will my fiance / to be spouse get tourist visa to visit ?

[reachmenow]

hi All,

I am getting married soon and thinking of applying for tourist visa for my fiancé before marriage, does CIC approve tourist visas for to be spouses?

what should I mention in the invitation letter ?

please advise.

thanks,

 

[chakrab]

for starter dont mention he is your fiance and stay as far away from the application as you can. he needs to apply for visa on his own merit. possible spouse beats any attachment from the homeland according to CIC and they will never agree that the applicant will return.

 

[svetlana]

hi All,

I am getting married soon and thinking of applying for tourist visa for my fiancé before marriage, does CIC approve tourist visas for to be spouses?

what should I mention in the invitation letter ?

please advise.

thanks,

First of all where are u from? The probability of a tourist visa to be approved for your fiance is low. Your fiance needs to show very strong ties to his country. Like in the previous post was said...immigration has to be 100% sure that the applicant will go back. Get marry in his country and apply outland. Do not waste your time with this kind of visas.

 

[28january]

Write your invitation letter like you have written in the past, no need to highlight the fact that you guys are planning on applying for PR. If she has gotten her visa successfully in the past there's no reason she wouldn't get it again based on the similar invitation letter. Don't give them any reason to think that she is going to stay and apply for PR inland. I did just that and got a multiple entry visa good for five years ;D

 

[screech339]

I mentioned in the invitation letter that we were engaged. In other words, she is my fiancée. She was able to get her multiple entry visa. However if my wife was married to me, then that is a whole new ballgame as now CiC will view her attachment to canada stronger than her own native country.

Be honest in the application. CIC is going to smell something fishy for a letter of invitation sent to a complete stranger coming to visit Canada without any mention of being bf/gf?

As long as you are not married to your gf, the applicant ties to native country remain strong, as long as he/she provide proof of ties to home.

Screech339

 

[reachmenow]

thanks a lot all of you for your feedback and support!

i am from India and living in Canada as PR, my fiance is from india.

we will apply visa outland only however since the process still takes 6-8 months thus thought that having visitor visa will help for some visit in between.

@ Screech339 - i will follow ur footprint and try my luck with visitor visa... for how long did your fiancé get the visa , 6 months or so ?

Regards,

 

[screech339]

thanks a lot all of you for your feedback and support!

i am from India and living in Canada as PR, my fiance is from india.

we will apply visa outland only however since the process still takes 6-8 months thus thought that having visitor visa will help for some visit in between.

@ Screech339 - i will follow ur footprint and try my luck with visitor visa... for how long did your fiancé get the visa , 6 months or so ?

Regards,

If you are referring to PR spousal sponsorship, then it took my wife 10 months for her to get PR. Mind you we applied inland and that was before the huge hit to the inland timeline took place.

Screech339

 

[chakrab]

from india, it definitely helps if you provide a flight ticket (at least for the first visit). without flight tickets, it's pretty much impossible to get visa from new delhi.

also mind that if you submit the application as outland, be aware that she will be required to submit passport within a month's notice. so her being in canada can be a trouble. i would suggest applying outland only after she is in canada (if she successfully gets a visa) and putting your canadian address as the mailing address. that way she may be transferred to ottawa and she can extend her visitor status in canada while the processing continues.

give it a thought before you apply for PR.

 

[reachmenow]

hi Chakrab,

thanks for your input..

I do however did not understand your suggestion, how can I submit the process as outland when my spouse is in Canada ?

 

[rhcohen2014]

hi Chakrab,

thanks for your input..

I do however did not understand your suggestion, how can I submit the process as outland when my spouse is in Canada ?

there is NO rule or law that states a person in canada as a visitor, worker or student MUST to apply inland. A person can be IN canada as a worker, visitor or student and apply outland, and it's actually the suggested way to apply, even by CIC. Applying outland has NOTHING to do with where the applicant is. It has to do with where the application is processing and what the home country of the applicant is. The only "risk" for some people is in the case an interview is requested, the applicant will have to go back to their home country for it. For most people, it's not an issue, just an added expense. It is still not a reason to apply inland, because a majority of applicants are waived the interview.

 

[BrianDell]

"stay as far away from the application as you can" is good advice, unless you are from a country where someone else has gotten a visit visa despite the visa application docs, or the facts, indicating a potential long term relationship. I didn't think I could completely stay away in the case of my wife before we got married because I didn't think she could get a visit visa on her own merits given her verifiable income so I wrote an invitation letter saying I'd support her visit financially like I did her visit to Florida and she got rejected despite the fact we weren't even engaged at the time. The US gave her a visit visa, though.

 

[reachmenow]

thanks rhcohen2014 and BrianDell for the input, sorry that I saw late...

appreciate the feedback!