Please, can I still qualify for the CAN+ treatment if I got a US visa one month after submitting my Canada application?. Planning on notifying IRCC as soon as I get my passport back from US embassy this week. I applied with my husband, he got the US visa as well but has never been to the US.

Eriokanmi:
Now you're talking. The Canadian visa denial was the main reason your visa application processing is being delayed. With this information you just provided, your app will go through the normal processing time oo. But expect a positive response. Usually, once you've travelled at least once to the US and you came back without abusing the visa status(i.e,you didn't overstay your visit receive medical care without fully settling your bills), your Canadian visa app shouldn't take the normal processing time to conclude, regardless if you've traveled to Canada in the past or not. You automatically qualify for Can+ treatment

Thank you!

House34:


Send a webform to request CAN+ by notify ircc about ur usa visa and attach copy of the visa page

American visa approved for my husband and I. Thought to share our experience/ transcript to encourage/ help anyone and as a thank you for the help from this platform.

Our interview was at the Abuja embassy.

Got there at about 8:45am for a 9:30am interview. We were let in at about 9:10am and came out at 11:05am.

Interview transcript
My and husband I: Good morning *smiling*

VO: Good morning, can I have your passports

Me: here they are, we also have our old passports if that’s needed

VO: you have your old passports? oh Please give me

VO: Where in the US are you visiting?

Me: my husband and I would be visiting Florida, specially Orlando. I’ve been taking my husband to places where I had amazing memories, last year we went to the UK, I had studied in the UK previously so I wanted to show him and it was an amazing experience. I visited Orlando with my siblings and parents a long time ago and it the last holiday we had together as a whole family so I want to experience it again with my husband *chuckles* It’s also been a busy year at work for us so we want to take a break.

VO: What countries have you been to in the past my years

My husband: the UK, Rwanda, Kenya and Ghana.

VO to me: when did you visit the US

Me: about 2011, 13 years ago if I’m not mistaken

VO to husband: have you been to the US

My husband: no I have not

VO looking at my husband’s passport: you go to Kenya a lot, why ?

My husband: I work with ……. , one of the largest ……., we have operations in Kenya so I go frequently for meetings, events etc.

Me: I also work in ………., and Kenya is the technology hub of Africa so I also visit there frequently and we had our honeymoon in Kenya.

VO: would you be accessing any medial care in the US.

Me: no I won’t

VO: how long would you be in the US for

Me: 13 days so about 2 weeks

VO: would either you or your husband be accessing medical care in the US

Me: No we won’t, *chuckles* we are hail and hearty.

VO: *issues us white paper and returns our old passports* we will email you when your passports are ready.

Me: thank you, have a lovely day.
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We weren’t asked for any documents but we came with all our documents, from company Id cards, to all bank statements, payslip, employment letter, offer of employment, salary increment letters, rent agreement, shares statement, picture from previous trips. We took everything. lol

Tips:
1. Be very confident; my husband and I leaned in, we smiled, we chuckled a lot. Show you are confident, if you’re tensed it shows.

2. Don’t be discouraged by the refusals people are getting. Many people applying are not qualified or prepared and are clueless. They didn’t come prepared at all, they were answering with short or one worded answers waiting to be asked the next question
Be honest, understand what you filled in your form and allow your story align. Ensure the image you have painted in your DS-160 is one of someone who has a decent and stable life here; this applies to students as well.

3. Don’t give one worded answers, anytime you’re allowed to talk is an opportunity to show off; that you’re confident, you have a good job, you have ties, you’re just a tourist looking to go on holiday or conference. Find how to throw it in your conversations.

4. Focus on your highlights; these are the things that make you a strong candidate, e.g are you a frequent traveler? Do you have a good job or run a stable business, do you have family here? Etc. and find how to link your answers to your highlights as long as the VO does not interrupt you.

5. I observed people who obtained the visa, they were composed, dressed well, spoke well and engaged with the VO (smiling, chuckling, answering questions in detail).

6. Prayer lol

Thanks and good luck to everyone applying.

Good afternoon house, please I have a question; I submitted my Canadian visitor visa application a month ago and I just got a U.S Visa this week. Is there a way for me to share this information with IRCC and would it have any effect on the timeline for approval of the Canadian visitor visa application.