Yes this new announcement seems like a recipe for a ton of fraud. It's too easy to submit a PR application and then within a month get a TRV because of it. Something is not quite right. Not sure what to do then. Just wait and see?
TRV for spouse and dependant
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I think both you and @canuck78 have raised legitimate concerns.
I would be surprised to see many TRVs approved for very recent TRV applicants. Maybe some hope for those that are well along the road, eg., AOR and SA received, police clearances received, medical exam done, etc.
Another concern for those of us PR applicants who see no hope for TRV is that all those rushing to procure TRVs will clog up the system, what with the promised 30-day turnaround, etc. That can only mean that PR applications will be put on the back burner while the TRVs take priority. There is clearly more workload now for IRCC and something has to give. I suspect that the ordinary PR applicant will be the sacrificial lamb. Probably just sour grapes on my part.
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Nothing wrong with your thinking comarxx. Recent medical should be some assurance as to overall health. But, accidents can happen. I am aware of one where the visitor was in an accident and the costs included road ambulance, air ambulance x 2, hospital ICU for a week, on a ward for 10 days or so past that, etc., etc. What would you suppose to be the total of the bills?
But how many will actually take out such insurance? Coming to Canada for a 2-week visit is one thing, but the idea now is that PR applicants applying for TRVs will be planning to stay for many months. The concerns articulated by @canuck78 remain. Let's suppose that someone here on a TRV with limited or no insurance incurs a large hospital bill, who will cover it? My guess is the taxpayers. Unlike the Philippines, Canadian hospitals do not turn away those unable to prove up front that they will be able to pay the tab.
That’s actually a good point. I think that ircc should have required private health insurance as one of the requirements for as long as the visitor visa(trv) is valid.
And that's a good point too. You may recall that awhile back the Philippines (and I think some other countries) required visitors to provide proof of Covid insurance in order to get in. And that was the Philippines, even with its quite modest medical costs and ability to turn away those unable to pay. Now, under this new program, there should be some minimum health insurance requirement imposed by the IRCC.
It looks like someone who applied on May 17 for less than a month got refused.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VqiQpnUvAHC5grrhXffHN-hFku-MfjvKbKL5lJeGIiY/edit#gid=1358510114
I really wanna see people’s results that applied after the announcement may 26. But thanks for this tracker!
It looks like someone who applied on May 17 for less than a month got refused.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VqiQpnUvAHC5grrhXffHN-hFku-MfjvKbKL5lJeGIiY/edit#gid=1358510114
That is like 17 days of processing and it already got received a refusal..
It looks like someone who applied on May 17 for less than a month got refused.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VqiQpnUvAHC5grrhXffHN-hFku-MfjvKbKL5lJeGIiY/edit#gid=1358510114
Can you please share link for this WhatsApp group?
It looks like someone who applied on May 17 for less than a month got refused.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VqiQpnUvAHC5grrhXffHN-hFku-MfjvKbKL5lJeGIiY/edit#gid=1358510114
Are your family from the Philippine? IRCC just announced a new visa free for 13 countries including Philippine
Sounds great until you spend all the time it takes for that video to get down to the details. Then we are told when does visa free not really mean visa free. The program applies only to those who have held a Canadian visa in the past 10 years or who hold a U.S. Visa.
Oh I guessed I missed that part then, anyone without a previous visa won't be eligible then...
Given we are talking about spousal sponsorship and there have been quite a few cases where spouses attempted to reunite because the wife was pregnant there will be women who arrive on TRVs already pregnant. If they are already pregnant they will not be able to pay for private insurance that covers their whole pregnancy. There are some policies that cover emergencies in the first few months but people need to read the fine print and consider whether they will have health coverage. Also plenty of spouses that have chronic conditions like diabetes for example.