Visitor Visa -Bank statement

[Khan5696]

Hi Friends,

I want to invite my uncle from Afghanistan who is working in Russia and currently in Afghanistan on 3 months vacation,

I need some help to know about bank statement,
in Russia they don't allow other nationalities to keep money in their account more than $500 he is taking his money with him and made bank account and he have about $25,000 USD in his account but its been just deposited few days before. is it going to cause any problem.

I am Canadian citizen and inviting my uncle for the following reason.

My mom passed away last year and I have arrange to install her headstone now in November and want her brother (my uncle) to be present is it good enough to convince the officer.

if anyone have any advice please share I really need some advice.

thank you

 

[canuck78]

Hi Friends,

I want to invite my uncle from Afghanistan who is working in Russia and currently in Afghanistan on 3 months vacation,

I need some help to know about bank statement,
in Russia they don't allow other nationalities to keep money in their account more than $500 he is taking his money with him and made bank account and he have about $25,000 USD in his account but its been just deposited few days before. is it going to cause any problem.

I am Canadian citizen and inviting my uncle for the following reason.

My mom passed away last year and I have arrange to install her headstone now in November and want her brother (my uncle) to be present is it good enough to convince the officer.

if anyone have any advice please share I really need some advice.

thank you

You can certainly try but there are quite a lot of hurdles. He is from Afghanistan so there is a high chance of him claiming asylum. He doesn’t work in Afghanistan so he doesn’t have a job to return to there. The 25k has just been deposited. Given that he older if he only has 25k, coming to Canada will use quite a lot of his savings needed to retirement since he must be in his 50 at least. There is no longterm savings in his account but it sounds like you can show proof of where the 25k is coming from. Does he have dependent family in Afghanistan? That creates ties but he works away for most of the year which shows that he doesn’t need to be at home. U fortunately being at the headstone unveiling of a sister is not a very strong reason for home to enter Canada. Has he travelled to other countries like UK, Australia, US for tourism? Previous international travel where he has returned to Afghanistan would alleviate some concerns. He should certainly try but don’t buy any tickets because the chances are quite low of approval.

 

[Khan5696]

Thank you so much dear
Yes he went to russia twice and he is plant manager in one company there making $2000 monthly

Also all his dependents are in afghanistan he is 39 years old

 

[canuck78]

39 isn’t really a dependent unless he is disabled and needs care. Given that he works in Russia he couldn’t say that he needs to return to Afghanistan to take care of the 39 year old. Honestly ai think the chances are extremely low on his own without even considering that your mother and stepfather overstayed their visas and possible unpaid medical debt. You can certainly try but have realistic expectation.