Reports suggest that over 35 million individuals visit the ‘Land of Milk and Honey’ Canada annually with one or the other goal in their minds. On the basis of the place of one’s residence, and the reason for his visit, an applicant has to meet specific requirements related to admission. In certain instances, he requires Temporary Resident Visa, in case he has any intentions of staying in the country for a particular duration of time.

The applicant has to convince the involved immigration officers that his visit will be of a temporary nature even while he will depart from the nation towards the end of his visit. However, those who wish to stay on a permanent basis there, and also become a permanent resident, must understand that for it they are not necessarily forbidden from getting temporary residency of the country.

What is important is that the concerned immigration officers have to be convinced that the applicant is not only ready but also competent enough to make an exit from the nation when the temporary period sanctioned for his stay comes to an end, and that his desire to work or seek education in the country, or visit it, before or during the period when the application is being processed for permanent residency, is legal.

Despite the fact that hardly any statistics are available as to why some visas applications are not entertained, nearly 35% of the five million visitors to the country during the year 2009 required temporary resident visas. And, out of these, close to 300,000 visa applications failed to make the cut, simply because they had failed to meet the requirements as laid down by the Regulation 179.

The said regulation permits visa officers to not entertain applications on the feeling or the suspicion that the involved applicants might prolong their stay in the country beyond the authorized duration of their stay.