Hello there guys, my partners extension for visitor visa got denied. We had just received the letter on Friday and cannot contact cic for further questions. I was wondering if we can appeal this decision? But if not, does she have no choice but to leave the country?
Visitor Visa Extension Refused
- Thread starter karlossig
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She wasn't applying for an extension of her visitor visa, but rather for an extension of her stay in Canada as a visitor (i.e.., visitor record). There is no appeal route for a visitor extension refusal unless you have grounds to appeal for judicial review of the refusal. She has 90 days in which to restore her status (check the refusal letter - it will give an 'end of status' date which is the start date for the restoration period) - and depending on the reasons given for the refusal (you may have to make a Privacy request to find out the 'real' (as opposed to checkbox) reasons for the refusal) the path of least resistance is to re-apply (including restoration fee) with a response to the officer's concerns that caused the refusal. Got it?
We have not submitted our application yet, it is our fault for doing this but this refusal letter was more than a wake call for us. Would we be able to submit our papers now even though she will have implied status?
@karlossig We are in the same situation. This is such a difficult time for all of us. We are in a middle of a pandemic and the refusal was given. Will you apply for restoration of status?
@canuck78 Thanks for your response. I initially applied for common law for my partner (I'm Canadian) back in December 2019, due to some missing Chinese documents they sent the application back on January 23, my partner's status was still valid till Feb 2020 so I applied for extension. We got the news this week that our extension was refused.
You recommend outland? What do you think about inland? I will have to send the restoration with my application? We are still working on getting the documents due to Covid my partner was unable to gather Chinese documents (this is still difficult today but we are trying our best).
Thank you!
You recommend outland? What do you think about inland? I will have to send the restoration with my application? We are still working on getting the documents due to Covid my partner was unable to gather Chinese documents (this is still difficult today but we are trying our best).
Thank you!
Outland will Allow you to continue the sponsorship if your spouse needs to leave. If you apply inland and have to leave you have to refile. If your partner doesn’t have status you can apply inland but will need qualify for OWP when your partner gets AIP.
Okay so we will have to think about which one we’ll apply to. For inland he isn’t eligible For OWP as he doesn’t have status, so we wait till he get AOR?
Thank you.
Thank you.
Sorry wasn’t written well. If he doesn’t have status and he applies for inland sponsorship with OWP he will only get a WP at the very end of the sponsorship process (AIP). Remaining out of status in Canada can have an impact on visa applications to other countries.