Success: VISITOR RECORD (29 DAYS)
The success story today refers to an elderly woman in Manitoba. She has been in Canada for many years and she was previously refused. She has a long immigration history at IRCC which is quite complex. We have been helping her and her family to address the past issues. Thankfully, she is now in status and she can stay with her family. 
Here is a brief timeline of the Visitor Record application:
- SEP 2024 Consultation regarding Visitor Record (VR) application;
- OCT 2024 Client retained us for a VR application for his mother;
- Prepared supplementary document checklist, collected and reviewed documents;
- OCT 2024 Reviewed full package, submitted VR application;
- NOV 2024 VR Approved.
VR approved in less than 1 month.
Congratulations to our clients! We need to highlight Kristina’s amazing work with this application. Kristina works extremely hard to ensure our clients have the best chance at success.
We do our best to help parents and grandparents. These cases can be difficult. Recently, IRCC announced that it will pause applications for PR status for this category of applicants. The government is currently not accepting new applications. For more information, please see details in the Gazette and the Ministerial Instructions.
In general, applications for older applicants can be difficult. In 2022, we were able to get PR status for an elderly woman after her H&C was refused. We had to go to Federal Court to fight for her to stay in Canada. In Shubar, Alastair Clarke argued that the Officer’s decision was unreasonable and Justice McHaffie agreed:
The senior immigration officer who refused Ms. Shubar’s H&C application gave reasons for decision that refer to the best interests of the grandchildren. However, those reasons contain no analysis, or indeed mention, of the particular interests of the third grandchild or how she might be affected by the decision. In the circumstances, I consider this failure to address a central submission raised by Ms. Shubar to be a material and fundamental flaw that renders the decision unreasonable.
It was a pleasure to work with Ms Shubar and her family. (We can discuss her identity as that case is public record and published on the Federal Court webside.) And it was also a pleasure to work the family to get the Visitor Record. To be clear, that application has no connection with the VR which was approved in 29 days. These are separate matters.
Please contact our office if you would like assistance with a VR application to IRCC.
