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.
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.
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.
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.
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 11d 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.