Picture with application??

[holmesy]

Hello, I am apply for my fiancées visa for a second time. The first we declined and we did not use a sponsor.
This time I will be sponsoring using my mom and I as supporters.

so my question is, is it okay if I also include a picture of my fiancée and I in the application? Showing that we are actually together and a happy couple who want to enjoy Canada together??

thank you for any and all input.

 

[k.h.p.]

Assuming you are applying for a tourist visa for your fiancee, proving a strong relationship with photos will more or less guarantee a refusal - the visa officer will be concerned your fiancee will marry you in Canada and not leave.

 

[holmesy]

Assuming you are applying for a tourist visa for your fiancee, proving a strong relationship with photos will more or less guarantee a refusal - the visa officer will be concerned your fiancee will marry you in Canada and not leave.

Sorry, yes I am talking about a tourist visa.
My immigration lawyer wants me to send a picture to include in the application. He does not seem to be worried about what you stated at all, in-fact the complete opposite he is trying to show a very strong relationship between us.

 

[k.h.p.]

Well, sure, but if you look throughout this forum you will see countless examples of people with relationships being refused due to ties to Canada and concerns of overstaying. People who are married to a Canadian are routinely refused tourist visas for this reason.

Your fiancee needs to prove her own independent financial ability to visit Canada, along with concrete reasons why she will leave the country at the end of a (short) stay. Relying on invitation letters from a future spouse and future mother in law, while proving a strong relationship, is a very effective way to be refused.

 

[holmesy]

Okay thank you very much for your input! I really do appreciate it.

but for this time we will need to try the way of having support from me and my mother, as last time when she applied she did prove everything on her own, from finances, and even a letter from work stating her time of leave for her (short) stay in Canada. And it was still refused.

 

[holmesy]

Well, sure, but if you look throughout this forum you will see countless examples of people with relationships being refused due to ties to Canada and concerns of overstaying. People who are married to a Canadian are routinely refused tourist visas for this reason.

Your fiancee needs to prove her own independent financial ability to visit Canada, along with concrete reasons why she will leave the country at the end of a (short) stay. Relying on invitation letters from a future spouse and future mother in law, while proving a strong relationship, is a very effective way to be refused.

So let’s say we don’t go the strong relationship route, but still take the sponsor route. Should we write to invitation letter just saying she is a friend? Not mentioning she is my fiancé?

 

[k.h.p.]

You can't sponsor someone for a visitor's visa, you can only invite them - so don't mention that.

Don't lie, don't specifically say she is a friend knowing that she is your fiancee. Visa officers will generally assume that a man inviting a woman is for relationship reasons.

This is why it's important for her to qualify for the visa on her own.