So, I'm in a bit of a situation here. I just got an email for my passport request. I plan to send it to LA before the close of work today. But I just remembered Monday is Memorial Day. I have a flight to Hawaii at 8 am on Tuesday. The plan is to travel from Hawaii to Canada on Friday. Should I use my Airbnb address in Hawaii as the return address? Or does the 2-way shipping work on weekends?

Hi, any one applied for TRV from India after getting Spousal AOR and got it, can you share your timeline? Thank you!

I got a lot of help from this Subreddit while applying for my Visitor visa so decided to share my timelines. We applied as a family of 3 to visit Canada for a short trip while visiting my sister in the US. Since we hold B1/B2s, I guess we were processed in the CAN+ category

16th April - Submitted biometrics
22nd April - Received PPR
28th April - Received a notification from IRCC that our application is under process
11th May - Received a notification on the portal saying that a decision has been made
17th May - Received a message that our passports have been dispatched
19th May - was able to collect them from VFS Mumbai.

Happy to answer any questions!

Hi everyone,

I’m curious if anyone here has successfully obtained a Temporary Resident Visa (TRV) after having 2 previous refusals for a Canadian TRV. I have been refused twice even after having a US B1/B/ visa. They didn’t ask for any bank statements so I didn’t provide which led to my refusals (What’s your thought on this?) Also,

Specifically:

For Canada – how did your next application go after 2 refusals?
For other countries – have you or anyone you know applied successfully after 2 refusals from canada ? how big of a red flag is it when we declare 2-3 refusals on other countries’ application form?

I’d love to hear personal experiences, tips, or insights on improving approval chances.
Thanks in advance!

Hey y'all! I'm a 25M Kenyan currently living and studying in France.

I really would love to visit Canada during the summer holidays and spend time with my aunt and cousins.

I unfortunately have 2 rejections already:

1. Back in 2021 when I applied to study there, it was my first time applying for a visa so I literally just submitted exactly what they mentioned on the checklist, naïve me didn't know there was more to it than a form and bank statements to submit and of course it led to a rejection. I didn't want to reapply back then cause the processing time was huge and I felt like it was a waste of time.

2. In 2023, I applied from France while I was doing my undergraduate. I was refused under "My status in my country of residence... " Now this time I made an effort to my application (submitted more than enough proofs) but I believe I was refused because my permit was under renewal (even though I submitted my renewal proof which said that my permit was already accepted, it's just that the card was not yet out). I also submitted my permit when it came out but I guess it was already too late since I received the rejection a few days right after.

There has been some changes between then and now. I'm still studying in France and I should be doing my masters this coming September. I have visited about 14 countries between then and now, and I also have a valid UK long term visa (I go to the UK very often, about once every month, sometimes twice especially during holidays like mid-term break etc) and a US visa (yet to be used, I was hoping to use it this summer). I was also thinking of going with my gf (she doesn't need a visa) to see my aunt and fam. I was hoping to go to NA this year since I spent summer in my home country last year.

My question is, should I wait and start my masters before applying, or can I apply as soon as I get my acceptance letter? Or should I just not apply at all to avoid ruining my chances in the future? Any advice would be appreciated.

I will be coming to Canada on September-December 2026 to become an international exchange student at University of British Columbia (Vancouver).

Since I will only be studying there for 4 months, I don’t need a study permit. A visitor visa is all I need.

I am required by the IRCC site to upload four files:

1. letter of acceptance
2. national identity document
3. passport
4. proof of funds

I have no problems submitting the first three requirements, but the 4th (proof of funds) requirement is what troubles me.

My whole exchange trip would be financed/sponsored by my biological aunt. So for proof of funds, we will be providing a letter from her confirming the sponsorship and some proof of our relationship (birth certificates and family pictures). We don’t plan on submitting any bank statements or what right now as we’re hoping that the letter would be enough.

OK so here are my actual questions:

1. Do you think the letter alone without the bank statements would be enough…? I know it probably wouldn’t, but it’s hard to request a bank statement from my aunt because I don’t think she’ll be comfortable with that. Additionally, she believes that the bank statements aren’t required since there’s a letter already. But if it turns out that the bank statements are necessary, I guess we’ll find a way to provide it.

2. If she’s not comfortable with showing her bank statements, could an alternative solution be for her to send the whole sponsorship money to my own bank account and I’ll just show that as my proof of funds?

3. Aside from the proof of funds issue, do you think I should submit additional files such as cover letters or the contract I signed with my home university about my exchange program? Or would these be over explaining and actually raise some flags?

Thank you to those who would be helping and I’m sorry if this is too confusing😭

Posting this to know if there are other people in the same boat as me so we can all help each other figure out the estimated time taken for passport stamping and return currently.

Visa type : PR Timeline= Submitted VFS on - 20 April

• Passport reached IRCC Delhi - 22 April
• No updates as of May 19

If anyone has similar dates of submission please let me know in the comments

I am planning to apply for my parents visitor visa for intended travel of 1 month during fall where

1. dad is retired since 2024
2. mom housewife
3. dad has property on his name
4. rental lease agreement until March 2027
5. funds in account and FD

Sponsors me and my husband we both are PRs in Canada

Any inputs to improve their application and chances of getting it approved

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Hi - received passport submission request for my Canada tourist visa application. I submitted my passport from Seattle via the 2 way courier service on May 15 (Friday). I have an upcoming international trip on May 22 (Friday), what are the chances I’ll be able to get my passport back by then?
What can I do to have them expedite the processing? Can anyone help with what the recent timeline looks like after passport submission?
Much appreciated!

Hi everyone,

My parents applied for canada visitor visa through an agent in India.

They travelled to UK last year for three months.

For the canada visa as well they showed the same documents they showed for UK vusa , all accounts , investment, house documents. They are retired.

Still they got rejection.

They are visiting my sister who is a canadian citizen to attend her baby shower and stay for 3 months.

Below are the documents they showed.

- account statements, investment documents , house documents

- application letter - we mentioned that they are visiting their daughter and her husband. Thats it , no mention of her being pregnant.

- sisters family payslips

-Sisters house rental contracts

- no airline tickets - our agent told not required. Is this true??

Is there anything obvious that we did wrong or any documents that we didn't showed to get rejection.

Should we wait a month or so to apply again and this time more documents?

But mainly what additional documents we can show to have approval. My parents really want to visit.

Thanks

How long is the whole process to apply from inside USA , ASC vs VAC ?

Also after approval , how long between submitting the passport and getting it back ? Do you recommend their courier service or just go with regular company ?

Hello everyone,

I am a Canadian citizen, born in Canada, and I lived there for 28 years. I got married last fall in Serbia to a Serbian citizen, and I have been living in Serbia with him since May. I need to return to Canada in July, otherwise I risk losing my health insurance card. My husband and I recently applied for a visitor visa. We submitted our marriage certificate, proof that he has a job—he is a history teacher at a secondary school here—proof that he has his own apartment, and that he intends to come visit me for three weeks in July. Do you think this is enough? I have recently heard that the majority of people are being refused Canadian visas.

Hi everyone, I need some information related to passport submission for my Canada visa application.
I am currently in the UK on a Skilled Worker Visa and applied for a Canadian visa.
Application submitted: 28 April
Biometrics done: 5 May
Received passport request email/letter: 15 May

My main concern is passport submission. I have work commitments and travelling to London is difficult for me. The email mentioned that we can use the VFS courier service which costs around £45.

Does this fee already include VFS handling/passport transmission charges, or are there extra fees on top of that?

Also, has anyone tried sending the passport through Royal Mail or another courier instead of the VFS courier service? Is that allowed and safe, or does VFS only accept their own courier option?

Would really appreciate advice from anyone who recently went through this process in the UK. Thanks!

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Hi everyone, looking for an advice on what to choose in "Why do you need a visa?" in the application.

About me:

• 26M, Stable job in India
• Have valid US visa (B1/B2
• Traveling to the US after 4 months for Company offsite for a week, and then want to visit my sister (who will mostly have PR by then) and travel around for 4-5 days and back to India
• Have been to Malaysiya, Singapore, US in the past

I was confused on what should I select as a purpose - 1)To visit Canada as a tourist or 2)To visit other family who are not listed above or friends for less than 6 months. For the second one, I will require to submit invitation letter from my sister.

The application only requires for Passport and my US visa if I select Tourist. I will additionally submit my employer letter, financial proofs, and payslips to show the ties to India.

I read some posts that said it's better to not select the Friends or Family at this age, but I am confused if somehow they identify that I have sister in Canada, then can it be an issue? The application doesn't ask for siblings data in Family information. What do you guys think I should choose?

I got so stressed when I was checking for timelines because I have never had to wait that long for any visa, but luckily I didn’t have to and I’m sharing this in case it helps someone.

Currently in the UK on a student visa and here’s my timeline (First time applicant).

Visa type: Visitor
Applied: 08 April, 2026
Biometrics: 10 April, 2026
PPR: 07 May, 2026
Passport sent: 08 May, 2026 (It was a Friday, so it could not be delivered till Monday 11th)
Vfs passport submission: 11 May, 2026
Case closed: 13 May, 2026
Approval and vfs notification: 14 May, 2026
Passport delivered: 15 May, 2026

From Biometrics to approval: 34 days.

Submitted no bank statement but letter of funding (studentship) with a supporting letter from my boyfriend saying I wanted to come visit for my birthday. Nothing done out of the ordinary.

Hopefully this helps! Quite happy!

We applied for my wife (who is on a spouse visa UK) for a tourist visa to Canada and unfortunately it got rejected. The problem is I bought flight tickets for the beginning of July (July 8th).

We submitted her first application on the 17th April (biometrics) and got an answer just under a month (was not expecting it to be this quick).

If we re-apply for her visa, and (wishful thinking) it’s accepted in a month. Would the process of giving her passport to get it back stamped with the visa take a week? Or does it take longer than this?

We’re just wondering if there’s any point going through the stress again of submitting a new application i.e. do we even have enough time before our flights?