So, you have seen movement on your application since the pandemic started. Congratulations! We have not had any movement since Dec. 3rd.
Same as me I am the PA from Guatemala my husband is a Canadian citizen traveled only to Costa Rica and Panama in my life, they decline my visitor visa twice for “travel history”. And when we have been 7 years together and married 1 and a half now... so sick of this damn process feels like my 2020 is going by without living my married life.
My wife and I traveled to Cuba a few times and still we got the excuse not enough travel history. And I agree...if you apply for TRV whether it is approved or not...that just gives your officer one more thing to have to look at. One reason for our interview is the TRV application we applied for after 1 month of dating and that now has cost us several months of waiting for an interview. Sometimes it is just better to wait. I am proof that these things can be bad. It is the reason for our interview. If we didn't need this interview our application would be done November 2019. They will study your application and try to poke holes into everything you do. If you submit something in your sponsorship application and submit something different in TRV application. That alone is a reason for them to flag you for an interview and at that point you will add 6 months to a year on your application process. So far it has added 7 months to my process and still haven't even been scheduled an interview
Hi @Mitch55555 I was thinking and that situation applies for me too, so I would like to understand. When she applied for the TRV, did she mention she was visiting you?
We applied twice for a TRV and were denied both times. And yet I don't understand how that counts as a mark against us. The first time, we were VERY clear that we wanted to get married in Canada (after years of dating) so my family could be present. We submitted receipts for the cake, the officiant and everything. I even bought a return ticket for my (now) husband. Nope. The second time, I needed surgery and was told I couldn't have surgery if I couldn't demonstrate that I would have someone to look after me at home, afterwards. I sent the surgery date, the post-surgical instructions, again a return ticket. Nope.
I sent them an email three days ago and got an answer the same day. They’re still closed (Mexico City is still confined) and working on only emergencies from home. It said they need to have access to a printer in order to print a visa for example.
Yes. I wrote her a letter and everything but we had only known each other a few weeks at the time we applied. On the application we wrote friends because after only knowing each other for a few weeks...we were friends not boyfriend and girlfriend. Because of this my application has been flagged for an interview. They really analyze any applications you submit. Even though we weren't dating yet it is a red flag to them. If you write anything in your invitation letter that doesn't match your sponsorship application it will cause huge delays. If i could go back I would have never applied for TRV. Not worth being without my wife and 2 kids for an additional 7+ months
The thing is you apply for these and write letters at the beginning of your relationship and then you apply for sponsorship years later. If everything you write years ago doesn't match the situation now they want to interview you to ask why
I get that - but even with the first TRV we had already been together 4 years and known each other for 8...so not like we just were getting to know each other. I dunno - it's all a mystery.
Its interesting you say this. When we applied for my husbands trv we wrote we were friends (starting to evolve into a relationship) then and he was approved immediately. We had no interview and no requests for addition info about our relationship or timelines
