Hello,
We are trying to obtain a TRV for my partner to visit me in Canada for 4-5 months. I am a Canadian citizen, she is a Thai national. We have lived together for the past 2.5 years in Thailand (so from my understanding, we should be recognized as common-law). I recently returned to Canada after I suffered a serious injury and underwent surgery on my dominant hand in Thailand. The outcome is quite bad and I will likely end up requiring further surgery here in Canada. She has been an immeasurable source of emotional support for me, and reuniting here during this time is very important to us.
She has a bachelor's degree, a steady job in Thailand, and she has family that she takes care of as well as helps run her mother’s business, so she will be returning to Thailand for those obligations (I am also planning to join her in returning to Thailand after her visit to Canada, if my medical situation becomes stable). She has little in savings though, so I will be providing my bank statement with more than $100k (so more than enough to financially support her during her stay) and will bear all financial responsibility for her. She is double vaccinated, so she also qualifies for the fully vaccinated traveler exemption.
My question now is; which of these reasons should we select when applying?
a) To unite with an immediate family member who is a Canadian citizen (based on common-law spouse, and provide a notarized IMM5409)
b) To unite with an extended family member who is a Canadian citizen (based on exclusive dating relationship, and provide a notarized IMM0006)
c) To provide care for a loved one who needs medical support (not sure if my situation meets criteria for this, but I think it might)
d) To visit family/friends for less than 6 months
e) Tourism
Is one of these more likely to succeed than the others? We technically fall under any of the above categories.
As this is all done online with IRCC, either one of us can do the application. Would it be better for me to file and submit the application on her behalf? Or should she be the one to actually submit it? Anything else important that we might be missing?
Thank you in advance for any help
We are trying to obtain a TRV for my partner to visit me in Canada for 4-5 months. I am a Canadian citizen, she is a Thai national. We have lived together for the past 2.5 years in Thailand (so from my understanding, we should be recognized as common-law). I recently returned to Canada after I suffered a serious injury and underwent surgery on my dominant hand in Thailand. The outcome is quite bad and I will likely end up requiring further surgery here in Canada. She has been an immeasurable source of emotional support for me, and reuniting here during this time is very important to us.
She has a bachelor's degree, a steady job in Thailand, and she has family that she takes care of as well as helps run her mother’s business, so she will be returning to Thailand for those obligations (I am also planning to join her in returning to Thailand after her visit to Canada, if my medical situation becomes stable). She has little in savings though, so I will be providing my bank statement with more than $100k (so more than enough to financially support her during her stay) and will bear all financial responsibility for her. She is double vaccinated, so she also qualifies for the fully vaccinated traveler exemption.
My question now is; which of these reasons should we select when applying?
a) To unite with an immediate family member who is a Canadian citizen (based on common-law spouse, and provide a notarized IMM5409)
b) To unite with an extended family member who is a Canadian citizen (based on exclusive dating relationship, and provide a notarized IMM0006)
c) To provide care for a loved one who needs medical support (not sure if my situation meets criteria for this, but I think it might)
d) To visit family/friends for less than 6 months
e) Tourism
Is one of these more likely to succeed than the others? We technically fall under any of the above categories.
As this is all done online with IRCC, either one of us can do the application. Would it be better for me to file and submit the application on her behalf? Or should she be the one to actually submit it? Anything else important that we might be missing?
Thank you in advance for any help