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Visitor Visa for Parents and Brother - Doubt

h!lp123

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Aug 27, 2019
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Hi,

I want to apply for a visitor visa for my parents and brother to attend my wedding next year around April as well as visit Toronto, the place I've been for the past 8 years. It'll be a wonderful time to show them around the city that I call home now. They are visiting for 17 days and I will not be funding their trip except for the stay.
I've a couple of questions regarding it, so kindly bear with me and hoping someone will be able to provide input and answer my questions.

My brother (30M) - single, will be applying by himself - submitting his pay stubs, tax returns of the past 3 years, bank statements for the past 6 months of close to 15k CAD and the Leave letter of 15 days (Weekdays) vacation days from the employer. In the Leave Letter does he have to mention his roles and responsibilities and how much he earns yearly? The only drawback is that he hasn't done any trips abroad to the US, UK etc. Do you think he will be able to get the visa and/or what else can he submit to strengthen his application?

My parents - my dad will be the primary applicant who owns a small business in India and my mum is the employer. We can show the business ownership which is under my dad's name, Income Tax Returns, house property under his name and bank statement of 12k CAD and my mother around 12k CAD as well. My mum she past 3 years Income Tax Returns, however does not receive monthly pay slips as it's a small business - is it necessary to submit a monthly payslip or yearly ITR will suffice? She had cancer and has recovered since 2020. Do we mention that she needs to come back to India to have a regular checkup done? Do we require a doctor's letter or something to state it? Or don't mention her cancer as nowhere in the application does it ask for it? Both have no travel history to places like US, UK etc
Will it make sense to apply Supervisa for my parents rather than a visitor visa as I'm afraid their application isn't strong enough? Yes, I fit in the LICO requirement as I don't have any other family members to take care of here and live in a rented place during the time of application. Also, I'm a Canadian Citizen.

Also, for the invitation letter, can there be 2 invitation letters - 1 from me and 1 from my fiance or 1 from my sister's husband? They will be staying at my fiance's residence or my sister's husband's place as currently, my fiance and I are living apart during the time of submitting the application and will be moving in by the end of the year.

We are planning to submit the application by the end of Oct - Nov.

Any advice will be appreciated!

@canuck78 @Naturgrl @scylla
 

Iga250

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Aug 30, 2023
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Your parents will most likely get approved but your brother has to strengthen his case. The most important thing in a visa application is the purpose of visit and bank statement. Property this,property that is secondary. Your brother doesn’t have travel history, it won’t matter much because it’s negated by the fact that he did not wake up one morning and chose to travel to Canada. He is attending your wedding, and you requested for him. The instances where travel history is considered is when PA wants to visit a random country for conferences or other reasons. That is when the question, “why canada” comes in. Now, travel history to can be negated by financial circumstances, most especially, a bank statement. The consular is only interested in the purpose of visit and financial circumstances which are well represented by a bank statement.
 

h!lp123

Newbie
Aug 27, 2019
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Than
Your parents will most likely get approved but your brother has to strengthen his case. The most important thing in a visa application is the purpose of visit and bank statement. Property this,property that is secondary. Your brother doesn’t have travel history, it won’t matter much because it’s negated by the fact that he did not wake up one morning and chose to travel to Canada. He is attending your wedding, and you requested for him. The instances where travel history is considered is when PA wants to visit a random country for conferences or other reasons. That is when the question, “why canada” comes in. Now, travel history to can be negated by financial circumstances, most especially, a bank statement. The consular is only interested in the purpose of visit and financial circumstances which are well represented by a bank statement.
Thanks for replying !
Do I mention my mum's previous illness and doctor's appointment? Also, regarding the invitation letter - can there be 2 invitees or make it simple and have 1 invitation letter from me and for the staying part mention in the invitation letter that my brother-in-law/fiancee will be hosting them for the stay.