Visitor visa to Canada refused. need advice on how to re-apply please.

[AnnaC]

Originally Posted by sylindr

What is the email address to immigration in Haiti. WE just got refused a visa because of my boyfriend's "travel history" (which they don't even ask for) and " his reason for visiting Canada"what ever that means!! He met all of the requirements financially as did I. I was told by immigration here that sometimes they just refuse people. I would love to be able to communicate with Haiti and see what we would need to do differently to qualify

Haiti deals with Immigration to Canada. Visitor visas are handled at the Canadian Embassy in Santo Domingo Dominican Republic :: Home :: Discover Canada :: Visas and Immigration

[Rocky]

Originally Posted by sylindr

What is the email address to immigration in Haiti. WE just got refused a visa because of my boyfriend's "travel history" (which they don't even ask for) and " his reason for visiting Canada"what ever that means!! He met all of the requirements financially as did I. I was told by immigration here that sometimes they just refuse people. I would love to be able to communicate with Haiti and see what we would need to do differently to qualify

Makes you wonder if they do it just for fun.
I mean, Haiti has nothing, nada and it's a hellhole.
Maybe it gives them pleasure to refuse folks and feel powerful.

[AnnaC]

Originally Posted by Rocky

Makes you wonder if they do it just for fun.
I mean, Haiti has nothing, nada and it's a hellhole.
Maybe it gives them pleasure to refuse folks and feel powerful.

Rocky it's not Haiti that handles visitor visas. Haiti is for Immigration.

The Canadian Embassy in Santo Domingo must sure be raking in the money only to deny them though.

[Berzin]

I have a friend who is a millionaire(in dollars, not pesos) whose wife has been continually denied a visitors' visa to the US.

She has more than enough to meet the minimum criteria-house and car under her name, children in private school, plenty of money in her own personal account, etc. and she cannot go to the US to visit family members.

She has gotten denied time and time again for no good reason. So I understand the OPs' frustration, but even when people meet the requirements they still get denied.

[sylindr]

yes I think it is just a money grab! Very aggravating and no recourse just have to keep blindly trying!

[liam1]

the email in Haiti is: port-au-prince-im-enquiry@international.gc.ca

i think the biggest problem about the whole process is that there are not clear requirements that would guaranty one an entry, and at the end it comes down to the official who receives the application to decide. if he/she happens to be in a bad mood that day the applicant might get refused even if all the requirements are met!

[liam1]

Originally Posted by AnnaC

Haiti deals with Immigration to Canada. Visitor visas are handled at the Canadian Embassy in Santo Domingo

the Embassy in Santo Domingo only receives the application (i picked the application up at the Puerto Plata office but had to hand it in in SD), they take the application and the applicant's passport, make sure the processing fee is paid and then send the docs to Haiti where the decision is made.

[AnnaC]

Thanks Liam,
I was under the impression that since they can get a "denied" letter back so fast compared to immigrating to Canada that the applications never make it out of the SD office.

[donnaparadise]

It is almost impossible to get a visitor's visa for a Dominican going to Canada. Canada refuses almost all of the requests and often once they refuse once, will continue refusing, without explanation.

There are countless Dominicans who went to Canada several years ago on Visitors' Visas and never came back and slowly Canada began making it more and more difficult until even if you are married, it can take from 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 years to get a Permanent Spousal Visa.

All the paperwork is done in Santo Domingo, but it is then sent to Haiti for processing. You are very lucky to have received an answer as recently there was notification on the website (not sure if it is still there) to not email asking about status of visas.

I have friends who married and applied and waited more than 2 years before they were able to finally get entry into Canada and they were both extremely well qualified. Others have just been turned down with no explanation other than the same one given and never did get there at all.

I really think you have to forget about getting your wife up there this summer - I doubt that has any chance of happening at all, given Canada's policies. They are very, very different from the US policy and totally different from European countries, although some of them are toughening up their requirements of late as well.

[liam1]

Europe is way easier! my wife's sister is married to an Italian guy (for about 3-4 years now) and within 3 months of officially getting married she was in Italy on PERMANENT Visa.