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Canada · Temporary Resident Visa

Canada visit visa, from Pakistan.

The most common Canadian visa — and the most commonly refused. Most of the refusals we see were avoidable with the right file.

What it actually is

A visa to visit — not a route to stay

A temporary resident visa lets you visit Canada: family, tourism, business meetings, a conference. It is not a work permit and not a path to staying — and applying as though it were is one of the reliable ways to be refused.

Be wary of anyone quoting you an “approval rate”

Visitor-visa approval rates move from year to year, and IRCC does not publish a Pakistan-specific figure at all. So anyone who quotes you a precise “approval rate for Pakistanis” is repeating a number they cannot source. What decides your case is not a statistic — it is how well your application answers the one doubt in the officer’s mind.

One

question underneath

Everything the officer reads is evidence for or against a single question: will this person go home?

Evidence

over assertion

Most people assemble documents. The ones who get approved build an argument the officer can follow.

You

not a statistic

No published rate decides your case. One officer, reading your file, asking one question — that does.

What the officer is really asking

“Will this person go home?”

One question sits underneath the whole application. Your job, your property, your family, your bank statements, your travel history — all of it is evidence for or against that one thing.

Where Pakistani applications fall down

The five ways a strong case still gets refused

None of these is about a missing document. Each is about an argument that doesn’t hold together when the officer reads it.

Bank statements

Money that appeared last month

A large balance with no history behind it reads as borrowed for the application — because it usually was. History matters more than the number.

Whose funds

Funds in someone else’s name

Your father’s account, your brother’s account. The officer wants to see that YOU can pay for this trip.

The trip itself

A trip that doesn’t add up

A two-week holiday that costs more than you earn in a year, or leave your employer would never grant, invites exactly the doubt you are trying to remove.

Ties to home

Ties asserted, not evidenced

“I have a job and a family in Pakistan” is a claim. A letter, a payslip history, and property papers are evidence. The officer reads evidence.

Consistency

Documents that contradict each other

A salary that doesn’t match the bank credits. Two dates that disagree. Small inconsistencies do disproportionate damage — and can look deliberate.

What it takes

How we put your file together

A visit visa is won or lost before it is filed. Here is what the work actually looks like.

  1. 1

    We look before you apply

    You tell us about the trip, the money, the ties, and any refusal by any country. We tell you honestly whether the file is ready — or what has to change first.

  2. 2

    We build the argument

    Not a folder of documents, a case. Every payslip, letter and statement is there to answer the one question the officer is actually asking.

  3. 3

    We file it properly

    The right forms, the right supporting letter, the right order — put in front of the officer the way it should be, so nothing avoidable trips it up.

If you’re in the Gulf

Apply from where you live — we handle the Pakistan side

Many of the people we work with apply from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Oman or Qatar. It changes the file: your residency status, your employer letter, your salary transfers and your police certificate all come from where you live, not from Pakistan — while parts of your history are still Pakistani.

You stay where you are. We handle the Pakistan side.

One file, two countries

We build the file so the two halves of your life line up: a Gulf residency and salary that hold, and Pakistani ties that read as genuine reasons to return. Handled together, not as an afterthought.

Already refused?

Then don’t reapply yet — start somewhere else

The letter you received doesn’t tell you the real reason — the officer’s actual notes are in a separate file you are entitled to request. Reapplying without reading them is guessing, and a second refusal makes the third attempt harder.

What to do after a refusal

Straight answers

Questions people actually ask us

Can you guarantee my visa will be approved?
No. A visa officer decides your application, and no consultant in Pakistan can overrule that — anyone who promises you a visa is not being honest. What we can do is tell you whether your case is strong, fix what is weak before it is filed, and say so plainly if we don’t think you should apply yet.
What approval rate does Canada have for visit visas?
IRCC does not publish a Pakistan-specific approval rate — so anyone quoting you a precise “rate for Pakistanis” is repeating a number they cannot source. Global rates also move from year to year and say nothing about your file. What actually decides it is the strength of your specific application, not a statistic.
The bank balance is really the whole thing?
It’s the most common single reason we see files fall down, but it is never the whole thing. The officer weighs your funds, your ties, your travel history and whether the trip makes sense — together. A strong balance with a weak reason to return home does not save an application.
Can I apply from the Gulf instead of Pakistan?
Yes, and many of the people we work with do. If you live in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Oman or Qatar, your residency, employer letter, salary transfers and police certificate come from where you live — while parts of your history stay Pakistani. You stay where you are; we handle the Pakistan side.
My visa was already refused — should I just reapply?
Not blindly. The refusal letter doesn’t tell you the real reason — the officer’s actual notes are in a separate file you are entitled to request. Reapplying without reading them is guessing, and a second refusal makes the third attempt harder. Start with what to do after a refusal.
Reviewed by the Tashfeen legal teamLast reviewed July 2026

Tell us about your trip

Where you’re going, why, and who’s paying

And whether you’ve ever been refused — by any country. That last one changes everything. The consultation is free, and you leave with our read in writing.