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Visitor visa (TRV) — document checklist
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Visitor visa (TRV) — document checklist
Every document an officer will look for, grouped in the order they are read. The ones marked refusal risk are where these applications actually fail — a complete file is not the same as a persuasive one.
10 documents 6 where refusals happen Government fee $100 + $85 biometrics
Identity
Who is this person, and is the story consistent?Where files fail here: Names, dates or passport details that disagree across documents.
Valid passport
The only universally required document besides the form, photo, fee and biometrics. Checked first, and against everything else you submit.
Digital photo, form and biometrics
$85 per person, $170 per family. Children under 14 and applicants over 79 are exempt from biometrics.
Eligibility
Do they meet this program's bar, on paper?Where files fail here: A requirement evidenced by assertion instead of a document.
Your personalised document checklist
IRCC generates the binding list from your stated purpose of travel. Everything below is evidence used to satisfy the officer that you have enough money and will leave — not a fixed national list.
Funds
Is the money real, available, and theirs?Where files fail here: A large deposit landing days before filing, with no explanation.
Bank statements, about six months
Officers read the pattern, not the balance. Unexplained deposits hurt you.
Intent
Does the purpose hold together, and will they comply?Where files fail here: A plan that doesn't match the applicant's history or finances.
Purpose of travel letter
Refusals here are overwhelmingly about purpose and credibility, not paperwork.
Proof of employment or business
Your strongest tie. A leave-approval letter with a return date carries real weight.
Proof of property or assets at home
Concrete reasons the officer can point to for why you will return.
Travel history and previous visas
Compliance elsewhere is the best predictor an officer has.
Invitation letter and host's status
Helpful context, never a substitute for your own ties.
Itinerary and accommodation
Should agree with your dates, your funds and your stated purpose.
General information, not legal advice. This checklist is prepared by CHK Immigration Services Inc. and was checked against the Government of Canada’s published requirements on the date shown. Requirements change and vary by case, and IRCC generates a personalised document list for many applications — where that list or canada.ca differs from this document, they govern.
Lead times are planning estimates, not guarantees. Police certificates and credential assessments in particular vary widely by country and provider. IRCC makes all final decisions.
CHK Immigration Services Inc. is an immigration consultancy with offices in Brampton and London, Ontario. Our consultants are regulated by the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants (CICC). Nothing in this document creates a client–consultant relationship.
Current version: https://chkimmigration.ca/checklists/visitor
Checked against the official IRCC page for this application in September 2026. Where that page disagrees with anything here, it wins. General information, not legal advice. Lead times are planning estimates, not guarantees — police certificates and credential assessments in particular vary widely by country and provider. IRCC also generates a personalised checklist for many applications, and that list governs. IRCC makes all final decisions.
Having the documents is not the same as having a persuasive file.
Every item above can be present and correct and the application can still be refused — on intent, on a date that does not reconcile, or on a lead time that ran out. A licensed consultant reads it the way an officer will.
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