My parents applied for a TRV in May '13 and in June '13 their application was returned back with no visa in their passports. I was shocked to hear that as my mother owns a business for over 20 years (proof from the appropriate office in my country included), my father is self-employed and they included proof for 3 of the properties that they own (in my father's name, which makes my mother an owner too), a bank account with about 50K in it. My mother travels every single month for business ( which is evident from looking at her passport and the schedule 1 form where all her travel dates are included), my father has some travel history too outside of the country. At the same time my brother lives with my parents (same address provided on the forms), my moms parents are in the home country, her siblings, my fathers siblings etc. I provided them with a letter of invitation stating they would be responsible for the cost of their trip etc. provided T4, notice off assessment etc. All this ties to their home country and their visa was refused.
The refusal letter stated that the VO was not satisfied that they would live canada at the end of their stay:
The reason why he came to this conclusion was the family ties to canada (me), which i don't understand as my brother is there so they wouldnt necessarily decide to live in canada
Their second reason was their financial assets and property. I mean 50k in the bank and 3 properties should be enough assets, one would think.
The third reason was the proposed length of stay. almost 1 month I had written in the application form. How long are they supposed to stay in order to not trigger any doubts on the true purpose of their visit, for the VO?
Can someone please tell me what should we do different the next time they apply?
They applied through the Rome embassy, which has a reputation for returning visitors visas. Would calling the Rome embassy help their case at all?
The refusal letter stated that the VO was not satisfied that they would live canada at the end of their stay:
The reason why he came to this conclusion was the family ties to canada (me), which i don't understand as my brother is there so they wouldnt necessarily decide to live in canada
Their second reason was their financial assets and property. I mean 50k in the bank and 3 properties should be enough assets, one would think.
The third reason was the proposed length of stay. almost 1 month I had written in the application form. How long are they supposed to stay in order to not trigger any doubts on the true purpose of their visit, for the VO?
Can someone please tell me what should we do different the next time they apply?
They applied through the Rome embassy, which has a reputation for returning visitors visas. Would calling the Rome embassy help their case at all?