just got back from Canadian Embassy in SD and application for TEMPORARY resident visa was refused.
here is a little background on the case:
we have known each other for a year and a half and we got married January 09, 2008. she is 20 and i am 27. she is currently a student in what would be considered 13Th grade in Canada, and next year plans to start university, therefore we applied for TEMPORARY visa with entry date August 15Th and exit date November 15Th at the latest, depending when she would need to be back for university.
on the refusal letter the reason given was "you have not established to my satisfaction that you would leave Canada at the end of your stay as a temporary resident".
we have gathered all the documents necessary, personal, school, bank statements (she has around 100.000 RD on her account, and i have submitted my bank statement where i have around 100K US to prove that i can financially support her while we are in Canada).
i have applied for multiple entry visa since i travel quite often to Canada and would like her to accompany me as much as possible.
we will re-apply, the only question i have is for which visa to apply? i know if we re-apply for the same one, TEMPORARY resident it would probably be refused again since nothing has changed with our situation. if we re-apply for PERMANENT resident i believe we would probably get it since we are legally married and i have the means to support her, but it would take longer to process and we were planning to visit Canada this summer. also if we apply for PERMANENT resident visa it would not be 100% truthful since we have no plans to live in Canada, she will start university next year and i will hopefully start some sort of a business here.
i was very frustrated today since nobody in SD was able to tell me anything; "we don't do immigration here, call Haiti." i wish there was a way where i would be able to post bail so to say and guaranty her return or something.
please advise me what do you think is the best for us to do. re-apply for the same visa which is 100% what we want; for her to be able to accompany me on my trips, or bend the truth a little and apply for PERMANENT visa, which we do not need/want at the moment, but would most likely get?
thank you.
here is a little background on the case:
we have known each other for a year and a half and we got married January 09, 2008. she is 20 and i am 27. she is currently a student in what would be considered 13Th grade in Canada, and next year plans to start university, therefore we applied for TEMPORARY visa with entry date August 15Th and exit date November 15Th at the latest, depending when she would need to be back for university.
on the refusal letter the reason given was "you have not established to my satisfaction that you would leave Canada at the end of your stay as a temporary resident".
we have gathered all the documents necessary, personal, school, bank statements (she has around 100.000 RD on her account, and i have submitted my bank statement where i have around 100K US to prove that i can financially support her while we are in Canada).
i have applied for multiple entry visa since i travel quite often to Canada and would like her to accompany me as much as possible.
we will re-apply, the only question i have is for which visa to apply? i know if we re-apply for the same one, TEMPORARY resident it would probably be refused again since nothing has changed with our situation. if we re-apply for PERMANENT resident i believe we would probably get it since we are legally married and i have the means to support her, but it would take longer to process and we were planning to visit Canada this summer. also if we apply for PERMANENT resident visa it would not be 100% truthful since we have no plans to live in Canada, she will start university next year and i will hopefully start some sort of a business here.
i was very frustrated today since nobody in SD was able to tell me anything; "we don't do immigration here, call Haiti." i wish there was a way where i would be able to post bail so to say and guaranty her return or something.
please advise me what do you think is the best for us to do. re-apply for the same visa which is 100% what we want; for her to be able to accompany me on my trips, or bend the truth a little and apply for PERMANENT visa, which we do not need/want at the moment, but would most likely get?
thank you.