Can i visit Canada during application processing

[ahmedsaid50]

Hello,

I hope you are all fine.

I have two questions about Manitoba.

My friend and I have submitted our simplified immigration application to the Canadian embassy in Egypt Dec. 2007 and until now we didn't get anything from them. We want to settle in Manitoba but my friend want to visit Canada on October 2008 to visit Manitoba and to see it and to know more about the job vacancies, the weather, the people, the prices of the apartment...etc.

My questions are:

1. Can he go to the Canadian embassy and ask them for a visit visa? and for how long? He want to stay there for two or three months.

2. Does he need an invitation letter from someone live in Manitoba? We have a Canadian friend lives there.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thank you in advance and best regards
Ahmed

[BCguy]

Yes as long as you qualify for a Visitors visa

[ahmedsaid50]

Thank you BCGuy for your reply.

But there are many people told us that this may cause problems to my friend's immigration application. Is this true?