Canada Visitor Visa (TRV) Support

How is a Canada visitor visa decided?

The temporary resident visa is assessed by an officer working through an online application and its attachments. IRCC may ask you to attend an interview, send more information, get a medical exam or provide a police certificate, and if it does you must follow the instructions you receive. But you cannot rely on being asked for the document you forgot. If your bank statement shows a large deposit two weeks before you applied and nothing explains it, the unexplained deposit is what they see.

This changes what good preparation looks like. For the United States we rehearse answers; for Canada we write them down. The letter of explanation does the work an interview does for a US applicant, and it is the single most under-used document in the whole application.

What documents does a Canada visitor visa application need?

• A passport valid for at least 6 months from your travel date.
• The online IRCC application and the IMM 5257 form, with the family information forms that go alongside it.
• Biometrics (fingerprints and a photograph) given in person at a visa application centre after the biometrics instruction letter is issued.
• Proof of funds covering the trip, with the history behind the balance rather than a single closing figure.
• Evidence of ties to Pakistan: employment, business ownership, property, dependants, enrolment.
• An invitation letter where you are visiting family or friends, and the host's own status and means where they are supporting you.
• A travel itinerary consistent with the funds and the leave you have actually been granted.

• Canada visitor visa document checklist — our full checklist with fees and common mistakes.
• Guide 5256: applying for a visitor visa — the official IRCC instructions.

Can I visit Canada if I want to move there one day?

Canada explicitly recognises dual intent: wanting to settle in Canada one day does not by itself disqualify you from visiting now. What matters is that you have shown you will comply with the terms of this visit. Applicants who try to erase every trace of a long-term interest in Canada often make their file look evasive instead of clean.

Where an applicant has a study or work application in progress, we address it directly in the letter rather than leaving the officer to discover it.

Why are Canada visitor visas refused?

• Purpose of visit not established. The itinerary is generic or does not match the length of stay requested.
• Ties to home country judged insufficient, usually because employment or dependants were asserted but not evidenced.
• Personal assets and financial status. Funds appear borrowed for the application rather than available.
• Travel history, where a first-time traveller has not been given any other reason to be trusted with the trip.

What should I do after a Canada visitor visa refusal?

Canadian refusals come with a letter of reasons, and you can request the officer's own notes from the file. Those notes are usually far more specific than the letter, and they are the right starting point for a second attempt. We read them before advising whether to reapply now, later, or differently.

How much does Canada visitor visa filing cost, and what does it cover?

The filing fee is PKR 30,000 per applicant, paid in advance, so a family of two pays PKR 60,000. There is no success fee. The first consultation is free, and nothing is charged until you decide to go ahead.

• Completing the IRCC online application, the IMM 5257 and the family information forms.
• The letter of explanation, written around your purpose, funds and ties to Pakistan.
• A document checklist for your profile, and review of every document before it is uploaded.
• Guidance on the biometrics step once the instruction letter is issued.

What it does not cover

• The visa fee and biometrics fee, which are paid to the Government of Canada.
• Visa application centre charges and any optional services there.
• A medical exam or police certificate, if IRCC asks for one.
• Travel, courier and translation costs.
• The decision. Only IRCC decides, and no consultant can guarantee a visa.

Official sources

Visa rules, fees and wait times change. Check these official pages before you apply. Where they differ from this page, the official page is right.

• Visit Canada — Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).
• After you apply: next steps — IRCC, including when it may ask for an interview or more information.
• Biometrics — IRCC.