Hello,
I met my GF on exchange in April 2016 in Russia. I have finished my master's degree and since am working as a Public Servant with the Canadian Government. She however, remains in school in Russia until 2018. For this reason, she is applying in Russia, and not Serbia.
I have visited her in both Serbia and Russia, and now she would like to visit me during her winter break. She just formally applied last week as she only received documentation from her Russian university indicating her status as a student and her expected completion date. She has over $6000 CAD in the bank.
Unfortunately, her first application was rejected on the grounds of
1) Travel History
2) Personal Assets and Financial Status (despite having $6000 CAD in the bank, and attaching salaries of her and her parents)
To address these concerns, we submitted a proper travel history form, and scanned additional travel documents for both me and her. I also submitted my own income and investment holdings.
She submitted a second application the day after receiving the rejection notice of her first application. In my sponsorship letter and her explanation letter (addressing the reasons for her first rejection), we made sure to address the above concerns listed by the officer.
Yet she was rejected again, this time for different reasons.
1) Immigration Status in Country of Residence
2) Family ties in Canada and in country of residence
3) Length of proposed stay in Canada
4) Purpose of Visit
5) Employment prospects in country of residence
6) Personal assets and financial status.
We are not understanding the inconsistency in their responses. I would understand if $$$ was still an issue (despite 4K for 3 weeks), but to arise questions of the length of her proposed stay, and other stuff despite it seemingly not being an issue in the first application.
To underscore the point of our confusion. She has documentation of:
1) Her status as a student, enrollment in her masters' program, and date of graduation in the future (June 2018).
2) Her bank balance (form she got from her bank) + her parents income
3) Travel history and passport stamps.
4) Invitation letter from me.
5) All other filled out forms as requested in application.
6) Sample flight itinerary, including cost ($800 CAD)
Could anyone shed some light on this issue? Is it because she is applying in Russia, and not Serbia? Why is there an inconsistency in their response, despite the applications being both received within a week of each other.
The only thing that I could see as an issue was that she would be visiting from January 18th to February 13th. This is very short notice I know, but she did not receive her student documentation from the university until late December, something which we discussed in our respective letters.
Thank you very much.
I met my GF on exchange in April 2016 in Russia. I have finished my master's degree and since am working as a Public Servant with the Canadian Government. She however, remains in school in Russia until 2018. For this reason, she is applying in Russia, and not Serbia.
I have visited her in both Serbia and Russia, and now she would like to visit me during her winter break. She just formally applied last week as she only received documentation from her Russian university indicating her status as a student and her expected completion date. She has over $6000 CAD in the bank.
Unfortunately, her first application was rejected on the grounds of
1) Travel History
2) Personal Assets and Financial Status (despite having $6000 CAD in the bank, and attaching salaries of her and her parents)
To address these concerns, we submitted a proper travel history form, and scanned additional travel documents for both me and her. I also submitted my own income and investment holdings.
She submitted a second application the day after receiving the rejection notice of her first application. In my sponsorship letter and her explanation letter (addressing the reasons for her first rejection), we made sure to address the above concerns listed by the officer.
Yet she was rejected again, this time for different reasons.
1) Immigration Status in Country of Residence
2) Family ties in Canada and in country of residence
3) Length of proposed stay in Canada
4) Purpose of Visit
5) Employment prospects in country of residence
6) Personal assets and financial status.
We are not understanding the inconsistency in their responses. I would understand if $$$ was still an issue (despite 4K for 3 weeks), but to arise questions of the length of her proposed stay, and other stuff despite it seemingly not being an issue in the first application.
To underscore the point of our confusion. She has documentation of:
1) Her status as a student, enrollment in her masters' program, and date of graduation in the future (June 2018).
2) Her bank balance (form she got from her bank) + her parents income
3) Travel history and passport stamps.
4) Invitation letter from me.
5) All other filled out forms as requested in application.
6) Sample flight itinerary, including cost ($800 CAD)
Could anyone shed some light on this issue? Is it because she is applying in Russia, and not Serbia? Why is there an inconsistency in their response, despite the applications being both received within a week of each other.
The only thing that I could see as an issue was that she would be visiting from January 18th to February 13th. This is very short notice I know, but she did not receive her student documentation from the university until late December, something which we discussed in our respective letters.
Thank you very much.
