Hi,
Personal experience: for Candian independent immigrantion, the immigration visa (the Canadian version of "Green Card") -
The landing paper (Form L-1000) is a separate A4-sized paper given to the visa holder, there is no sticker on your passport.
Unfortunately, no experience for vistor visa.
But if you submit the documets according to the requirements from Canadian Embassy's official web site, then it should be OK.
Good Luck!
Hi,
If you have EU passport, no visa is needed. If you are using Chinese passport to travel, you need a visitor visa to go.
If you indicate in your visa application form that you have a relative in Quebec, then depends on what kind of relative you have. For rich relatives, the risk of refusing a visitor visa is high, as you may live there forever; for poor relatives, the risk is not high, but it will depend on the mood of visa officer at the moment when you hand over your passport.
But if your real purpose is just to visit Canada, then finding a good chance like attending an international meeting could be the best, as nobody can really refuse this "decent" reason for applying a visitor visa.
If your real purpose is to stay there, then you may have to apply for immigration to Canada, and wait for a few years until you get the chance for your personal interview.
Anyway, it is not easy to get any visa to Canada now (for citizens from developing countries). However, if you can get an EU passport, like here in Belgium, then you can skip the hassel and just buy the air-ticket and begin your trip.
Hope it could be helpful!
Thank you very much for your info and it is very useful.
Unfortunately, I am holding a Chinese passport right now and I hava a sister in Quebec. I want to visit her because she is gonna have a baby, so my real intension is visiting reletive there but not staying there.
Hi,
I think for your situation, it is very likely that you can get a visitor visa. But I believe that you have to provide some proof for the following:
(1) Relationship with your sister, like Chinese "Hu Kou", but I believe it has to be notarized.
(2) The ID of your sister, like driver's license in Canada will be OK
(3) The most important thing from yourself: you have to provide a strong proof that you will come back to Belgium, if you have a full time job, then showing Canadian Embassy the formal work contract with your Belgian employer will be a very strong proof.
The other items may be also necessary, like your passport, pictures, but they are not very important.
However, I am not the visa officer of Canada, I just give you some logic reasoning.
Wish you have a good luck!
