Refusal on Visitor's Visa

[ramada19]

Hello everyone, my sister is trying to apply for a Visitor Visa to come visit me in Canada. However, dishearteningly, she just got refused for the third time this year. Her husband is providing her with more than enough funds to cover her travel expenses and stay in Canada, and she attached enough proof of bank statements and investment accounts. She has actually lived in Canada from August to December 2022 since her husband was on an exchange study semester in Quebec. She has also traveled to other countries within the past 5 years. Also, she applied for American PR through spousal sponsorship (her husband is an American PR) which was refused in October 2024. Consistently, the refusal reasons in the three applications for her Canadian visa are the following:

""-I am not satisfied that you will leave Canada at the end of your stay as required by paragraph 179(b) of the IRPR (https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2002-227/ section-179.html). I am refusing your application because you have not established that you will leave Canada, based on the following factors:
• You do not have significant family ties outside Canada.
• The purpose of your visit to Canada is not consistent with a temporary stay given the details you have provided in your application.""

I, myself, am a recent graduate in Canada waiting for my PGWP, and I finished my studies in December and my sister's purpose of visit is to come to my convocation in June. I even provided a Letter of Invitation clearly explaining all relevant details. Also, her marriage certificate was attached to each application.

Can anyone advice on why she keeps getting refused, and how to overcome this? Should she seek an immigration consultant at this point?

 

[Copingwithlife]

Why was her American sponsorship denied ?

Is her spouse in the USA ?
How long was her planned stay ?

What does she have a tie to return to ?
Job ?
Your invitation is just an invitation. Nothing more .

If the spouse is in the USA … that’s a negative
Probably think she has a higher chance of not leaving Canada since the IRCC knows her spousal application was refused and she’ll be here in Canada to be albeit closer to her spouse

You might have to go visit her

* three refusals smells of desperation

 

[scylla]

Hello everyone, my sister is trying to apply for a Visitor Visa to come visit me in Canada. However, dishearteningly, she just got refused for the third time this year. Her husband is providing her with more than enough funds to cover her travel expenses and stay in Canada, and she attached enough proof of bank statements and investment accounts. She has actually lived in Canada from August to December 2022 since her husband was on an exchange study semester in Quebec. She has also traveled to other countries within the past 5 years. Also, she applied for American PR through spousal sponsorship (her husband is an American PR) which was refused in October 2024. Consistently, the refusal reasons in the three applications for her Canadian visa are the following:

""-I am not satisfied that you will leave Canada at the end of your stay as required by paragraph 179(b) of the IRPR (https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2002-227/ section-179.html). I am refusing your application because you have not established that you will leave Canada, based on the following factors:
• You do not have significant family ties outside Canada.
• The purpose of your visit to Canada is not consistent with a temporary stay given the details you have provided in your application.""

I, myself, am a recent graduate in Canada waiting for my PGWP, and I finished my studies in December and my sister's purpose of visit is to come to my convocation in June. I even provided a Letter of Invitation clearly explaining all relevant details. Also, her marriage certificate was attached to each application.

Can anyone advice on why she keeps getting refused, and how to overcome this? Should she seek an immigration consultant at this point?

If she already has three refusals this year then I would hold off applying again until something significant changes in her profile.

The fact her US green card application was refused does not help her case. Why was that application refused?

 

[ramada19]

Why was her American sponsorship denied ?

Is her spouse in the USA ?
How long was her planned stay ?

What does she have a tie to return to ?
Job ?

If the spouse is in the USA … that’s a negative
Probably think she has a higher chance of not leaving Canada since the IRCC knows her spousal application was refused and she’ll be here in Canada to be albeit closer to her spouse

You might have to go visit her

* three refusals smells of desperation

If she already has three refusals this year then I would hold off applying again until something significant changes in her profile.

The fact her US green card application was refused does not help her case. Why was that application refused?

She was denied her US PR due to overstaying allegations in the US which haven't been cleared yet. She entered the US in pre-COVID 2020 by air and returned to Mexico by land (we're Mexican nationals), thus her timely departure from the US was not properly recorded. Her and her spouse live in Mexico. She plans to stay here in Canada for only 4 days (she had actually booked her refundable two-way flights already and submitted the tickets to her application). She's currently unemployed since 4 months ago.

EDIT: Her husband is an American citizen, not PR, and has an American passport.

 

[scylla]

She was denied her US PR due to overstaying allegations in the US which haven't been cleared yet. She entered the US in pre-COVID 2020 by air and returned to Mexico by land (we're Mexican nationals), thus her timely departure from the US was not properly recorded. Her and her spouse live in Mexico. She plans to stay here in Canada for only 4 days (she had actually booked her refundable two-way flights already and submitted the tickets to her application). She's currently unemployed since 4 months ago.

EDIT: Her husband is an American citizen, not PR, and has an American passport.

I would not apply for the Canadian TRV again now. You'll just end up with another refusal.

Wait until she has cleared up her record with the US so that it no longer shows an overstay and until she has been working full time for several months.