Visitor Visa from Saudi Arabia

[I&D2018]

Hi,

We have a family friend who wants to visit Canada from Saudi Arabia. He is a professional with a business in Saudi Arabia. His nationality is from Yemen.

Will he have issues getting a visitor visa?

 

[canuck78]

Given the war in Yemen they will assume that he is likely to apply for asylum so it will probably be difficult to get a TRV.

 

[Legend6892]

Inform your friend not to waste money on Canadian TRV application, I’m 100% sure that it will get rejected.

 

[I&D2018]

Have they explained why they are rejecting the applications?

 

[bcgigabyte]

my best guess is that he might be approved if:
1- He has significant business in Saudi Arabia (owns a company with a good income, owns car(s), owns investments ...etc) or has a really good job (management level or so) with very large bank balance to show that he is not looking for work.
2- Has family members that will not travel with him.

CIC red flags will be:
1- He's travelling with all his family, this is a no no for them given his citizenship.
2- His situation in Saudi Arabia is not deep rooted so he can easily migrate somewhere else.

 

[Manpreet_2233]

Have they explained why they are rejecting the applications?

on CIC website they clearly mention they will not approve visa for Citizen of Israel or Yeman etc.

 

[canuck78]

on CIC website they clearly mention they will not approve visa for Citizen of Israel or Yeman etc.

Where did you read that? That is not correct.

 

[Manpreet_2233]

Where did you read that? That is not correct.

Where did you read that? That is not correct.

Don't Remember But there was.i think Due to War in middle east like for Syrians .

 

[canuck78]

Don't Remember But there was.i think Due to War in middle east like for Syrians .

This is not the case. Every case is looked at on an individual basis.

 

[Manpreet_2233]

This is not the case. Every case is looked at on an individual basis.

yeah could be

 

[I&D2018]

I have searched all over the website and cannot find anything like that. Canada has a program to take more refugees from Syria due the war but I have not seen anything about outright denying all visitor visas.

 

[PMM]

Hi

I have searched all over the website and cannot find anything like that. Canada has a program to take more refugees from Syria due the war but I have not seen anything about outright denying all visitor visas.

1. You can't find it because there is no such information in the CIC website.