Can my Father visit my sister in Toronto if she is an asylum seeker?

[kamil186]

Hi all,
I recently lost my mother to kidney failure in December 2023. My eldest sister could not attend the funeral because she was unable to get leave from her job. She lives in Toronto with her husband, three kids, and her Mother-in-law (father-in-law is deceased), might I add, they own their own home since that is a big achievement nowadays in Canada.
My father wants to visit her in Toronto but I am not sure if his visitor visa will be approved since my sister is an asylum seeker from Pakistan (Minority group), she has however, obtained her Canadian passport last year and became a citizen.
For the record, my father has never previously applied for a Visa to Canada but did get US B1/B2 rejected last month, will this affect his chances?
If I request her to send a letter of invitation to my father, will that make or break his case? Some context: My father is well into his 70s and has no intentions to stay in Canada and since I am currently in University, I can put myself as a home-tie to origin country for my father.
This is what I have currently come up with when it comes to building a strong case with a solid purpose of travel + home ties. Lmk if there are any changes I should make or If I have it wrong altogether.

Looking forward to your responses.

 

[foodie69]

Technically speaking your sister is not an asylum seeker, she is Canadian.

 

[kamil186]

Technically speaking your sister is not an asylum seeker, she is Canadian.

So your saying the fact that she was an asylum seeker before doesn't matter that much as her case was approved and she is now a Canadian citizen?
So, if I tell her to send a letter of invitation from Canada to my father, it wont be a problem?

 

[scylla]

So your saying the fact that she was an asylum seeker before doesn't matter that much as her case was approved and she is now a Canadian citizen?
So, if I tell her to send a letter of invitation from Canada to my father, it wont be a problem?

The fact your sister claimed asylum may impact your father's application. The US refusal may as well. He should show strong ties to his home county in his application. Good luck. Make sure he declares the US refusal.

 

[kamil186]

The fact your sister claimed asylum may impact your father's application. The US refusal may as well. He should show strong ties to his home county in his application. Good luck. Make sure he declares the US refusal.

Wait, I have a question, why would the US refusal have anything to do with Canadian visitor visa?
For home-ties, I plan to show myself and my elder sister (we are three siblings) as my father's ties to the country of origin(pk), the family business in construction which is pretty much automated at this point is also a home-tie, our home, properties and car as well. I have seen you are an active member of this community, What else would you advise me?

 

[kamil186]

Canada and the US share immigration information so reason for US refusal is shared with Canada. it is very important to declare refusal. How old are you? If over 22, children are not a tie. Show that the business is in his name with registration/contracts/receipts etc as well as properties.

Someone commented this and deleted their comment, I received the email of their answer and want to continue this discussion to hopefully reach a conclusion. Is it true that Canada and US share immigration information? What if I declare it and its refused just because of that? I am literally going to be 22 next month. I have noted your comment that I should show the business in my fathers name.

 

[YVR123]

Someone commented this and deleted their comment, I received the email of their answer and want to continue this discussion to hopefully reach a conclusion. Is it true that Canada and US share immigration information? What if I declare it and its refused just because of that? I am literally going to be 22 next month. I have noted your comment that I should show the business in my fathers name.

US and Canada share immigration information. You need to declare all previous visa refusal.
If you DO NOT declare them truthfully, its misrepresentation and he could get a 5 year ban from entering Canada. (not just the refusal of the visitor visa) How does your age affect your father's visitor visa application? You are already an adult and adult children are not tie to home country.

Oh. And application for visitor visa is NOT a family class sponsorship application. Your sister is only providing an invitation letter to a visitor visa application, she is not "sponsoring". Please post and read up information in the visitors section.
https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/forums/visitors.8/

 

[scylla]

Someone commented this and deleted their comment, I received the email of their answer and want to continue this discussion to hopefully reach a conclusion. Is it true that Canada and US share immigration information? What if I declare it and its refused just because of that? I am literally going to be 22 next month. I have noted your comment that I should show the business in my fathers name.

Yes, Canada and the US share immigration information.

People offer advice here for free so you need to be patient in waiting for responses or alternatively hire a lawyer to give you faster answers.

 

[Copingwithlife]

Someone commented this and deleted their comment, I received the email of their answer and want to continue this discussion to hopefully reach a conclusion. Is it true that Canada and US share immigration information? What if I declare it and its refused just because of that? I am literally going to be 22 next month. I have noted your comment that I should show the business in my fathers name.

It’s all right here

https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2012/12/202065.htm#:~:text=If the identity matches that,a visa or claims asylum.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...ent/us-canada-information-sharing-treaty.html

It’s 2023 . Immigration data is being shared so individuals don’t attempt to circumvent immigration rules.
Years ago prior to biometrics people would destroy there passports onboard airplanes prior to arrival. Biometrics pretty well much stopped that . If peoples prints are in the system from an immigration sharing country, there data will be there

 

[kamil186]

I understand what you all are saying, I will take your advice into account and declare the refusal. Keeping this in mind, What are my father's chances of getting a visitor visa approved?
Also, does the visa officer pay more attention to the transactions of an account or the closing balance?

 

[kamil186]

US and Canada share immigration information. You need to declare all previous visa refusal.
If you DO NOT declare them truthfully, its misrepresentation and he could get a 5 year ban from entering Canada. (not just the refusal of the visitor visa) How does your age affect your father's visitor visa application? You are already an adult and adult children are not tie to home country.

Oh. And application for visitor visa is NOT a family class sponsorship application. Your sister is only providing an invitation letter to a visitor visa application, she is not "sponsoring". Please post and read up information in the visitors section.
https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/forums/visitors.8/

Yes I apologise for the miscategorisation, I am new to this platform and since my case is family-related, this category made more sense to me.