What Documents take with, potential refugee

[sergy]

My eldery from a war torn country is going to visit me. Her passport and visitor visa expiring in a year or less, so I consider apply for humanitarian or more likely
refugee program. Due to old age and war she would prefer to avoid complicated travel schemes required to obtain another visitor or parent visa.

What documents should she take with her?

She believes Passport and Birth Certificate should be enough.

She considers to leave work records, education diplomas, husband death certificate, various property related records with trusted friends or relatives there (while keeping electronic copies with her). Due to heavy fighting it would be impossible to send the documents to Canada, and yet for same reason traveling is hard, so she prefer travel light.

 

[scylla]

My eldery from a war torn country is going to visit me. Her passport and visitor visa expiring in a year or less, so I consider apply for humanitarian or more likely
refugee program. Due to old age and war she would prefer to avoid complicated travel schemes required to obtain another visitor or parent visa.

What documents should she take with her?

She believes Passport and Birth Certificate should be enough.

She considers to leave work records, education diplomas, husband death certificate, various property related records with trusted friends or relatives there (while keeping electronic copies with her). Due to heavy fighting it would be impossible to send the documents to Canada, and yet for same reason traveling is hard, so she prefer travel light.

If the aim is to apply for refguee status, then you generally would want to bring and provide evidence of persecution, etc. to support the refugee claim. The passport and birth certificate won't be enough to apply through that route.

Good luck.

 

[TIGER123]

My eldery from a war torn country is going to visit me. Her passport and visitor visa expiring in a year or less, so I consider apply for humanitarian or more likely
refugee program. Due to old age and war she would prefer to avoid complicated travel schemes required to obtain another visitor or parent visa.

What documents should she take with her?

She believes Passport and Birth Certificate should be enough.

She considers to leave work records, education diplomas, husband death certificate, various property related records with trusted friends or relatives there (while keeping electronic copies with her). Due to heavy fighting it would be impossible to send the documents to Canada, and yet for same reason traveling is hard, so she prefer travel light.

Scan all your documents first and store them in icloud or email. yes you are right, birth cert and passport is enough to be used as your identity from your country as IRCC needs to establish your country of origin. they need to be convinced where are you from.

 

[sergy]

If the aim is to apply for refguee status, then you generally would want to bring and provide evidence of persecution, etc. to support the refugee claim. The passport and birth certificate won't be enough to apply through that route.

Good luck.

thanks, birth certificate indicate ethnicity so hope to use that, well that is what immigration consultant mentioned

 

[scylla]

thanks, birth certificate indicate ethnicity so hope to use that, well that is what immigration consultant mentioned

For the preliminary step, yes. But you'll want to have more than that for BOC.

 

[canuck78]

It looks like your mother has visited before and extended her stay due to covid. When was her last visit and when did she leave? It seems to be quite a coincidence that you are considering applying right after the PGP draw has closed. Unfortunately there tends to be a huge spike in people applying for H&C or asylum if their parents don’t get selected every year. Is she from Ukraine? Ukrainians qualify for CUAET which gives you access to most services. You say active war zone and given your name that would be the likely only option. If she is Russian that would not be considered a war zone.

If not from Ukraine:
Does she have a supervisa? The entry requirements were extended to 5 years to allow those not selected for PGP to visit for a longer period of time. You mention she has her own condo. Is she unable to care for herself? Things like preparing meals, showering, etc. What do you consider elderly? She may not prefer to have to apply for a TRV/supervisa and travel or wait and apply for PGP but most parents would feel the exact way. A supervisa allows a parent to visit for 5 years. Is there an exceptional situation that differentiates her situation from other parents wanting to apply to remain in Canada? If she is from Ukraine then she qualifies to come to Canada under CUAET which gives her access to a lot more services.

 

[canuck78]

thanks, birth certificate indicate ethnicity so hope to use that, well that is what immigration consultant mentioned

That is a bit of an unusual response. Unless she has proof that she has recently been targeted due to her ethnic background then ethnicity would not be a factor. Birth certificate for most shows that they were born in a certain country and for most have remained in the same country longterm. If for example her ethnic roots were Ukranian but she has lived in Russia longterm then unless she could prove that she was directly persecuted for having roots in Ukraine then that wouldn’t be reason for asylum. Many in Russia have connections to Ukraine even close family in Ukraine and they have faced no persecution because of it. Maybe I’m reading too much into this but your answers are a bit unusual, the timing is right after PGP, you’re saying current war zone but most elderly and frail left Ukraine a long time ago if they had options of family abroad to go to and already had a travel visa.