Applications should be made at least one month before your intended departure date.

If there is no stamp, handwritten date or document in your passport indicating an expiry date, your status as a temporary resident will expire six months from the day you arrive in Canada.

The date on the temporary resident visa is the date by which you must arrive in Canada. The border officer at the port of entry will stamp your passport with the date by which you must leave Canada.

There is no formal appeal process if your application for a Temporary Resident Visa is refused. You can apply again. Make sure that you provide any information or documents that were missing from your first application.

Yes, the Super Visa is a multi-entry visa that will provide multiple entries for a period up to ten years.

The key difference is that the Super Visa will have status periods for each entry that last up to two years, while the 10-year multiple entry visa status period for each entry is six months.

If there is no stamp, handwritten date or document in your passport indicating an expiry date, your status as a temporary resident will expire six months from the day you arrive in Canada.

To be eligible for the super visa, applicants must be the parents and grandparents of Canadian citizens or permanent residents. Dependants of parents and grandparents are not eligible for the super visa. However, they can apply for a regular visitor visa. The super visa applicants must also be found admissible to Canada and meet some other conditions.

When you apply for a parent and grandparent super visa, include the following people when calculating family size: the child or grandchild inviting you; the spouse of the child or grandchild inviting you; the dependants of the child or grandchild inviting you; any dependants travelling with you; any other person whom the child or grandchild inviting you is currently sponsoring or co-signing for; and yourself.