Money for spouse visitor visa

[fq786]

Hello members,

I am applying for a spouse visit visa. I am wondering what i should answer for this "How much money do you have for your stay in Canada? (In Canadian dollars - CAD)" ? I don't have any bank statements to show. My spouse is on PGWP in Canada, can i show his bank statements and employee letter? Would it suffice or do i need to show my bank statement?

Please advice
Thank you

 

[Naturgrl]

Hello members,

I am applying for a spouse visit visa. I am wondering what i should answer for this "How much money do you have for your stay in Canada? (In Canadian dollars - CAD)" ? I don't have any bank statements to show. My spouse is on PGWP in Canada, can i show his bank statements and employee letter? Would it suffice or do i need to show my bank statement?

Please advice
Thank you

If applying for a TRV you are the one who has to show ties to home country (job letter with approved leave, investments, properties etc.), travel, history and show our own funds, if possible. If you don’t then include spouse’s funds to support a visit and take a visit that doesn’t use all of savings. It will weaken your application. Where are you from because processing can be long. You need to show you are coming to visit and will return, and will not stay in Canada with your spouse.

 

[fq786]

If applying for a TRV you are the one who has to show ties to home country (job letter with approved leave, investments, properties etc.), travel, history and show our own funds, if possible. If you don’t then include spouse’s funds to support a visit and take a visit that doesn’t use all of savings. It will weaken your application. Where are you from because processing can be long. You need to show you are coming to visit and will return, and will not stay in Canada with your spouse.

Thank you for your response. I am from Pakistan. My husband is on PGWP and he is a software engineer in Canada. I am thinking to apply for either SOWP or a visit visa but considering the processing time, a visit visa seems a bit faster option plus his PGWP will expire Jan 2024.
I don't have a job, property or a bank statement to show, I do have a joint account with my husband that was opened last month. My husband has 10K CAD funds + Pay stubs and an employment letter though. I travelled with my husband to Dubai last month for a week and that's the only out-of-country trip I made.
Do you recommend that i apply for a visit visa? Which one has a higher chance of approval?

I would really appreciate your help here
Thanks again

 

[Naturgrl]

Thank you for your response. I am from Pakistan. My husband is on PGWP and he is a software engineer in Canada. I am thinking to apply for either SOWP or a visit visa but considering the processing time, a visit visa seems a bit faster option plus his PGWP will expire Jan 2024.
I don't have a job, property or a bank statement to show, I do have a joint account with my husband that was opened last month. My husband has 10K CAD funds + Pay stubs and an employment letter though. I travelled with my husband to Dubai last month for a week and that's the only out-of-country trip I made.
Do you recommend that i apply for a visit visa? Which one has a higher chance of approval?

I would really appreciate your help here
Thanks again

Your profile for a TRV is low because you cannot show family or regular ties to your home country (no job, husband in Canada). Dubai doesn’t count as travel. Travel is to US, UK, NZ, and AUS. Funds are low too once you add in airfare/travel insurance if that is his total savings. If your visit is two weeks then may be okay but funds are just one issue.

As for SOWP, again you have no ties to your home country. But you would not have to prove that staying for a short visit. A TRV is for a visit not to stay and live. If you plan to stay and work then SOWP. It may not be processed before the expiry of his PGWP. TRV may not be processed in time either.

You decide - are you going to visit for a few weeks or want to live, stay and work?

 

[fq786]

Your profile for a TRV is low because you cannot show family or regular ties to your home country (no job, husband in Canada). Dubai doesn’t count as travel. Travel is to US, UK, NZ, and AUS. Funds are low too once you add in airfare/travel insurance if that is his total savings. If your visit is two weeks then may be okay but funds are just one issue.

As for SOWP, again you have no ties to your home country. But you would not have to prove that staying for a short visit. A TRV is for a visit not to stay and live. If you plan to stay and work then SOWP. It may not be processed before the expiry of his PGWP. TRV may not be processed in time either.

You decide - are you going to visit for a few weeks or want to live, stay and work?

Thanks again for your response. I do have family ties and all my family is here in Pakistan. Apart from that is there any other home ties i can show in my situation? How much of a fund is good enough and if my husband is making a handsome annual salary does that not count too? I only wanna stay for 10 days.l and visiting on his birthday, is this a good enough reason to visit? Also, just curious to know you mentioned I cannot stay with TRV, can i not stay up to 6 months with TRV if i want to?

 

[Naturgrl]

Thanks again for your response. I do have family ties and all my family is here in Pakistan. Apart from that is there any other home ties i can show in my situation? How much of a fund is good enough and if my husband is making a handsome annual salary does that not count too? I only wanna stay for 10 days.l and visiting on his birthday, is this a good enough reason to visit? Also, just curious to know you mentioned I cannot stay with TRV, can i not stay up to 6 months with TRV if i want to?

You really don’t have family ties. Your immediate family is spouse and any children. So ties are - job letter with leave, investments, property, business registration with clients, loans, studying with tuition paid and registered etc. A birthday is a reason but he is your spouse so would assume you want to stay longer. When is birthday and how long is processing from home country. IRCC may say you can meet in another country.

Funds are money in the bank. Salary can be used but he can lose job or leave it. CBSA determines how long you can stay upon entry to Canada. If they feel you are trying to live there then they can determine how long you stay.

Also factored in will be how long were you together prior to marriage. May want to show long term relationship - photos, vacations, lease, utilities if lived together.

 

[fq786]

Thank you. we have been engaged for 2 years but haven’t lived together until we got married in December last year but we have been chatting since and have engagement photos. I thought i might have a good chance of getting a TRV but now i am getting worried. I am wondering if i take admission now in a 1 year certificate program or a 2 year diploma in an educational institution in Pakistan, would it make any impact and convince them that i would return ? Please guide me if there is anything else i can do to make my case stronger.

Also, my both parents-in-law visitor visa got approved recently after my husband applied for them attaching his fund proofs and invitation letter. Not sure if that would have anything to do with me.

And, i thought every visitor would have 6 months to stay, wasn’t aware that the CBSA determines at the time of entry that how long they can stay.

Thank you and looking forward to your advice

 

[Naturgrl]

Thank you. we have been engaged for 2 years but haven’t lived together until we got married in December last year but we have been chatting since and have engagement photos. I thought i might have a good chance of getting a TRV but now i am getting worried. I am wondering if i take admission now in a 1 year certificate program or a 2 year diploma in an educational institution in Pakistan, would it make any impact and convince them that i would return ? Please guide me if there is anything else i can do to make my case stronger.

Also, my both parents-in-law visitor visa got approved recently after my husband applied for them attaching his fund proofs and invitation letter. Not sure if that would have anything to do with me.

And, i thought every visitor would have 6 months to stay, wasn’t aware that the CBSA determines at the time of entry that how long they can stay.

Thank you and looking forward to your advice

Your parent-in-law are not your family. Him attaching proof of funds is attached to their files now so he may need to show even more funds to support your visit. Honestly, you have a better chance of a SOWP but may be refused because of processing and your spouse’s PGWP may be expired by then. How long is TRV processing?

 

[fq786]

If i check online, the TRV processing time is around 1 year and for SOWP it’s even longer but my parent-in-law got their TRV in 3 months.

Do you think if i take admission now in a 1 year certificate program or a 2 year diploma in an educational institution in Pakistan, would it make any impact on my visit visa application and convince them that i would return ?

I also feel i have a better chances with SOWP but even if it’s approved, it won’t be for too long and would have to apply again. So was therefore risking it with visit visa.

Also, when my husband would apply for BOWP near his PGWP expiry, can he submit my SOWP application together with his?

Thank you

 

[Naturgrl]

If i check online, the TRV processing time is around 1 year and for SOWP it’s even longer but my parent-in-law got their TRV in 3 months.

Do you think if i take admission now in a 1 year certificate program or a 2 year diploma in an educational institution in Pakistan, would it make any impact on my visit visa application and convince them that i would return ?

I also feel i have a better chances with SOWP but even if it’s approved, it won’t be for too long and would have to apply again. So was therefore risking it with visit visa.

Also, when my husband would apply for BOWP near his PGWP expiry, can he submit my SOWP application together with his?

Thank you

It can strengthen it but your biggest issue is that your family (husband) is in Canada and you have no travel history. How would he eligible for a BOWP? He would need to get ITA for PR and have Acceptance of Receipt to apply for a BOWP. Does he have an Express Entry profile and are you included as accompanying or non accompanying.

 

[fq786]

It can strengthen it but your biggest issue is that your family (husband) is in Canada and you have no travel history. How would he eligible for a BOWP? He would need to get ITA for PR and have Acceptance of Receipt to apply for a BOWP. Does he have an Express Entry profile and are you included as accompanying or non accompanying.

He has an express entry profile but since we got married recently, he is going to add me and update it soon. You mentioned that he would have to show more funds now, so is CAD$ 15K good enough?
Also, can he get the BOWP if he is in the EE pool but hasn't received an ITA ?

Thank you