Supervisa or long term TRV?

[softwaretesting]

Hi,

I recently received my PR & will be travelling to Canada soon. My mother already has a visit visa still valid for 5 more years. I will also be applying for my father's visit once I settle there. I have couple of queries:

- can we apply for long duration visit visa TRV) or are we allowed to apply only for 6 months? He will be visiting max 3-4 months per year, however I want to avoid applying every year.
- What are benefits of supervisa over visit visa?
- what are charges for supervisa & visit visa?
- Is there any thread with details about supervisa?
- any other suggestion/information in this regard.

 

[bellaluna]

Your first question may be referring to visitor "status" rather than "visit visa" if you say "more than 6 months": you already mentioned your parent having a 5-year visit visa validity.
6 months is the maximum standard granted to foreign visitors upon entry. If you wish your parent to stay longer than this, you would have to apply to extend their visit while they are in Canada.
But if you were really referring to TRV validity, the maximum possible validity is no more than 10 years and is dependent on the expiry date of the passport.

Your other questions have been discussed on this forum on many threads or can be found on the CIC website.

http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/supervisa-vs-trv.279798/
http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/supervisa-vs-trv-advise-please.410364/
http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/super-visa-v-s-visitor-visa.478514/

 

[softwaretesting]

Your first question may be referring to visitor "status" rather than "visit visa" if you say "more than 6 months": you already mentioned your parent having a 5-year visit visa validity.
6 months is the maximum standard granted to foreign visitors upon entry. If you wish your parent to stay longer than this, you would have to apply to extend their visit while they are in Canada.
But if you were really referring to TRV validity, the maximum possible validity is no more than 10 years and is dependent on the expiry date of the passport.

Your other questions have been discussed on this forum on many threads or can be found on the CIC website.

http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/supervisa-vs-trv.279798/
http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/supervisa-vs-trv-advise-please.410364/
http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/super-visa-v-s-visitor-visa.478514/

No, I wanted to check if we can ask CIC to issue Visit visa with validity of 10 years. My mother has visa for 5 years, however I will be applying for visa for my father now.

 

[bellaluna]

No, I wanted to check if we can ask CIC to issue Visit visa with validity of 10 years. My mother has visa for 5 years, however I will be applying for visa for my father now.

I see. You can try and ask them for it, but it will be useless because they will do what they consider appropriate: a visit visa is a privilege after all. Then it can only happen if your father's passport is also valid for 10 years...but it's also possible he is granted a shorter validity even if his passport is valid for that long.

 

[Bryanna]

The validity will depend on the assessment made by the visa officer. By specifically requesting the TRV validity to be for 10 years implies that your dad intends to remain long-term i.e. he is not a genuine visitor. This could result in a TRV refusal or else a short validity TRV.

Also, contrary to the title of your thread, you cannot apply for super visas for your parents until you can prove that you meet LICO through Canadian income