There is no formal process or rights to appeal within IRCC. The only option would be to re-apply or judicial review.

A judicial review can be filed if due process was not followed by IRCC; that is, the visa office did not assess the application properly despite being presented a detailed and thorough application which highlighted all the necessary facts. In order to be granted leave via judicial review, one must prove that IRCC did not perform their job properly. Judicial Review will not be successful if the original application did not preset a strong case for approval.

Unfortunately, re-applying again on your own is futile. Individuals will only learn this fact once they have applied two, three, even four times on their own and are refused. The main issue here is that the foreign visa office will not respect another application submitted by an individual applying on their own. The visa offices are very busy and have government employees reviewing applications. These government employees can be lazy and don’t want to waste their time reviewing a subsequent application by an individual, given a recent refusal. As soon as they see a previous refusal within the same year, they will just refuse it again, without even reviewing the application. While this seems unfair, this is what happens.

Clients contact for our expert review after one or more refusals and we are able to help individuals obtain a TRV visitor visa successfully. With our leveraged expertise, the visa officers pay more attention when assessing an application. The main reason being is that the visa officers respect that immigration lawyers are extremely knowledgeable with the immigration laws and understand that proper due process and procedural fairness must be followed. Otherwise, a lawyer will challenge the visa officer’s decision via judicial review. If a visa officer is refusing an application, they must justify the refusal based on the facts presented in the application.

In the majority of cases, working with a knowledgeable immigration consultant to prepare and re-submit a much stronger application presenting the case often leads to an approval. The visa officer can see that the application is being submitted though an official Representative Portal and also the attached submission letter. We typically drafts a 4 -5 page submission letter presenting each client’s application, highlighting the important facts to address all 13 reasons for refusal. Clients will have an opportunity to see the case we present for their application as our firm will always send a copy of the submission letter for review to a client before submitting their application.

If you have been refused a TRV or wish to apply for one, please contactus to get Professional Help. We have helped many clients obtain a visa after a refusal, oftentimes after multiple refusals. This is our area of expertise.