Has anybody from India applied for a canadian visitor visa online?
Jul 20, 2013, 12:23 am
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Has anybody from India applied for a canadian visitor visa online?
They seem to offer this - but don't specify what next, do I just mail in my passport to the canadian high commission in delhi for stamping?
There's a canadian foreign service strike going on so that applications on paper (such as through VFS) seem to be taking days on end. I read that online apps are going through much faster. Even spent ages scanning in 5 passports worth of entry and exit stamps, visas etc and uploading them + other documents onto the My CIC website.
I still haven't submitted yet .. because I came across one of those know it all "immigration forum" (immihelp type rubbish) where some guy claims this is only for people already in canada to submit fresh TRVs. What I read on my cic seems to suggest otherwise, but easier to ask first than regret it later.
There's a canadian foreign service strike going on so that applications on paper (such as through VFS) seem to be taking days on end. I read that online apps are going through much faster. Even spent ages scanning in 5 passports worth of entry and exit stamps, visas etc and uploading them + other documents onto the My CIC website.
I still haven't submitted yet .. because I came across one of those know it all "immigration forum" (immihelp type rubbish) where some guy claims this is only for people already in canada to submit fresh TRVs. What I read on my cic seems to suggest otherwise, but easier to ask first than regret it later.
Jul 20, 2013, 8:51 am
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haven't done this myself but my ta applies for all my visas, whether online or in person....i can pass along his number to you if you want....
Jul 20, 2013, 10:23 am
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Jul 22, 2013, 1:12 am
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Jul 22, 2013, 5:13 am
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The canadian high commission for india website does say you can apply either online, or on paper (in person at the high commission or through vfs)
http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca...mande-vrt.aspx
http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca...mande-vrt.aspx
Jul 22, 2013, 6:00 am
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Jul 23, 2013, 11:25 am
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He is mixing up the online application (which is processed in Canada) with the online form submission (which you then print and submit to VFS). These are two different things.
Jul 24, 2013, 1:20 am
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Jul 24, 2013, 4:45 am
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If the online app is processed in canada the turnaround time is all of two months 
Does your agent suggest any workaround - say leave that app alone and just proceed to apply normally via vfs?
I've emailed the canadian high commission yesterday, no response so far.
Does your agent suggest any workaround - say leave that app alone and just proceed to apply normally via vfs?I've emailed the canadian high commission yesterday, no response so far.
Jul 24, 2013, 11:27 am
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Two months if you are lucky. The only person I know who tried to apply online has been waiting since February for the process to be completed. He was also told that once you submit online, you cannot submit another application to a visa post until the online application is adjudicated. So a bit of a catch-22 there.
Jul 24, 2013, 1:14 pm
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he says the processing time is about 5 weeks at the moment if applied through vfs....