Visitor visa for myself and my wife for a month

[ifanatic]

Hi guys,

Need your help with the visitor visa query for myself and my wife.
I and my wife both are Australian Permenant Residents. (were initially international students but got our residency early this year).

I got an offer from a Canadian company (who has a branch in Melbourne Australia and this is where I will be working from).
The company has a requirement for me to go to Canada to undergo 3-4 weeks of training / induction.
For this the company will provide me with all the support and supporting document to me (addressed to the Canadian Embassy) that the company will cover all my air fair, accomodation costs etc. Also the company will state in the letter that I will be coming back to Melbourne after my training has finished.

I am planning to take my wife as well to Canada for this visit as it would be a good experience for her.
Personally, I am financially stable, so for me to support her financially for a month would not be a problem.
We are planning to show 6000 - 8000 AUS dollars to support our file.

We have been looking this forum and some internet posts that getting a visitor visa is difficult and there are a lot of cases where the officer has refused a visa.
For us, we will definitely come back after I finish my training as I will have to start working in Melbourne office and my wife (she is still in her 3 months pregnancy) will continue to stay home for period of pregnany in Melbourne.

Can you please advise how I can make a strong case to the visa officer so that we have good chances of visa acceptance?

Regards,

 

[ifanatic]

Anyone?

 

[sam_can]

Hi guys,

Need your help with the visitor visa query for myself and my wife.
I and my wife both are Australian Permenant Residents. (were initially international students but got our residency early this year).

I got an offer from a Canadian company (who has a branch in Melbourne Australia and this is where I will be working from).
The company has a requirement for me to go to Canada to undergo 3-4 weeks of training / induction.
For this the company will provide me with all the support and supporting document to me (addressed to the Canadian Embassy) that the company will cover all my air fair, accomodation costs etc. Also the company will state in the letter that I will be coming back to Melbourne after my training has finished.

I am planning to take my wife as well to Canada for this visit as it would be a good experience for her.
Personally, I am financially stable, so for me to support her financially for a month would not be a problem.
We are planning to show 6000 - 8000 AUS dollars to support our file.

We have been looking this forum and some internet posts that getting a visitor visa is difficult and there are a lot of cases where the officer has refused a visa.
For us, we will definitely come back after I finish my training as I will have to start working in Melbourne office and my wife (she is still in her 3 months pregnancy) will continue to stay home for period of pregnany in Melbourne.

Can you please advise how I can make a strong case to the visa officer so that we have good chances of visa acceptance?

Regards,

Hi Mate

My case is almost same like you but my wife visa has been refused yesterday by Sydney office. I had 20,000 AUD in my bank account and have offer from Calgary with handsome salary.

Reason for rejection “your wife needs to apply immigration visa to accompany you to Canada and there is no strong ties with Australia that she will come back”

What I should have done was do not show that you have job and move there permanently , just book hotels and flight to show that you are going for holiday with family . You might get leave approval letter from Aus Company to make it stronger. If your wife is working in Australia then it is much easy, she need to get same letter from her company.

Hope it helps

 

[ifanatic]

Hi sam_can,

Thanks for your reply.

I believe we are in a different situation.
You are on a Canadian PR, however, myself and my wife are on an Australian PR.

For me, we will be just going to Canada for training (in my case) for approximately 3 - 4 weeks and then we will be coming back to Adelaide (home) and move to Melbourne (which is mentioned in my offer letter).

Let's see how it goes.

All the best to you and your family.

Regards,

 

[syarra]

Proof...you need to prove your case but it sounds like you have a strong one. Don't just give the letter from the employer and hope the VO figures it out, you are best to outright make the statements.

Show travel history. Don't just give the passport, make a table summarizing all the travel and tell them that you always leave within the allowed time and that your passport/residence will allow you to reenter Australia. Tell them your immigration status (show ID cards, show the utility bills, etc) and say that you have the option of entering Australia and your country of origin whenever you want to. Your job is a significant tie and so is any personal property that you own. Show proof of these. Show proof of employment for both of you. Show the financial situation as a family unit. Show each bank account and provide a summary.

Make sure to include a cover letter explaining all of this, even if its 3 pages long. Tell them outright that if you wanted to move to Canada then you would ask the Canadian company to sponsor you for the move. Tell them that your job prospects in Canada are weak (quote the unemployment rate) compared to a guaranteed job in Australia.

I'm a Canadian citizen and I was able to get a TRV for my Asian wife. Her strongest tie outside of Canada is me (I work in the Middle East) and we included a statement to clearly explain that I was not elibigle for sponsoring her for PR (provided proof from the embassy here telling me that I was not eligible because I don't live in Canada and I have no intention of going back). We included the statement that if we wanted to live in Canada I would move back first and do the PR properly rather than wasting time trying to get a TRV. Just be honest but remember that the burden of proof lies on you to prove that you (and your spouse) will leave.

 

[ifanatic]

Thanks Syarra for detailed response.

Much appreciated.

 

[ifanatic]

Hi Forum users,

Thank you for your help.

Regards,