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Canadian Visitor Visa (TRV)
How We Help
Canadian Visitor Visa (TRV)
for Thai Citizens
A Canadian visitor visa application needs to explain clearly why you are travelling, how the trip will be funded and why the proposed stay is genuinely temporary. Lawyers for Expats Thailand helps Thai citizens prepare Temporary Resident Visa applications around their real travel plans, personal circumstances and supporting evidence.
How We Help
What we do when you apply
A Canadian visitor application is prepared around your circumstances, not a template. Here is what happens from the first call through to the decision.
1
Understand Your Visit
We start by understanding why you want to travel to Canada, who you intend to visit, how long you plan to stay, where you will stay and how the trip will be funded.
2
Build the Supporting Evidence
We identify and organise the financial, employment, business, family, travel and accommodation evidence relevant to your individual circumstances.
3
Prepare and Review the Application
We prepare the application so the purpose of the visit, personal circumstances, finances and supporting documentation are presented clearly and consistently.
4
Support the Application Through to Decision
We help organise the application, biometrics and further-document stages where applicable and remain involved as the application progresses. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) makes the visa decision, not Lawyers for Expats Thailand.
What We Do For Our Clients
The full scope of what we handle
A visitor application touches the purpose of travel, funding and the applicant's circumstances in Thailand together. Here is the actual scope of what our team handles.
Understanding the Purpose of Your Visit
The application starts with the genuine reason for travelling. Possible temporary visitor circumstances can include tourism, holidays, visiting relatives, visiting friends, attending appropriate temporary events, and other legitimate temporary visitor purposes.
Q
Can I use a Canadian Visitor Visa to visit family or friends?
Yes. A Temporary Resident Visa can be used for genuine temporary visits such as tourism or visiting family and friends, provided the applicant satisfies the requirements that apply to the individual case.
Showing the Temporary Nature of the Visit
IRCC considers whether the applicant intends to leave Canada at the end of the authorized stay. Relevant circumstances can include employment in Thailand, business interests, family responsibilities, finances, property or established circumstances where relevant, travel history, purpose of travel, intended duration, and other ties to Thailand. This evidence is considered as a whole, not reduced to one simplistic checklist.
Q
Do I need to prove that I will return to Thailand?
The application needs to satisfy the Canadian immigration officer that the proposed stay is temporary and that the applicant will leave Canada at the end of the authorized visit. We therefore organise the evidence around the applicant's real circumstances in Thailand and the genuine purpose of the trip.
Funding the Visit
The application should show how the trip will be supported. Depending on circumstances this may involve the applicant's own funds, employment income, business income, savings, financial support from another person, accommodation provided by family or friends, and other legitimate funding arrangements.
Q
Can somebody in Canada pay for my trip?
Another person may be able to contribute to the cost of the visit or provide accommodation. Where support is being provided, we organise the evidence so the relationship, nature of the support and overall financial arrangements are explained clearly.
Invitation and Accommodation Evidence
Where the applicant is visiting family or friends, an invitation may help explain who is being visited, the relationship to the applicant, where the applicant will stay, proposed duration, purpose of the visit, and financial or accommodation support where applicable.
Q
Does an invitation letter guarantee that my Canadian visa will be approved?
No. An invitation letter can help explain the purpose and arrangements of the visit, but it does not guarantee that a visa will be issued. The application is assessed on the applicant's circumstances and the complete evidence.
Preparing Thai Supporting Documents
Relevant evidence may include, depending on circumstances, identity documents, employment evidence, business evidence, financial documents, family documents, civil documents, invitation or support evidence, accommodation information, travel information, and other relevant supporting material. Translations may be required where appropriate.
Preparing, Submitting and Managing the Application
We help with application preparation, travel purpose, applicant circumstances, financial evidence, invitation or support evidence where relevant, accommodation, Thai supporting documents, consistency checks, submission, biometrics where required, further-document requests where appropriate, and management through to decision.
Q
Who decides whether my Canadian Visitor Visa is approved?
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada makes the visa decision. Lawyers for Expats Thailand helps prepare and organise the application but does not control or guarantee the outcome.
Our Commitment To You
What you can hold us to
Your Real Travel Plans Come First
We prepare the application around why you genuinely want to visit Canada rather than forcing every applicant into the same document package.
Your Circumstances Presented Clearly
We organise the evidence around your employment, finances, family, travel plans and circumstances in Thailand.
One Coherent Application
We bring the travel purpose, accommodation, funding, invitation evidence where relevant and Thai supporting documents together so the application presents a consistent picture.
Supported Through the Application
We remain involved as the application progresses and help with additional-document requirements where appropriate while remaining clear that IRCC makes the decision.
Who You'll Work With
Real people, not a case number
Kanokpich Ukritdutsadee (Lawyer Pook)
Managing Director & Lead Barrister
Leads the preparation of Canadian Visitor Visa applications for Thai clients, personally responsible for ensuring the evidence presented reflects the applicant's genuine travel plans and circumstances.
Brian Ramsden
General Manager of Foreign Affairs
Your first point of contact. Brian coordinates the initial assessment of your travel plans and evidence gathering, and stays as your liaison as the application moves toward submission and decision.
Related Resources
More on visas abroad for Thai citizens
For the other Canadian visa services we handle, or other destinations we assist Thai citizens travelling to, see the pages below.
Lawyers for Expats Thailand, 2026. The content of this page is general legal information and does not constitute legal advice for any specific matter. Please contact us for advice on your individual circumstances.