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Hi, I live in Finland on work visa. I am citizen of Pakistan. I have lived in Finland for 6 years. Next year I will get Finnish citizenship. I applied for TRV visitor visa on 26 December 2021. To my surprise, it was refused on 21 Febraury 2022. The reasons were: Family ties to Canada &...

Hi, I applied for a TRV in April which is still in processing. At that time I had no family member in Canada. Now my brother has moved to Canada as an express entry PR holder. Do I need to send a web form that now I have family in Canada or there is no need. Thanks.

April 11, 2022. When did you apply?

I live in Finland with full time job and a long term work visa (2025). I have Pakistan passport. I applied for visitor TRV in December 2021. It was refused in Feb 2022 to my surprise. I have visited UK and have a valid UK visa too. Reasons were: a) Purpose of trip unclear. b) Family ties in...

I am in Finland and waiting for TRV to be processed. I think we both have the London office.

I applied from Finland and the processing time for TRV is 8 days here.

I applied for TRV on April 11, 2022. No response so far. My travel date is July 6 -July 20, 2022. I have flight tickets and hotel booked for Montreal. What should I do? a) cancel bookings and wait b) change dates of bookings and send them as additional info Will they process my TRV even...

Hello, On the official website it says that applications are prioritized for people exempt from travel restrictions. I applied for TRV in December via new portal. I was not asked for any vaccine proof or anything covid related in the application. So how do they decide during application...

I applied TRV via new portal. The official site below shows how to check application status. But it does not show new portal! How do you check application status for new portal? https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/account.html

Hi, In Europe, after TRV approval and passport collection, how much time they take in stamping and returning the passport? Anyone has any experience/idea?

Anyone from Finland or Europe applied/obtained TRV recently?

Officially the Canada.ca website guides me to old portal. Is there any official announcement from Canadaian governemnt to use new portal for TRV application?

Has anyone applied for TRV from any European country this year? Please share timeline. How long was processign time?

In the old portal, the TRV application asks that upload hotel booking & flight ticket. But not in the new portal. Shoud I attach hotel booking & flight in new portal application? Thanks

The processing time of TRV (Visitor Visa) from Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Norway is between 300-570 days. Is this real time? Has anyone applied from these countries?