NEED Advice regarding visitor visa from US !!!

[Varun.taurus]

Hi I am Indian national currently living in united states with my wife and 1 year old child. M here on visitor visa.
I need to apply from here to canada for visitor visa. I have applied to canada visitor visa 2 months back from india but got rejected. Now I want to apply again from US Now. My question is should I get invitation letter from my friend in canada ? Is it help in our case ? Kindly help how to make my case strong

 

[scylla]

What will help your case is overcoming the reasons your visa was previously refused. What were the reasons given for your previous two refusals?

The invitation letter may or may not help.

 

[Varun.taurus]

Thanks for reply. The reasons they hadgiven me about my travel history and second reason is not to leave canada at thr rnd of my stay. I have been to singapore, Thailand w-3 time as visitor but not stayed there for more than 6 months. Right now m in US with my family. Kindly advise what to do next ?

 

[scylla]

Can you clarify if you are in the US on a visitor visa or if you are now living there on a work permit or something like that?

 

[Varun.taurus]

No scylla m here on tourist Visa with my wife and 1 year old child.i came here on last month

 

[scylla]

Generally it's more difficult to secure a visitor visa from a country where you are only visiting since it's more difficult to prove ties to your home country. You are generally better off applying from your home country.

Having said that, you can certainly try applying from the US. Make sure you declare your previous visa refusal in your application and make sure you provide very strong proof of ties to your home country (proof of employment, property ownership, other assets, etc). You will also want to keep your visit to Canada short.

 

[Varun.taurus]

I have applied to canada visitor visa 2 month back frm my home country but I just got denied. Now I want to apply from here again.
Kindly suggest if I am able to get the invitation letter from my friend is there any chancchance to get my visa approved ? Also suggest what to write in my app to make it stronger ?

 

[scylla]

Two months is too long a visit and shows that you lack ties to your home country. You want to request 2-3 weeks at most.

Again, you need to show strong proof of ties to your home country to be approved. You'll want to show proof of employment including pay stubs and a letter from your employer confirming your period of leave and when you will be returning. You'll want to show proof of property ownership or rental. You'll also want to show you have enough funds to pay for your visit to Canada.

You can include an invitation letter - but this isn't nearly as important as demonstrating strong proof of ties to your home country.

 

[Varun.taurus]

Yeah I will do that. My friend in canada (pr) told that he will provide me an official Invitation of his daughter's birthday. Hopefully, it may help.

 

[Varun.taurus]

Onee question more scylla, can I show my travel history in the obline application that i have visited in countries Singapore and Thailand but i was noy staying there for more than 6 months

 

[scylla]

Onee question more scylla, can I show my travel history in the obline application that i have visited in countries Singapore and Thailand but i was noy staying there for more than 6 months

CIC is looking for travel to countries such as the US, UK and Europe. Your travel to Singapore and Thailand won't hold much value.