant must lie and give a bogus reason as to why she wants to visit Canada. Will this be used to refuse asylum?

The visa officer who evaluates your TRV application will catch the 'bogus' reason. There's a specific refusal ground for this 'Purpose of visit'. And, there are multiple ways to figure if someone is a genuine TRV applicant. No doubt this is contrary to what an asylum claimant intends to do.

Your asylum claim will be successful if your evidence conclusively proves you are being persecuted, have threats to your life, etc + you have moved/attempted to move to another region/province in your country but it did not help

 

[VSputnik]

It's not necessary to have traveled to other visa-required countries before applying for a TRV. That said, having a fair amount of travel would prove you have a history of returning to your home country after short visits abroad.

Would you say travel history is more necessary for certain purposes of visit for example tourism? If one were rejected earlier for ties, financials and travel history, is it still advisable to focus on ties and financials? Or in this case would she need to address travel history too? (by visiting other visa required countries or something else?)

 

[Bryanna]

Would you say travel history is more necessary for certain purposes of visit for example tourism?

No. That's not true. Travel history factors in for any temporary visa.

If one were rejected earlier for ties, financials and travel history, is it still advisable to focus on ties and financials?

If one considers a visa application objectively, an applicant either has ties, financials and travel history.... or does not have. These cannot be 'created'. Sometimes applicants didn't present those ties in a convincing manner and hence, the refusal.

To answer your question:
As the objective behind 'creating' travel history for the new TRV application would be pretty obvious.... and I don't think it would impress the visa officer, it is best to identify why the application was refused for ties and finances and focus on those aspects.

Or in this case would she need to address travel history too? (by visiting other visa required countries or something else?)

No, again. Each country has its own entry criteria. What might work to obtain entry to another country, might just not work for an entry to Canada