r/CanadaVisitorVisa

Hi everyone,
I’m a Canadian Permanent Resident and I’d like to invite my parents to visit me in Canada. They both live in India and have never applied for a Canadian visitor visa before.
I’m looking for guidance from anyone who has recently gone through this process.
A few questions I have:

1. Should I apply for both of them together or submit separate applications?
2. What documents should I provide from Canada (invitation letter, PR card, employment letter, bank statements, etc.)?
3. What documents should my parents provide from India?
4. How can we best show strong ties to India to improve their chances of approval?
5. Is it better for them to show that they’ll pay for the trip themselves, or can I sponsor their visit?
6. Are there any common mistakes I should avoid?
   If anyone has applied recently from India, how long did the process take?

I’d really appreciate any tips, document checklists, or personal experiences.
Thank you!

Am I the only one that feels like Pretoria is the slowest office? They take forever to respond and finalize applications. Without no clue of what’s going on. Background check is completed but they haven’t updated the online portal. Processing time is 102 days and we are on day 102. I’m sure it will still not finalized for the next 2 weeks lol.. have you also dealt with that office? What was ur experience? Am I just unlucky? 😏

How do you get to see the PR application update. I applied for my wife on April 13th- Outland India.

Spousal PR Submission- April 21st

AOR- June 7th

TRV- June 11th

PR BIL- June 11th

TRV BIL- June 11th

TRV Biometrics- June 15th

PR MIL- June 15th

Pre Arrival- June 18th

PR Biometrics- June 19th

Biometrics Enrollment date for TRV Update- June 19th

Sponsor Eligibility- June 19th

PR Medical- June 20th

No update for TRV yet. Also from when the application processing time gets calculated? it excludes the date from the submission till the enrollment, correct?

And I don't know why the PR portal has no update. The last update date is the application submission date and I don't see the Application Status Tracker is working either. Kindly help on how I can find the PR application progress status. Thanks.

Hi all!

Im set to fly out to Toronto in a week for my job with Disney Cruise Lines. We depart for the cruise in my Miami, but ill be training in canada (i will be paid during this time) for about 2 months. Disney have told me that I dont need a work permit or visa BUT that i need to apply for an eTA, however, the options for the purpose of my visit are quite limited and im pretty much restricted to either for tourism/leisure (which is obviously not correct) or transit through air (which is potentially true but i dint know if me being there for 2 months is considered way too long for transit through air)

If anyone could offer any help or advice I'd be so grateful because my onboarding assistant is not being very helpful unfortunately!

I have a 10 year V-1 from when I renewed my study permit back when I was studying. Now i’m out of status due to refusal and going back to my country. Can I come back with my V-1 to visit?

Hello everyone. My parents applied for a Visitor VISA on 9th June. They already had a Canadian Visit VISA previously which expired last year. This time they have applied again but with my younger sibling added in the group. My sibling completed his biometrics on 12th June & their status is “We are processing your application…”

Similarly I applied for myself, my wife and infant son on 14th June. Completed biometrics 19th June. Same status as my parents. Separate application from my parents.

We are all applying from Doha, Qatar.

How long does the procedure take?

3 years ago when my parents applied, they got the final decision in 18 working days. But it is taking alot longer now. Almost a month. Anyone have any guidance?

I submitted my TRV application on June 24 and have biometrics on June 26 at vfl office in Osaka. It seems that application from Japan are handled at Manilla office in Philippines. Has anyone here applied from Japan? I am worried about processing time since my scheduled journey is in early August. If you have any experiences, please share. Thank you very much

Please advise what are the chances of my brothers daughter ( niece get visitor visa for Canada) from India.
She is studying in 11th grade and what documents and how much money need to show.

How difficult is it to get an ETA if you have past refusals for a Canadian tourist visa? For context if I get an American tourist visa, the next step is to get an eta and not have to go the Canadian tourist visa route. I suppose the idea is that if America border officers believes you will return home and issue you a visa, then it increases your chances of entry into Canada

Hi! I’ve had this inspiration to work abroad from the uk to Canada however I know little basically.
How exactly do you get the ball rolling with something like this? Do you apply for jobs first? Create your profile through the IRCC system first? I have no idea so I’m just after a bit of basic knowledge please!

Timeline:

- Application submitted: June 12

- Biometrics completed: June 26

- Eligibility Complete: June 28

Profile:

Currently living in the US on an F-1 student visa.

For those who've hit this stage, roughly how long did it take to get a final decision? Trying to gauge whether my August trip is realistic.

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Here is my timeline for those who might be interested. Applied from Bangalore, India
Existing others visas: USA, Schengen (France 5 years), UK

- Applied May 26 TRV for a business meeting (shared invitation letter, hotel bookings, proof of funds, full itinerary, bank statements, payslips)
- Received Biometric letter on 27 May 2026
- Biometrics given in Bangalore VFS on 2 June 2026
- Passport requested by IRCC on 9 June 2026
- Passport sent 10 June from Bangalore VFS
- Passport reached IRCC Delhi 12 June 2026
- Eligibility review completed and counterfoil update on IRCC portal on 26 June
- Email received on application update status 27 June 2026
- Email received from VFS on dispatch 30 June
- Passport collection email received on 2 July
-Passport collected in person 3 July 2026

Hi, I’m planning to apply visitor visa for my brother who is in UK and he is working there, what are the chances of getting his visa approved. Because I hear in Canada mostly they will reject visa for siblings who are unmarried and have no dependents like wife or children, is that true?

Hi, I'm going to ask a quick question about Webform.

I recently submitted 2 webforms, basically one webform each week. One of them is for submitting updated materials (even though they didn't ask me to do that, but my invitation letter has been updated to include another workshop), and another one is an inquiry about the application process since it is close to my travel date. However, neither of them got a reply, and there is no update in my application system (I used the new portal; if I submitted the file, there would be an update in the application history)

Before that, I also sent another two webforms and received similar, but helpless replies.

So, my question is: is this normal that they choose to ignore the webform, or have they already flagged my application as a kind of annoying application

Application background: Chinese student in the UK, submitted on 3rd May, biometrics on 7th May, application stuck in background check. The two previous replies are also attached.

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Here’s my timeline: I submitted May 1 from Uk. Gave biometric June 5 from Pakistan. Eligibility review started June 19. Today, July 1, Biometric got completed.

I mentioned a past TRV refusal in 2023, but forgot to mention a family immigration refusal from 2007 when I was 6.
Too late to raise a webform? Please help!

I feel like the answer is clear but, here's my profile -

• 22M, Visiting 1st Cousin (Who recently got his PR), and for tourism
• Officially employed since 2.5 years
• Previous Travels : Ireland, USA, UAE, Europe (3 Countries) Singapore, Malaysia
• Previous Rejections : 1 USA (May 2026). 1 Sweden (2024, applied via my university)
• Funds - Around $6-7K CAD in my savings account

Will provide clear itinerary and round trip flight tickets

What is the general experience like for visitor visas for young travellers? I really dont want any more rejections unnecessarily....