Dear All,
My mother received a single entry visa last year - we were surprised by this as we expected a multi entry, multi year visa but as discussed on this forum, I think we made a mistake in outlining in too much detail why she is coming (to help us settle in a new house) and were very specific with time frames etc. In any case, she spent 4 months in Canada and has now left.
We would now like to apply for a new visa - this will be less than one month after she left Canada but we are hoping that she gets an multiyear, multiple entry visa so that she can visit us whenever a good opportunity arises. Together with her previous Canadian visa, she also has a valid 10 year US tourist visa. There are no financial problems of any kind (all conditions are met) and she has ties to two countries - South Africa where she is a permanent resident and where she lives with my father who has been working there for more than a decade and where they own property and Serbia, where she is a citizen (She is a dual Bosnian and Serbian citizen) and where she spends a lot of time taking care of her ageing mother. She also owns property there in her name.
My questions are as follows:
- Is it problematic to apply for a new visa so soon after returning to Canada?
- Since she is hoping to get a long term visa that would make visiting easier when an opportunity arises, do we need to put down specific dates in the application even if we don't have them? Can we explain this in a supporting letter (i.e. that we are seeking a multi entry visa so that she can visit her son and his family in Canada)?
We are not looking for a parent/grandparent supervisa - there is no need for these extra long stays but she would like to be able to visit a couple of times a year when a chance arises as well as go visit friends in the US while in North America and have a chance to return.
In many ways it all sounds very straightforward (at least to us!) but any tips how to get this across the officers who will be looking at her application is more than welcome!
Thanks to all in advance.
PS.She will be applying from Serbia.
My mother received a single entry visa last year - we were surprised by this as we expected a multi entry, multi year visa but as discussed on this forum, I think we made a mistake in outlining in too much detail why she is coming (to help us settle in a new house) and were very specific with time frames etc. In any case, she spent 4 months in Canada and has now left.
We would now like to apply for a new visa - this will be less than one month after she left Canada but we are hoping that she gets an multiyear, multiple entry visa so that she can visit us whenever a good opportunity arises. Together with her previous Canadian visa, she also has a valid 10 year US tourist visa. There are no financial problems of any kind (all conditions are met) and she has ties to two countries - South Africa where she is a permanent resident and where she lives with my father who has been working there for more than a decade and where they own property and Serbia, where she is a citizen (She is a dual Bosnian and Serbian citizen) and where she spends a lot of time taking care of her ageing mother. She also owns property there in her name.
My questions are as follows:
- Is it problematic to apply for a new visa so soon after returning to Canada?
- Since she is hoping to get a long term visa that would make visiting easier when an opportunity arises, do we need to put down specific dates in the application even if we don't have them? Can we explain this in a supporting letter (i.e. that we are seeking a multi entry visa so that she can visit her son and his family in Canada)?
We are not looking for a parent/grandparent supervisa - there is no need for these extra long stays but she would like to be able to visit a couple of times a year when a chance arises as well as go visit friends in the US while in North America and have a chance to return.
In many ways it all sounds very straightforward (at least to us!) but any tips how to get this across the officers who will be looking at her application is more than welcome!
Thanks to all in advance.
PS.She will be applying from Serbia.