Visitor visa for 10 years

[Mesad]

Hi everyone

I will appreciate if you give me more details on my questions

My mom received a visitor visa last year that expires in 9 years. It s not a supervisa , it s just a regular visitor multivisa.

I read on the CIC webside that she cannot stay in Canada more than 6 months at a time , so, she has to leave the country before she reaches 6 months stay here.
So, the question is
Is there a way she can stay longer in Canada? Can she somehow extend her stay here?
Will it work if she flag poling at the Canadian border every 5 months, as an example?

2. And one more question
When she did her visitor visa last year she was going to come, for a month , in Canada , in September 2015 and of course, she put this time line in her application form. However, she couldn't come here because of
job related issues. So will it be the problem now when she gets to Canada?

Thanks

 

[scylla]

1. The best option is to apply to extend her stay from withint Canada. This will give you the highest chance of success. Going to the border (flagpoling) is riskier - sometimes they will extend your visit and sometimes they won't. Higher chance within Canada. Undertand that she won't be able to continue applying for extensions and stay in Canada indefinitely. At some point the extension will be refused and she will have to return home. She should make sure she is spending enough time in her home country between visits to Canada to make sure it doesn't look like she is trying to live in Canada as a visitor. For example, let's say she comes for six months and then extends for another six months to stay for a full year. When she goes home after that, she should remain in her home country for at least six months before attempting another visit.

2. No - this won't be a problem.

 

[PhdStream]

1. The best option is to apply to extend her stay from withint Canada. This will give you the highest chance of success. Going to the border (flagpoling) is riskier - sometimes they will extend your visit and sometimes they won't. Higher chance within Canada. Undertand that she won't be able to continue applying for extensions and stay in Canada indefinitely. At some point the extension will be refused and she will have to return home. She should make sure she is spending enough time in her home country between visits to Canada to make sure it doesn't look like she is trying to live in Canada as a visitor. For example, let's say she comes for six months and then extends for another six months to stay for a full year. When she goes home after that, she should remain in her home country for at least six months before attempting another visit.

2. No - this won't be a problem.

Lets say if we extend the stay. Does that mean the existing 10 years visa gets cancelled? or it can be used for future visit as well?

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Lets say if we extend the stay. Does that mean the existing 10 years visa gets cancelled? or it can be used for future visit as well?

Visitor status, which is what allows her to stay in Canada, is completely separate from her TRV. The TRV validity remains the same.

 

[Mesad]

1. The best option is to apply to extend her stay from withint Canada. This will give you the highest chance of success. Going to the border (flagpoling) is riskier - sometimes they will extend your visit and sometimes they won't. Higher chance within Canada. Undertand that she won't be able to continue applying for extensions and stay in Canada indefinitely. At some point the extension will be refused and she will have to return home. She should make sure she is spending enough time in her home country between visits to Canada to make sure it doesn't look like she is trying to live in Canada as a visitor. For example, let's say she comes for six months and then extends for another six months to stay for a full year. When she goes home after that, she should remain in her home country for at least six months before attempting another visit.

2. No - this won't be a problem.

Thanks so much for taking the time to respond.

May I ask you one more question

If she changes her visitor multivisa to a supervisa within Canada , will it be a better option?

 

[macwhitby]

Can we extend visitor visa via flag pooling ?

 

[bellaluna]

Can we extend visitor visa via flag pooling ?

This is generally not advised because there is the risk of being denied entry.

The extension of status application should be simple enough and gives implied status while waiting for a response.