Visitor Visa - Tourism question

[cvisa007]

Looking for some feedback from the forum.

I am a Canadian citizen but in the United States for a few years. My mother holds an Indian passport and currently in the US as well. She held a 10 year Canadian Visa but it has expired couple of years ago. We are planning a 3-4 days visit to Canada so she will need a new visa but the visa website is confusing me. I'm not seeing any option for a tourism visit in the instructions - only these:

To unite with a family member
To visit on business
To attend a funeral or provide support to a critically ill person
To join a vessel (marine crew member)
To assume a diplomatic post
To come with an immediate family member who’s assuming a diplomatic post
To handle the affairs of a victim of Ukraine Airlines PS752
To get the Canada-Ukraine authorization for emergency travel (CUAET)
None of the above

Looks like they are discouraging a tourism visit? Obviously I am not a resident of Canada right now so I cannot choose option (1). Am I interpreting this correctly? Thanks for any feedback folks.

 

[Legend6892]

Once you log in to IRCC's new portal, it will be available to select otherwise you can also apply through GC KEY.

 

[psjabbal]

Looking for some feedback from the forum.

I am a Canadian citizen but in the United States for a few years. My mother holds an Indian passport and currently in the US as well. She held a 10 year Canadian Visa but it has expired couple of years ago. We are planning a 3-4 days visit to Canada so she will need a new visa but the visa website is confusing me. I'm not seeing any option for a tourism visit in the instructions - only these:

To unite with a family member
To visit on business
To attend a funeral or provide support to a critically ill person
To join a vessel (marine crew member)
To assume a diplomatic post
To come with an immediate family member who’s assuming a diplomatic post
To handle the affairs of a victim of Ukraine Airlines PS752
To get the Canada-Ukraine authorization for emergency travel (CUAET)
None of the above

Looks like they are discouraging a tourism visit? Obviously I am not a resident of Canada right now so I cannot choose option (1). Am I interpreting this correctly? Thanks for any feedback folks.

I would recommend to use the old portal to apply for the visa, I am not an expert but in the new portal the majority is for the Super Visa category people who get the positive response. Lets wait for some advice from experts as I may be wrong.

 

[cvisa007]

Thanks both for the feedback. I was able to create a GCKey account for her and it does show tourist visa as an option and provides all required instructions. I have not applied yet though because the trip might not happen right now. But looks like it should work in terms of applying.