Background Check for Temporary Visas

[RKCK]

Is there any background check for temporary visit visas - tourist, study or work? Would it help if one has travelled to Canada recently and is awaiting PPR?

 

[andy108]

Is there any background check for temporary visit visas - tourist, study or work? Would it help if one has travelled to Canada recently and is awaiting PPR?

No. They may do basic checks but for PR they carry out really extensive BG check.

 

[legalfalcon]

Is there any background check for temporary visit visas - tourist, study or work? Would it help if one has travelled to Canada recently and is awaiting PPR?

Security check is done for all applications irrespective of which visa you are applying for. This is what CSIS claims on their website:

As authorized by sections 14 and 15 of the CSIS Act, the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and the Citizenship Act, CSIS conducts immigration and citizenship screening to provide security advice to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) on persons attempting to claim status in Canada who represent a threat to national security.

Through this program, CSIS provides security advice on:

permanent resident and citizenship applicants;
persons applying for visas, whether visitors, foreign students or temporary foreign workers; and
persons applying for refugee status.
While CSIS provides advice to its partners on potential threats to national security, the responsibility for decision making regarding a person’s admissibility to Canada, including the granting of a visa, or the acceptance of applications for refugee status, permanent residence or citizenship, belongs to IRCC.

Source: https://www.csis-scrs.gc.ca/scrtscrnng/index-en.php#bm02

It may not be as stringent as suggested by @andy108, but it will depend on the country of citizenship, age, occupation, the countries relationship with Canada, knows activities etc.

 

[RKCK]

Security check is done for all applications irrespective of which visa you are applying for. This is what CSIS claims on their website:

Source: https://www.csis-scrs.gc.ca/scrtscrnng/index-en.php#bm02

It may not be as stringent as suggested by @andy108, but it will depend on the country of citizenship, age, occupation, the countries relationship with Canada, knows activities etc.

Thanks. I had read on the website. Any possibility that they might quicken the process in such cases?

 

[legalfalcon]

Thanks. I had read on the website. Any possibility that they might quicken the process in such cases?

Unfortunately, when it comes to BGC, it's beyond anyone's control and this process cannot be expedited since it is conducted by external agencies and not CIC.