Tourist VISA

Tourist VISA

Overview:

The tourist visas, accompanying visas and family visit visas that we often talk about are actually classified as "Visitor Visa" in the official application. It's just because when we apply for this visa, it is mainly because of the three main reasons of tourism, accompanying study, and visiting relatives, so "Visitor Visa" is often given different names. The real family visit visa is the Super Visa, which is a visa that can be returned multiple times within 10 years and can stay in the country for up to 2 years. The ordinary "Visitor Visa" can stay in the country for up to 6 months at a time. But Super Visa is only given to people who visit their Canadian children or grandchildren for the reason. For other visits, you can only apply for "Visitor Visa".

Bill of Materials

· At least 100,000 (RMB) deposit certificate

· Original real estate certificate

· Passport pages from past travel abroad

· Original bankbooks or certificates of deposit, credit card statements, large national debt, insurance policies or unit share certificates may also be used.

· Original vehicle license

· Copy of ID card and other identification documents

· Documents about the company's financial status issued by the unit you work for

· The letter paper on the letterhead of the unit is stamped with the official seal

· Original copies of various professional certificates

· 4 photos for visa (35*45mm)

application process

1. Create an account on the official website and fill in the form. (Canada Immigration website: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/account.html). Click Continue to GCKey to enter the registration page.

Click Continue to GCKey, then you will see the interface shown below, select "Apply to come to Canada"

2. During the registration process, you will be required to enter some questions and answers, remember these answers, you will need to log in to your account to apply for other visas in the future. When the page shown below appears, you do not need to enter "Personal Reference Code"

There is no need to fill in the personal reference code, just click the visitor visa in the red box, the system will ask some questions around your basic personal situation, family situation, and work situation, and then automatically generate a list. If a family applies at the same time, it can be regarded as one application, sharing a list and paying the fee together. Applicants only need to scan and upload all materials and forms. The figures are as follows:

· Upload the IMM5257 form:

· Passport scan

· Education and Worksheets

· proof of income

· photo

Each application is $100, along with a biometric fee. The current biometric fee is CAD 85 (per person) / CAD 170 (applicable to families of two or more), here is an explanation: a family of three or four also only needs CAD 170 for biometrics, Fingerprints are not required for persons under the age of 14 or over the age of 80. The biometric fee and the visa fee are paid online together. After the payment is successful, you will receive two emails in the MESSAGE, namely Confirmation of Online Application Transmission and Submission Confirmation, indicating that the application has been submitted successfully.

In this process, the applicant will be required to fill in several forms, such as the IMM5257 application form, the IMM5645 family information form, and the IM5707 family information form. The purpose of these forms is to collect the basic information of the applicant. Click directly on the page. Link to download the form, then fill it out by hand and scan it. These forms are recommended to be opened with ADOBE ACROBAT DC and opened with a browser. Sometimes "Please Wait" will be displayed but it cannot be opened.

Appointment for fingerprint entry

After the embassy's online system receives the application, it will automatically send an email about 3 working days to inform you that you can make an appointment for fingerprint entry. There are 5 ways to make an appointment. For details, please refer to the Chinese Visa Service Center officially authorized by Canada: http://www .vfsglobal.ca/canada/china/schedule-appointment.html
Generally, we use online appointments more often. The applicant needs to print the email, bring along the passport, a copy of the first page of the passport, and the approval letter from the center, and enter the biometric information at the visa center according to the appointment time.

After fingerprinting, the visa center will return the passport to the applicant, and the embassy will continue to review the application.

Usually, the review time in Canada is at least 2 months (very important). After the review is completed, you will receive an email called Original Passport Request in MESSAGE. Receiving this email generally means that you have signed out. If the visa is refused, the system will directly issue a refusal letter in MESSAGE. The OPR is shown in the figure below.

Print out this OPR letter, bring your original passport, the original fingerprint entry receipt and the center service consent form, and submit your passport to the visa application center. The center will charge a document delivery fee of 96.1 yuan.
This is the most cost-effective method. There are also paper applications that are all submitted, but the fee will be more expensive than the online application. Finally, when handing in the passport, you can choose express delivery or pick it up at the visa center. The center will give the applicant a receipt with a reference number on it. The applicant can check the application progress online: http://www.vfsglobal .ca/canada/china/track-your-application.html/