Keep Reapplying Until You Get Your Visa
How many times should you apply for your Canada study visa if you are getting continuous refusals? The answer is simple: until you get your visa approval. If there is merit in your application, you should not worry about the number of refusals. There can be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 20 or even 30 refusals—it does not matter. If there is merit in the application and you are doing the important things correctly, you should keep applying until you get your visa.
The first thing is to understand what merit in the application means. One important requirement is having the right English test score. If you are taking IELTS, the required score discussed is 6 in all modules. If you are taking PTE, the score discussed is 60 in all modules. If you have IELTS 6 in all modules or PTE 60 in all modules, that is considered a good score and you are on the right track.
The second important requirement is paying the first year of tuition fee. The point is not to simply pay an initial deposit or PAL deposit. The recommendation is to pay the first year of tuition fee. If you have already paid the first year of tuition fee, that is considered a positive step and your application is on the right track.
The third major condition is the $23,500 GIC. The amount mentioned earlier was $22,900, and it is now $23,500. The discussion says that if you have paid the GIC, it is going to improve your visa chances and that you should not apply without paying the GIC. If you had already paid an earlier GIC and are now reapplying, you should increase it and top it up before submitting the new application.
So, the three major conditions are your English test score, first year of tuition fee and GIC. If these conditions have been met, you are on the right track.
1. Choose the Right Level and Appropriate Study
The next important point is the level of study. If you have completed a bachelor’s degree, the recommendation is to go for a master’s degree because the level of study is higher compared to the earlier qualification. After a bachelor’s degree, you should take a master’s degree rather than going for a UG diploma or another bachelor’s degree.
If you have already completed a master’s degree, you can again go for another master’s degree. If you have completed two master’s degrees, you can go for a third master’s degree. Even if you have completed a PhD, you can again go for a master’s degree. However, the important point is not to repeat the same study. If you have already completed an MBA, you should not take another Master of Management MBA after that. Instead, you can take something a little different, such as Master of Global Management, Master of Organizational Management or Master of Marketing.
The idea is to take a different master’s degree if you have already completed a master’s degree. If you have completed MEd or MCom, you can take MBA, Master of Global Management or Organizational Management. The two important points here are the level of study and taking an appropriate degree. After a bachelor’s degree, you should move to a higher level of study and should not repeat your previous study.
If you have completed 12th, you can take a UG diploma or a bachelor’s degree. Both are considered fine, with the preference discussed being a UG diploma to save money. If you have completed a bachelor’s degree, even if you have studied a master’s degree or anything else in your home country or anywhere in the world, you can go for a master’s degree.
If you are single, you can also take a PG diploma after a bachelor’s degree. If you are married, the recommendation is to take a two-year master’s degree, with the minimum length mentioned as 16 months. For a single applicant, a PG diploma is also considered fine and can lead to a visa.
Another important point is choosing an appropriate degree. For example, if you have completed BCom, you can go for MBA. Management can be taken after different bachelor’s backgrounds. Whether you have completed medical study, BCom, BSc, Bachelor of Architecture, BA, BTech or Bachelor of Engineering, you can take a management degree. Master of Global Management, Master of Management, Master MBA and Master of Leadership are among the degrees mentioned.
2. The Seven Important Points in the Application
Five points have been covered: the English test, first year of tuition fee, GIC, level of study and appropriate study. The sixth and seventh points are documentation and SOP. If the documentation and SOP are correct, the level of the program is right, the program is appropriate and aligned with previous study, and the fee, GIC and English test score are right, then the application is considered to have merit.
If these seven points are right in your application, there is no need to worry about how many refusals you have received. The message is to keep reapplying. If you have admission in a public university for a master’s degree, you do not need to ask the university for a PAL again and again. In private universities, you do require a PAL again and again. If you have admission in a public college or university for a master’s degree, you do not need to ask for a PAL and you can continue reapplying for your study visa application.
3. Why Updated Documents Matter After a Refusal
After multiple refusals, applicants can become frustrated when they are asked to update their documents again and again. Updating documents can mean providing new salary slips, a new salary account statement, a new financial statement and a new savings account statement. The CA report can also be updated, and if required, the sponsorship letter can also be updated.
The reason for asking for these documents is to improve the visa chances and avoid submitting an application with outdated documents. The aim is to attach the latest documents and give the best possible application with new energy every time. This is how the visa chances are increased.
What is in your hands is to submit the application appropriately. If the seven points are correct, the application has been submitted appropriately. After that, you should not be worried about the refusal because whatever is in your hands has already been done. The next step is to wait patiently for the visa.
4. Do Not Stop When You Are Already in the Flow
The biggest investment is already done. If you become frustrated and take a refund of your fees and GIC, your Canadian dream can be over at that point. The discussion says that you may then restart your Canadian dream after five or six years, because people do not restart their dream after only one year. After multiple refusals, you can become broken, feel that you are not going to do it and return to the dream after five or six years.
The message is not to stop the flow. You are already in the flow, so do not break it. It may happen in the first attempt, second, third or fourth attempt. It may also happen that you receive multiple refusals one after another. Yes, that can happen, but you should not stop your application. You should keep reapplying.
You may already have spent around ₹30 lakh on your fees and GIC, and that money has already been paid. If you take the refund, the loss mentioned is at least ₹1.5–2 lakh. Instead of taking that loss, the same amount can be invested in reapplications. The discussion gives the example that within ₹2 lakh, an application can be submitted 20 times if one reapplication costs ₹10,000.
The question is whether you think you are not going to get your visa in 20 times. The answer given is that you are going to get it and that it is not going to be refused 20 times. The application can even be submitted 100 times. The important thing is that once the application is taken, there is confidence that ultimately the visa is going to be obtained. The one thing that cannot be known is when it will happen.
5. Stay Patient Even When Refusals Become Emotionally Difficult
It is understood that asking for updated documents again and again can add to the frustration. New statements, new documents and repeated requests can be difficult, especially after receiving refusals. The emotional frustration and heartbroken feeling after a refusal cannot simply be stopped.
Even with those emotions, the message remains the same: keep reapplying. You have invested yourself emotionally and financially. All the investment has already been made, and the efforts have also been made. The application, SOP, documentation, admission, fee and GIC have all been worked on. Now only a small investment and a small push are required, which means paying the application fee again and again.
The support remains there for the applications. If PAL is required, it can be obtained. If PAL is not required because you have admission in a public university, then it is not required. The application can simply continue to be resubmitted. The energy should not decrease because there have been many refusals. The mindset should remain that the visa needs to be obtained in this application.
6. The Goal Is to Get the Visa, Not to Count the Refusals
There is no extra amount received for submitting an application 100 times. Therefore, the intention is to get the visa as soon as possible rather than keep getting refusals. It is not possible to tell someone that they will get the visa in a particular month, on a particular date or in a particular application.
What can be done is to submit the application in the best possible capacity and in the best possible way, and present the case in the best possible way. After that, it is about the visa officer and IRCC accepting the application. With merit in the application, the confidence expressed is that ultimately the visa is going to be obtained.
The exact time cannot be told, but the message is that ultimately you will get it. Therefore, keep resubmitting the application. If you are doing everything correctly and there is merit in the application, do not get disheartened, emotionally drained or frustrated.
7. Refusal Can Happen to Anyone
The emotional impact of refusal is also understood because a PhD study visa application was refused as well. The refusal happened in 2019, and the visa was eventually obtained through reconsideration. The point is that if a PhD person can also receive a refusal, it can happen with anyone.
After receiving a refusal, it is possible to feel that nobody understands what you are going through. But the emotion after refusal is understood because the same experience has happened. The refusal resulted in not being able to sleep for one night and crying for the entire day. That emotion after refusal is therefore understood very well.
Even after experiencing those emotions, the next application should be prepared. Keep getting ready for the next application until you get it. Taking the refund can close everything. The Canadian dream and the journey can end there, and the loss mentioned can be at least ₹2 lakh in the entire refund when the GIC is refunded.
8. The Simple Answer: Keep Reapplying
So, how many times should you apply for your Canada study visa? The answer is simple: until you get your visa. If there is merit in your application and you are doing everything correctly, keep reapplying. Do not stop because of multiple refusals. You are already in the flow, you have invested emotionally and financially, and the goal is to eventually reach Canada by getting your visa.
At the same time, reapplying does not mean applying without correcting problems. If there is no merit in the application, if there is a problem or if you do not have the right score, the recommendation is not to reapply. In fact, the application should not even be submitted for the first time in that situation. The score should first be improved, and only then should the application be submitted.
The message is therefore to understand what should be present in the application before saying that there is merit in it. If everything is correct, do not stop because of refusals. Keep preparing the next application, keep updating what needs to be updated and keep reapplying until you get your visa.
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