skdfu747:
People should make effort to share visa application timelines, experience and final results whether it is positive or negative so others can learn.
This is my own experience
Canada TRV (Visitor Visa)
Paper application.
1. Submitted my visa application and did bio metrics as a new applicant on 26-02-2019.
2. I received an email from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada regarding (RE: Validity of biometric information) on 02-04-2019.
3. Email of Final Decision Letter was received on 08-04-2019. Result: Visa was refused.
4. It is 09-04-2019 and I am currently waiting for the notification to pick my passport.

My travel history:
1. USA: Twice. 2016 and 2017
2. U.K: Twice. 2019
3. France: Once. 2019

Refusal Statement
I am refusing your application on the following grounds:

I am not satisfied that you have truthfully answered all questions asked of you.
I am not satisfied that you will leave Canada at the end of your stay as a temporary resident, as stipulated in paragraph 179(b) of the IRPR, based on the purpose of your visit.
I am not satisfied that you will leave Canada at the end of your stay as a temporary resident, as stipulated in paragraph 179(b) of the IRPR, based on your family ties in Canada and in your country of residence.
I am not satisfied that you will leave Canada at the end of your stay as a temporary resident, as stipulated in paragraph 179(b) of the IRPR, based on your personal assets and financial status.

I feel even if you have a perfect application a visa can still be denied.
No visa application is guaranteed.
A visa is not a right but a privilege.

I have noticed visa applications with very strong profiles been denied by Canada.
Seems like a mass visa denial. Are they against Nigerians?

oluayebenz:


Any landed properties?
Any good account statements?

skdfu747:
No landed property.

2 bank statements.
Both a corporate accounts and I am a signatory to both accounts.
Bank reference letters were attached as proof.
1. 1.1m balance
2. 2.4m balance

Dreamchacer2:
Transit free routes (transfer without a visa) from Lagos/Abuja to Barbados are tricky. It's easy to list Istanbul, Havana, Panama City, Luanda and Brazil and say they are transit visa free. One should consider which airline is flying the particular leg of the journey, is it in a partnership with other airlines (star allegiant), what terminal the airline is entering in a particular airport, what about checked luggage, and how long a delay you have in connecting between flights.

GRU, Brazil, Sao Paulo is not entirely transit free. If you arrive in one terminal and have to depart from a different terminal, you are NOT free to transit WITHOUT A transit VISA. You will have to pass thru Immigration Control. I don't know for a fact in practice because I never had to test the theory BUT I did contact GRU Airport and ask them directly, along with TAAG Airlines and the Brazilian Consulate. If you arrive in Terminal 2 by Ethiopian or Royal Air Maroc, then you need to stay in Terminal 2 and depart with a partner airline, if you are headed to Barbados. All of the large, commercial airlines like Emirates, Turkish Air, United,etc arrive in Terminal 3 of GRU Airport and none of these airlines fly to Barbados from Terminal 3.

Obviously obtaining a transit visa is urged, as you don't want to be the test subject, who gets turned away by Immigrations and told to return home.

skdfu747:
People should make effort to share visa application timelines, experience and final results whether it is

Refusal Statement
I am refusing your application on the following grounds:

I am not satisfied that you have truthfully answered all questions asked of you.

Lessonnn:
Hello. Is someone going for conference attending business meeting in Canada or tourism/visit?
Thanks

Kezz15:


I applied via online route.
As a student , I travelled home/USA every summer
I left right after my graduation. Did not apply for extension,
Got visitors visa, visited my siblings twice. My siblings graduated and left too.
(Just completed MD school in USA)

My parents and siblings all have current Canadian visa ( regretting why I didn’t apply with them for my brothers graduation, never knew Canada will deny me).

It’s really annoying to say the least.
So I can’t even visit my friends or attend reunions.

skdfu747:
People should make effort to share visa application timelines, experience and final results whether it is positive or negative so others can learn.
This is my own experience
Canada TRV (Visitor Visa)
Paper application.
1. Submitted my visa application and did bio metrics as a new applicant on 26-02-2019.
2. I received an email from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada regarding (RE: Validity of biometric information) on 02-04-2019.
3. Email of Final Decision Letter was received on 08-04-2019. Result: Visa was refused.
4. It is 09-04-2019 and I am currently waiting for the notification to pick my passport.

My travel history:
1. USA: Twice. 2016 and 2017
2. U.K: Twice. 2019
3. France: Once. 2019

Refusal Statement
I am refusing your application on the following grounds:

I am not satisfied that you have truthfully answered all questions asked of you.
I am not satisfied that you will leave Canada at the end of your stay as a temporary resident, as stipulated in paragraph 179(b) of the IRPR, based on the purpose of your visit.
I am not satisfied that you will leave Canada at the end of your stay as a temporary resident, as stipulated in paragraph 179(b) of the IRPR, based on your family ties in Canada and in your country of residence.
I am not satisfied that you will leave Canada at the end of your stay as a temporary resident, as stipulated in paragraph 179(b) of the IRPR, based on your personal assets and financial status.

I feel even if you have a perfect application a visa can still be denied.
No visa application is guaranteed.
A visa is not a right but a privilege.

I have noticed visa applications with very strong profiles been denied by Canada.
Seems like a mass visa denial. Are they against Nigerians?

skdfu747:
People should make effort to share visa application timelines, experience and final results whether it is positive or negative so others can learn.
This is my own experience
Canada TRV (Visitor Visa)
Paper application.
1. Submitted my visa application and did bio metrics as a new applicant on 26-02-2019.
2. I received an email from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada regarding (RE: Validity of biometric information) on 02-04-2019.
3. Email of Final Decision Letter was received on 08-04-2019. Result: Visa was refused.
4. It is 09-04-2019 and I am currently waiting for the notification to pick my passport.

My travel history:
1. USA: Twice. 2016 and 2017
2. U.K: Twice. 2019
3. France: Once. 2019

Refusal Statement
I am refusing your application on the following grounds:

I am not satisfied that you have truthfully answered all questions asked of you.
I am not satisfied that you will leave Canada at the end of your stay as a temporary resident, as stipulated in paragraph 179(b) of the IRPR, based on the purpose of your visit.
I am not satisfied that you will leave Canada at the end of your stay as a temporary resident, as stipulated in paragraph 179(b) of the IRPR, based on your family ties in Canada and in your country of residence.
I am not satisfied that you will leave Canada at the end of your stay as a temporary resident, as stipulated in paragraph 179(b) of the IRPR, based on your personal assets and financial status.

I feel even if you have a perfect application a visa can still be denied.
No visa application is guaranteed.
A visa is not a right but a privilege.

I have noticed visa applications with very strong profiles been denied by Canada.
Seems like a mass visa denial. Are they against Nigerians?

hayatou27:
I am about to submit my application for TRV, but on the family Application form, i have a sister based in Canada, but we are not in talking terms for almost 2 years now, but i need to include her name and address in my family application, What should i do? i plan to omit her name from my application. is it a good move or not .

Gurus in the house, kindly advice

hayatou27:

Guys please i need your advice before i finalize submission. Thanks

jpepper:


So sorry about your application, I suspect it might be because you have a good profile which makes it seem like you are more suitable for express entry/immigration. Also, our people who have been "abusing" the refugee program are not helping matters, they now seem to be very strict with visitor visa as it is one of the popular routes to the refugee program. They probably thought you had the same intention.

Shalolo:
Good day all. Please can someone use internet banking statement for Canada visa application?

Lessonnn:
Hello, pls which of these someone attending conference should select.
Thanks

Juxen:
Good Evening House,

For those that did online application
When you sent in your passport for stamping
Is there anything like passport transmission charge?
Please help... Applicant recieved a call today saying its from vfs that she is to pay 15k for passport transmission.
Is there anything like this please

Thank you

Osemigho:

Conference meeting is a business trip.

r4blessing:


Thank you all as I look forward to your swift response.

Personally I feel visiting visa has more to do with luck. U can add the land properties if it will help. For instance I applied for my parent's to attend my sister's convocation with a virgin passport, less than 2m in my dad's account and one landed property with a value of less than 2m and it was approved within a month.

Maggiespecial:
Hello good morning
Bigger thanx to everyone here for your contributions so far
God bless you all.

Unfortunately, we were denied visa yesterday. Got the mail n we are planning to reapply.

Please, these are the reasons why the visa was denied:
They are not satisfied that we will leave Canada at the end of our stay:
1. based on travel history
2. Based on family ties in Canada and Nigeria
3. Based on Personal assets and financial status.

Firstly, I will like to say it's only my husband that has traveled to UK before, and we both went to Dubai last year for Xmas and New year

Secondly, what do they mean by family ties because we are going there for tourism and we are going to stay in an hotel (Husband, wife n our Son)
Do they want us to leave our son (1yr old baby) OR they want only my husband to go or only me to go, please I don't understand. Kindly explain to me please...

Thirdly, We av two landed properties in Nigeria but we didn't attach it to it when applying, is that what they means by Personal assets??
And can we attach it now when reapplying??

Lastly, concerning the financial asset, we av over 10M naira in my husband account as the Sponsor for the trip, so y the financial status??
And my husband works in one on the biggest and recognized company in Nigeria

I will like pple here to please and please put me through on what to do.
We are planning to reapply Nextwk because we planned to spend our Summer in Canada
Infact, we want to visit alot of places like Niagara fall
We attached our hotel reservations, flight booking, places we want to visit etc.

I am so sorry for the long post.

Kindly help me out by putting me through.

Thank you all as I look forward to your swift response.

UNITEDBRAND:

Sorry for that but for the whole family to be on vacation it's a red flag for not returning back to Nigeria. The family ties In Nigeria is zero which is not permitted for TRV