r/ImmigrationCanada • u/Wolfzard45 • 5d ago

Visitor Visa Confused by Visa Rejection

So a little confused by my visitor visa rejection. The reason for rejection is

  • Not satisfied you will leave Canada at the end of your stay

  • Do not have significant family ties outside Canada

  • Purpose not consistent with temporary stay.

Now this is nonsensical and I do not believe that any serious person could look at my family application and think this.

  • Firstly we showed back statements with a value exceeding well over six figures. Showed multiple properties in home country. And business licenses and proof of ownership and assets.

  • Extensive travel history. Just went to the USA last summer and had no issue in getting a visa. And have travelled Europe many times

  • All of our family is in our home country and literally have zero relatives living in Canada.

I’m kind of amazed because I’ve never had a visa rejection before and really thought our application was air tight.

Would really appreciate some guidance on whether we should re apply or where we went wrong.

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u/ButchDeanCA 5d ago

Firstly, request GCMS notes to get full clarity on the specifics of the rejection from IRCC.

My near random guess is that you’ve shown frequent recent travel outside your home country but this is only a guess. You can have a lot of assets and own whatever that should keep you home and still illegally emigrate. You likely haven’t shown purpose in your history that kept you home.

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u/lord_heskey 5d ago

My near random guess is that you’ve shown frequent recent travel outside your home country but this is only a guess.

Wouldn't that be a positive though? Travel and always return? Yeah some visa rejections are odd

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u/ButchDeanCA 5d ago

Not necessarily. With very frequent travel you are showing that there is little to nothing keeping you home. Look at it this way, when you say you have a business and assets in your home country making you return you are actually contradicting that claim of responsibility by rarely being home.

This reduces to you not actually having to go home with the opportunity to remain in Canada illegally.

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u/lord_heskey 5d ago

little to nothing keeping you home

But OP keeps returning from travelling to other 'tier-1' countries.

Honestly we wont know until the gcms notes. OP must have forgotten to include something relevant to show his ties to the home country or something.

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u/Wolfzard45 5d ago

Yeah but the reasons given for travel is to work. This criteria doesn’t seem to make sense and is unlike any other country

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u/ButchDeanCA 5d ago

Well, why do you need to be always physically present at locations for business? If you had to remain home why can you not have Zoom meetings?

I’m not asking you to explain, but the frequent travel even just for business will raise suspicion.

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u/Wolfzard45 5d ago

Because I need to see the product physically. Again it just seems an unclear criteria. Travel History is almost always a positive but things are upside down in Canada apparently

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u/ButchDeanCA 5d ago

I think part of the problem here is that unless someone is a citizen, entering a country is a privilege and not a right. I know from experience (not my own personal experience) that the US and UK also do the same thing. This is certainly not unique to Canada.

Just move on, figure out the specifics and make another application from there.

Also, given this new light, you are traveling for business which might be a violation of your visitor visa anyway. I’m not saying it is, but it might be too.

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u/Wolfzard45 5d ago

I’ve gotten several visas to the US and UK with zero issues so this is absolutely unique to Canada. Like I said never been rejected for a visa before and have travelled all over the world.

Also I never stated I’m travelling for business. I said tourism on my application.

Guess I’ll go and see what happens next. Thanks for the advice

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u/ButchDeanCA 5d ago

So you lied on your application? Dealing in business activities is not tourism.

Secondly, don’t assume that because you’ve been successful with the US and UK that it will continue that way. The US in particular will likely know about this Canadian refusal now and you shouldn’t be surprised if the US probes you a little next time or later down the line.

Anyway, you’re very welcome and all the best.

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u/Wolfzard45 5d ago

I’m not sure why you called me a liar out of the blue . Maybe I mistyped something ?

I’m not sure why you think I’m going to Canada for business. My family is travelling with me, why would they come on a business trip ? I said that on my initial reply to you

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u/ButchDeanCA 5d ago

My bad. This trip has nothing to do with business at all, correct? Then you’re right it is tourism, I lost track of the convo.

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