If anyone can offer any advice or suggestions on how we can prove "dual intent" specific to our case so my husband can come visit for our 1-year anniversary, we would really appreciate it....
So I live in Canada and my husband was born and lives in South Africa. We met August 2012, he applied for TRV, was approved and left within visa expiration when we were 'friends'/'dating'. We then married on July 1, 2013 in South Africa.
We have submitted our application for sponsorship, which was received on December 5, 2013. I was approved as a sponsor on January 9, 2014 and have my own UCI number now too.
Since September 2013, we have applied for a TRV - on four occasions now. First two were in August 2013, one in September 2013 and one this month, February 2014. The first 3 were denied given the length of time we were requesting the visa - ranging from 6 months to 2 months. We provided all documentation and were denied because the officer did not believe my husband would leave Canada. Ok, the initial 3 denial decisions were understandable given we had not yet submitted our application for sponsorship and how much time we were requesting for the visa. However he showed he had enough money, a letter from his employer approving the extended leave of absence and that he would return to work upon coming back to South Africa. MOST IMPORTANTLY, he demonstrated strong ties to his 6-year old son (paying regular maintenance, 50% shared access, indicating we developed a parenting plan for his future move to Canada, etc).
NOW, with this last TRV application, we only asked for 9 days together in Canada to celebrate our 1-year anniversary over July 1, 2014.
We provided:
- bank statements for 3 months + $5000 CAD in savings to be used
- letter from employer
- 3 months of pay stubs
- flight confirmation
- letter of invitation from me (detailing my Canadian Citizenship, address, work info, etc) WHICH INCLUDED MY UCI NUMBER that approved me as a sponsor for our Family Class Sponsorship Application
- proof of medical assessment for sponsorship
- cover letter from him, whereby he indicates returning to work and to resuming care for his son while he awaits Sponsorship response
- all required application forms, passport photos, etc
This time we were denied because we did not show dual intent "as required by A22(2). We provided confirmation of his medical assessment and my UCI number (different then my husband’s UCI number and granted to me when I was approved as a sponsor). How in the world did we not show our application was under “dual intent”???
How can the Canadian government do this to us knowing it will take us nearly 2 years before we can even live together? We just want to visit! And I can't keep traveling his side (I also have a son - 11 years old) all the time (although I will if we can't get this approved). We just want 9 days together! Sheesh... why is this so difficult
Any thoughts anyone? Can we take this further?
So I live in Canada and my husband was born and lives in South Africa. We met August 2012, he applied for TRV, was approved and left within visa expiration when we were 'friends'/'dating'. We then married on July 1, 2013 in South Africa.
We have submitted our application for sponsorship, which was received on December 5, 2013. I was approved as a sponsor on January 9, 2014 and have my own UCI number now too.
Since September 2013, we have applied for a TRV - on four occasions now. First two were in August 2013, one in September 2013 and one this month, February 2014. The first 3 were denied given the length of time we were requesting the visa - ranging from 6 months to 2 months. We provided all documentation and were denied because the officer did not believe my husband would leave Canada. Ok, the initial 3 denial decisions were understandable given we had not yet submitted our application for sponsorship and how much time we were requesting for the visa. However he showed he had enough money, a letter from his employer approving the extended leave of absence and that he would return to work upon coming back to South Africa. MOST IMPORTANTLY, he demonstrated strong ties to his 6-year old son (paying regular maintenance, 50% shared access, indicating we developed a parenting plan for his future move to Canada, etc).
NOW, with this last TRV application, we only asked for 9 days together in Canada to celebrate our 1-year anniversary over July 1, 2014.
We provided:
- bank statements for 3 months + $5000 CAD in savings to be used
- letter from employer
- 3 months of pay stubs
- flight confirmation
- letter of invitation from me (detailing my Canadian Citizenship, address, work info, etc) WHICH INCLUDED MY UCI NUMBER that approved me as a sponsor for our Family Class Sponsorship Application
- proof of medical assessment for sponsorship
- cover letter from him, whereby he indicates returning to work and to resuming care for his son while he awaits Sponsorship response
- all required application forms, passport photos, etc
This time we were denied because we did not show dual intent "as required by A22(2). We provided confirmation of his medical assessment and my UCI number (different then my husband’s UCI number and granted to me when I was approved as a sponsor). How in the world did we not show our application was under “dual intent”???
How can the Canadian government do this to us knowing it will take us nearly 2 years before we can even live together? We just want to visit! And I can't keep traveling his side (I also have a son - 11 years old) all the time (although I will if we can't get this approved). We just want 9 days together! Sheesh... why is this so difficult
Any thoughts anyone? Can we take this further?
