My girlfriend and I are trying to get our friend from Bali, Indonesia to visit us for a couple weeks. He is a friend we made when on vacation over there and he was our mountain bike guide. We had such a good time with him and became such good friends that we want to pay for him to come visit us for two weeks and mountain bike here in Canada.
We just submitted a visitor visa application on his behalf (as his representative) and it was rejected for the following reasons:
• travel history
• Family ties in Canada and in country of residence
• Personal assets and financial status
• I am not satisfied that you have sufficient funds, including income or assets, to carry out your stated purpose in going to Canada or to maintain yourself while in Canada and to effect your departure.
• You have not provided sufficient documentation to support your / your host's income and assets
We obviously did not enough research before submitting it as we thought it would be rather easy, especially since we were paying for everything.
As for travel history, he has none. He has never left the country so there is nothing to show there.
Family ties in country of residence, we just submitted his parents’ names as the forms asked for. What else can we show here?
For Personal assets and financial status, we submitted our bank statements for the last 3 months that should show that we have enough funds to pay for his stay. He would not be able to afford to come here on his own so submitting his bank records didn’t make much sense to us. We can submit our T4s if you think that will help?
We already bought his plane ticket (should have waited for the visa first we realize now) and submitted this as well as proof that he will be leaving two weeks later and the ticket is already paid for.
Any suggestions for getting a visa approved?
We just submitted a visitor visa application on his behalf (as his representative) and it was rejected for the following reasons:
• travel history
• Family ties in Canada and in country of residence
• Personal assets and financial status
• I am not satisfied that you have sufficient funds, including income or assets, to carry out your stated purpose in going to Canada or to maintain yourself while in Canada and to effect your departure.
• You have not provided sufficient documentation to support your / your host's income and assets
We obviously did not enough research before submitting it as we thought it would be rather easy, especially since we were paying for everything.
As for travel history, he has none. He has never left the country so there is nothing to show there.
Family ties in country of residence, we just submitted his parents’ names as the forms asked for. What else can we show here?
For Personal assets and financial status, we submitted our bank statements for the last 3 months that should show that we have enough funds to pay for his stay. He would not be able to afford to come here on his own so submitting his bank records didn’t make much sense to us. We can submit our T4s if you think that will help?
We already bought his plane ticket (should have waited for the visa first we realize now) and submitted this as well as proof that he will be leaving two weeks later and the ticket is already paid for.
Any suggestions for getting a visa approved?