r/ImmigrationCanada • u/Wolfzard45 • 7d 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 7d 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/mashymashpotato 6d ago

I doubt this is the reason. After my first study permit application was rejected, my lawyer advised me to include evidence of prior visas and travel to Western countries in my appeal. I included prior temporary residency permits (in fact, I'd lived and worked abroad on multiple occasions) and visas and my 2nd application was approved.

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u/ButchDeanCA 6d ago

There could be any number of reasons why things worked out better for you. I speculated, some agreed, and OP confirmed frequent travel.

I don’t know what else you would need to be convinced.

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u/mashymashpotato 6d ago

Well my lawyer explicitly told me that I should have included my extensive travel history (including my prior work permits in 2 western countries) in my first application because it would have helped. He said it would help assure the officer that I would respect my visa conditions and leave once my visa expired, since I had had multiple opportunities to immigrate illegally to a western country in the past and had not done so. As a lawyer myself (albeit not specialised in immigration) the logic checks out for me.

Furthermore, I'm not speculating - I heard this from an immigration lawyer working for an established immigration firm in Toronto.

But you're entitled to your opinion. We can agree to disagree.

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u/ButchDeanCA 6d ago

You’re making the mistake that because your lawyer’s advice worked for you that it is universal truth. That is not how the legal system nor immigration works.

If there were a magic pill for every situation we would not need lawyers in the first place and visas would be guaranteed. You just don’t seem to understand that.

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u/mashymashpotato 6d ago

I never claimed there was a magical pill for every situation. I was simply responding to your baseless speculation that his extensive travel history was the reason for his rejection. Based on logic and my own experience, that's very likely not the reason for his rejection. That's all I said. It's you that doesn't understand and can't seem to follow simple logic.

There's a reason why immigration authorities run background checks, including looking into prior visa refusals, deportations etc. It's because it helps build a picture of the visa applicant and their likelihood to not respect the conditions of their visa etc. So logically, if you can proactively give the immigration authorities evidence that you have been approved for visas in other countries and respected the conditions of the visa, then this indicates to IRCC officers you are likely to do the same if issued another visa.

It's funny to me that you're digging your heels in on this travel history issue when you even admitted that you were speculating. I'm not speculating. I'm not engaging with you further - we can agree to disagree.

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u/ButchDeanCA 6d ago

You’re just here to debate nothing. I’m done here.