According to the letter written by the High Commission of Canada to the Sierra Leone cricket association (SLCA) dated 1st September with file number V090800358 stated the application for temporary resident visa by the association was refused after they were assessed not to have met the requirements for temporary resident visa.
The letter further stated under section A 11(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA), any person wishing to become a temporary resident of Canada must satisfy a visa officer that he or she is not inadmissible to Canada and meets the requirements of the act.
This includes the requirements to establish the satisfaction of the visa officer that the applicant will respect that conditions of admission and will leave Canada by the end of the period authorized for his or her stay.
The letter stated, an officer considers several factors that may include the applicant’s travel and identity documents, reason for travel to Canada and contacts in Canada, financial means for the trip; ties to country of residence (including immigration status, employment and family ties) and whether the applicant would be likely to leave Canada at the end of his/her authorized stay.
In the letter, the Act and Regulations for the reason indicated, if the consul is not satisfied the visa application would be rejected. A visa applicant has to satisfy the consular office and he or she should meet the requirements of Regulation 179 stating that you would leave Canada at the end of the temporary time you were authorized to stay.
In reaching this decision we considered your ties to your country of residence/citizenship balanced against factors which might motivate your stay Canada.
One has to satisfy the consular officer of your travel history, purpose of visit and personal assets and financial status, but above all that after your temporary stay you would leave the country.
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