I am writing this thread on behalf of my sister, in the hope any knowledgeable posters on this forum can help.
My sister is a PR, and brought our elderly parents over from England to Calgary in September 2012. She immediately applied for a Super Visa. Our parents took out the expensive but necessary Super Visa Medical Insurance in early December.
On December 21 2012, the Super Visa application was rejected, due to my sisters T4 stating that earnings the previous year, were around $1500 short of the LICO required for the number of people in the household. Although my sisters wage had since increased dramatically from the previous year, and had documentation from her employer to prove this, it was still rejected. We thought this was extremely petty. Little did we know that this was only the start of our frustration.
Our parents were due to end their 6 month stay on March 13 2013, so we successfully applied for a further 6 month extension, taking their eligibility up to September 13. In the meantime, the plan was for my sister to submit her taxes around March, and use the latest T4, with the ability to show earnings that exceed LICO, on a new Super Visa application.
The new application was submitted in July 2013, and because it was submitted within Canada, our Parents passports were sent with the application. The CIC website clearly stated that once the application was submitted, our parents would have Implied Status. Obviously the 89 day processing time would finish in October, around 4 weeks after the visitor extension expiry date.
During August, payment for the application was requested, and this was duly dispatched immediately. Then nothing. Our parents again renewed Super Visa medical insurance in December 2013, even though it had nearly doubled to over $6000.
The next time anything was heard from CIC, it was an email on February 20 2014, with all the details required for medicals, chest x-rays, blood/urine tests etc. At this stage, CIC had had our parents passports for 7 months!
The medicals were carried out at a designated practitioner on March 17/18 2014. He very kindly informed our parents, that he would contact them within a week if any problems were found.
We then received a letter and our parents passports yesterday. The letter was a rejection. The content was;
According to our records, your status in Canada expired September 13 2013. Consequently, our office is unable to process your application for a Super Visa.
Before you can apply to obtain a new temporary resident visa to return to Canada, you must first obtain a decision on your legal status in Canada.
Your file has now been closed and no processing will take place.
We are all in a state of shock here. They have had our parents passports, both in their mid 70's, for a total of 10 months!
Can anybody please advise on our next move? We haven't even got a telephone number to contact, as the rejection letter does not contain one.
Many thanks for your help and understanding.
My sister is a PR, and brought our elderly parents over from England to Calgary in September 2012. She immediately applied for a Super Visa. Our parents took out the expensive but necessary Super Visa Medical Insurance in early December.
On December 21 2012, the Super Visa application was rejected, due to my sisters T4 stating that earnings the previous year, were around $1500 short of the LICO required for the number of people in the household. Although my sisters wage had since increased dramatically from the previous year, and had documentation from her employer to prove this, it was still rejected. We thought this was extremely petty. Little did we know that this was only the start of our frustration.
Our parents were due to end their 6 month stay on March 13 2013, so we successfully applied for a further 6 month extension, taking their eligibility up to September 13. In the meantime, the plan was for my sister to submit her taxes around March, and use the latest T4, with the ability to show earnings that exceed LICO, on a new Super Visa application.
The new application was submitted in July 2013, and because it was submitted within Canada, our Parents passports were sent with the application. The CIC website clearly stated that once the application was submitted, our parents would have Implied Status. Obviously the 89 day processing time would finish in October, around 4 weeks after the visitor extension expiry date.
During August, payment for the application was requested, and this was duly dispatched immediately. Then nothing. Our parents again renewed Super Visa medical insurance in December 2013, even though it had nearly doubled to over $6000.
The next time anything was heard from CIC, it was an email on February 20 2014, with all the details required for medicals, chest x-rays, blood/urine tests etc. At this stage, CIC had had our parents passports for 7 months!
The medicals were carried out at a designated practitioner on March 17/18 2014. He very kindly informed our parents, that he would contact them within a week if any problems were found.
We then received a letter and our parents passports yesterday. The letter was a rejection. The content was;
According to our records, your status in Canada expired September 13 2013. Consequently, our office is unable to process your application for a Super Visa.
Before you can apply to obtain a new temporary resident visa to return to Canada, you must first obtain a decision on your legal status in Canada.
Your file has now been closed and no processing will take place.
We are all in a state of shock here. They have had our parents passports, both in their mid 70's, for a total of 10 months!
Can anybody please advise on our next move? We haven't even got a telephone number to contact, as the rejection letter does not contain one.
Many thanks for your help and understanding.
