Posted on: 25-10-04 15:47:13
Hi Massood,
My mother –in-law has got visitor visa and stamped her passport with visa’s valid date from 1st October 2004 to 1 April 2005.
If my mother-in-law is plans to visit Canada on 1st February 2005, then how long she can stay in Canada?
Until 1st April 2005?
or
Six months from date of arrival(1st Feb 2005)?
Thanks in Advance.
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Kap
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Orginally posted by Kap
Until 1st April 2005?
or
Six months from date of arrival(1st Feb 2005)?
Thanks in Advance.
I am not expert, but for this i am replying you, your mother in law can only stay up to 1st Feb.2005. Valadity of visa is for the six month from the date of issue.
Yes ofcourse you can apply for the extension of visa, in Canada itself, and if sentioned she can stay more 6 months further.
Mr.Massood please clarify if I am wrong.
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Rabyte
Somehow Indians have the poorest knowledge of what VISA validity means so let me make it clear here.
Visa date that you see on your visa is the validity of the VISA which means you must arrive within the time frame mentioned.
In above example it means the person must arrive by 1 April 2005
That does not mean that you can stay until 2005
The stay time is decided by the immigration officer who will stamp the passport on arrival and depending on his judgement of your situation and answers you give him at the airport. It can be six months from the date you arrive. This has nothing to do with the dates you see on visa. You may have a one year visa validity and still get only 30 days stay in country
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Orginally posted by Gapodi
Somehow Indians have the poorest knowledge of what VISA validity means so let me make it clear here.
Visa date that you see on your visa is the validity of the VISA which means you must arrive within the time frame mentioned.
In above example it means the person must arrive by 1 April 2005
That does not mean that you can stay until 2005
The stay time is decided by the immigration officer who will stamp the passport on arrival and depending on his judgement of your situation and answers you give him at the airport. It can be six months from the date you arrive. This has nothing to do with the dates you see on visa. You may have a one year visa validity and still get only 30 days stay in country
Thanks Gapodi for your reply.
Sometime immigration officer is just stamp passport with arrival date, I have seen this in many visitor visa cases. In this case, untill what date he/she can stay in Canada?
In USA they issue I-94 card which specify the date of exit but in Canada they just stamp the passport with arrival date.
Example :
A has got visa and his passport showing visa date from 1-Jan-2004 to 1-Jul-2004.
He travelled on 1-Apr-2004 then :
Case 1) Immigration officer has just stamped date in his passport(i.e. no exit date)
Case 2) Immigration officer has just stamped in his passport and put exit date 1-Jun-2004
Case 3) Immigration officer has just stamped in his passport and put exit date 30-Sep-2004.
Could you please answer
Case 1 : untill what date he can stay?
Case 3 : Can it possible?
I am still confused.
Thanks in advance.
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Kap
Lets refer tot he folowing from CIC website
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/index.html
It clearly states that the immig officer decides and notifies the person at the airport that for how long he can stay in the country.
In your example if exit date is specified in writing than the person is supposed to leave Canada by that time. Two persons arriving on same day may receive different exit dates as this is entirely upto immig offcer to decide for how long he will let you stay in the country.This depends on what your situation is and what answers you provide at the airport.
If there is no exit date, then the person must leave by the time he was advised orally by the officer. This should not be the case these days as immigration is becoming more strict by actually specifying the exit date in writing.
However the important thing to keep in mind is not to overstay considereing that they wont question you when you leave. What happens is that countries track you by verifying the arrival date in the original coutnry when you finally travel back. This tells them clearly when you left the country or if you overstayed last time and as a result you may not get visa next time.
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Orginally posted by Gapodi
Lets refer tot he folowing from CIC website
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/index.html
It clearly states that the immig officer decides and notifies the person at the airport that for how long he can stay in the country.
In your example if exit date is specified in writing than the person is supposed to leave Canada by that time. Two persons arriving on same day may receive different exit dates as this is entirely upto immig offcer to decide for how long he will let you stay in the country.This depends on what your situation is and what answers you provide at the airport.
If there is no exit date, then the person must leave by the time he was advised orally by the officer. This should not be the case these days as immigration is becoming more strict by actually specifying the exit date in writing.
However the important thing to keep in mind is not to overstay considereing that they wont question you when you leave. What happens is that countries track you by verifying the arrival date in the original coutnry when you finally travel back. This tells them clearly when you left the country or if you overstayed last time and as a result you may not get visa next time.
Thanks Gapodi again.
Can case 3 possible?
Why I confused. Please see :
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/applications/guides/5256E6.html#wp1024718
In most of cases they are just stamp passport with Arrival Date. What is the meaning of that?
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Kap
From what it appears from following, it looks liek that Canada allows only 6 montsh of stay to a visitor unless specified in writing otherwise.
"The stamp placed in your passport by a Canadian official is valid for six months unless otherwise amended by an officer."
so yes case 3 is very much possible.
