An applicant for a student visa must be a student. Sounds dumb, I know. What I mean is that a Canadian visa officer must be satisfied that a person seeking a study visa to Canada will carry out the intended studies in Canada. An officer determines this by, among other...
Obtaining a visa for Canada from India may be simpler in some respects, depending on the type of visa being sought. If you are deemed to be a business traveller, a visitor visa may be issued by the New Delhi or Chandigarh visa office in about two business days....
Having a permanent resident card is evidence that you possess permanent resident status. It is not a guarantee that you can enter Canada. At best, it allows for ease of boarding an airplane to Canada. After you disembark, you may find that a Canada Border Services...
An application for a visa in Canada is subject to published processing times. However, those processing times are not always reflective of an individual’s case processing. Often times, the immigration department’s published processing times speaks to “80% of cases”,...
You’ve applied for a visa. It may be for a study or work visa or for permanent residence. It gets refused. What do you do? If you’ve hired an immigration consultant, they should advise you that you have an option for judicial review at the Federal Court. Some...
For those self-filing their application for a visa to Canada (aka Do It Yourself-ers) , an additional basis to refuse your case may arise: if you fail to declare that you hired someone advise you on the application. The relevant law is in the Immigration and Refugee...
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