Whether you want to visit your relatives or experience the Canadian winters while studying a short-term course, you can apply for a short-term visitor visa. While you cannot work on a visitor visa, you are free to experience the country in its true nature, however, you want. You can only use a visitor visa for leisure and tourism purposes and you cannot apply for work or work on a visitor visa. However, there are different categories to a Canadian visitor visa.
Family and friends visit
Tourist visa
Business visa
Parents and grandparents visit (super visa)
With a visitor visa, you can take your dependents and children along with you, and the visa is issued within 27 days of submission of the application.
In order to get a visitor visa, you need to submit an application online or apply on paper at your nearest Visa Application Centre (VAC).
In order to successfully obtain visitor visa to Canada, you need to prove that:
Your purpose of visit is true and genuine.
You have enough fund to cover your trip (including accommodation, meals and transportation).
Strong tie to your current residence country.
You must leave Canada by the end of the trip or authorized stay.
