I have a friend from the Philippines who is looking to come to Canada in December.
She is 26, has a full-time job in finance (one she has held for more than 3 years) and has a lease on apartment. She has previously travelled to Macau and Malaysia and in May I will be meeting up with her in Hong Kong for a week. I should add that I am also the same age as her and that we met while I was on vacation in the Philippines last year.
The plan is for her to come visit me during the Christmas holidays for 7 days. She would be staying with me the entire time while in Canada and she would need to spend very little money once actually here. I live on Vancouver Island, so the stuff we would be doing is generally stuff that involves the outdoors spending no more than $50-$70 for the day. There would also be time spent with my family.
I have spent time going through this forum and reading stuff online. However, I figured I'd just create a thread and ask everyone a number of questions that I have regarding the application process for a visitor visa.
1) Does she need to purchase a return ticket prior to applying for the visa?
2) If applying for a multiple entry visa does she need to state that she plans on making a return trip to Canada at a future date (regardless of whether she actually knows the date she plans to come back)?
3) Do I need to provide proof our friendship/relationship (whatever you want to call it)? We're travelling to HK in May together and we talk everyday.
4) Should she get denied how long until she can re-apply?
a) Is there an appeal process?
I am not too concerned about her being rejected for the visa, although I know the government doesn't just hand these things out like candy. Her financial situation is OK, as she is definitely not poor. She works at a company where she oversees payroll and deals with large financial transactions. Her travel history is good, although she has not been to a country like Japan, where those citizens do not need a visa to come to Canada.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
She is 26, has a full-time job in finance (one she has held for more than 3 years) and has a lease on apartment. She has previously travelled to Macau and Malaysia and in May I will be meeting up with her in Hong Kong for a week. I should add that I am also the same age as her and that we met while I was on vacation in the Philippines last year.
The plan is for her to come visit me during the Christmas holidays for 7 days. She would be staying with me the entire time while in Canada and she would need to spend very little money once actually here. I live on Vancouver Island, so the stuff we would be doing is generally stuff that involves the outdoors spending no more than $50-$70 for the day. There would also be time spent with my family.
I have spent time going through this forum and reading stuff online. However, I figured I'd just create a thread and ask everyone a number of questions that I have regarding the application process for a visitor visa.
1) Does she need to purchase a return ticket prior to applying for the visa?
2) If applying for a multiple entry visa does she need to state that she plans on making a return trip to Canada at a future date (regardless of whether she actually knows the date she plans to come back)?
3) Do I need to provide proof our friendship/relationship (whatever you want to call it)? We're travelling to HK in May together and we talk everyday.
4) Should she get denied how long until she can re-apply?
a) Is there an appeal process?
I am not too concerned about her being rejected for the visa, although I know the government doesn't just hand these things out like candy. Her financial situation is OK, as she is definitely not poor. She works at a company where she oversees payroll and deals with large financial transactions. Her travel history is good, although she has not been to a country like Japan, where those citizens do not need a visa to come to Canada.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
