I know a guy who had it’s visa denied because he failed in the “has enough money” criteria, apparently they think being poor is a risk factor for this person overstaying (which makes sense) but the guy literally had a World Cup ticket in hand and plane tickets (which is why he had no money left)…
This year for the first time there are 10 African World Cup teams participating, and that makes me think of how passports are handled internationally in general. If our officials haven’t done much about the way things are normally handled, it could cause a lot of fans to get locked out for no good reason.
I saw an explainer video recently about this topic, and was surprised how people with less valued passports are treated. Apparently it’s not just where you’re a citizen but where you’re born that determines what barriers a traveller will face. Doesn’t matter if you have no criminal record or other connections to crime. Those of us who were both born and have citizenship in countries on the good list are very lucky. (The vid, for those interested: Youtube | Invidious)
« Overall, citizens of countries that require eTAs to enter Canada had an approval rate of 96 per pent, compared to just 32 per cent for those that need a visa. »
Seems like applications from countries with an established electronic information exchange program were easier to validate with enough time to accommodate the short World Cup window.
It’s sort of frustrating that they discovered this huge disparity between the rates of visa applications being approved from different countries, and then seemingly made no effort at all to investigate the reasons for it.
what do you mean? there is a full gov agency that does nothing but check those patterns… I’m willing to bet the numbers probably hold in proportion when equalized to normal application rates
not saying IRCC does a good job or not but if there is something they do, is analyze patterns and apply those patterns like a racist grandpa stereotyping from them
You’re suggesting that it’s obvious why world cup-related travel would result in a larger fraction of visa applications denied than other travel? It’s not to me.
You’re suggesting that it’s obvious why world cup-related travel would result in a larger fraction of visa applications denied than other travel? It’s not to me.
Compared with normal times, the world cup sees a much bigger proportion of people applying for tourist TRVs compared to work and study permits, and perhaps these have a higher rejection rate, which leads to a higher rejection rate overall. There is also the fact that the demographics of who is applying for world cup visitor visas may be a higher risk population than those who usually apply. In terms of the disparity between different countries themselves, this is quite normal that countries with higher risk of visa overstays, illegal work, etc, will have higher rejection rates.
Refusing visas and determining admissibility is an act of sovereignty, I don’t really see anything here worthy of an investigation.
If noticing (and reporting on) an odd statistic does not make you want to investigate to find out the cause of it, you are perhaps not cut out for a career as a journalist.
…sorry did you think I was a journalist?
That statistic isn’t odd at all, it’s what I would expect. I think it’s only newsworthy because it might be surprising to some people.
It’s kinda weird that you came back to continue arguing against the human tendency towards curiosity.
I am not saying it’s obvious, I am refuting the suggestion it’s arbitrary and not understood… you not knowing the reason for something does not imply the reason is unknown to all
The vast majority of travel visas are denied because Canada can’t verify something about security or ties to the applicants’ origin country… “cup-related” travel has zero mitigating power over those, if anything it makes things worst
Such a suggestion did not come from me. The investigation might well be as simple as finding the right person to call at the relevant bureau.
