visitor visa

[ash1219]

can anyone help me on what to put in purpose of travel if im visiting for 2-3 months?

 

[sonnabend]

Your application will be rejected straight if you put 2-3 months. Unless it's for a (legitimate) short term studies and you can get the acceptance letter from a Designated Learning Institute.

 

[ash1219]

i just wanna be with my family longer what do you mean on the legitimate short term studies? im planning on visiting canada after the semester ends and study again the next school year. can i not stay longer?

 

[sonnabend]

Oh you're a student? If that's the case I'm not sure. But from what I read in this forum, many people who are not students (working adults or self-employed) applied for more than one month tourist visa and in the end they were all rejected. The reason being that staying too long in Canada and leaving job/business for too long demonstrate weak ties to home country.

 

[tajinder107]

yes you can minimum visa is for 6 months, once in Canada you can extend visa also.

 

[sonnabend]

yes you can minimum visa is for 6 months, once in Canada you can extend visa also.

No it's not minimum it's maximum 6 months. But in reality, except for short-term studies, if you state in your application that you would like to stay for 6 months, your application will be rejected. And extension isn't that simple/easy to get.