Canada visitor visa refused on the purpose of your visit
The letter says the officer is not satisfied you will leave Canada at the end of your stay, based on the purpose of your visit. The reasoning is in the officer's notes, and the ground is almost always about proportion: the trip against the life.
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What the ground says
IRPR 179(b), refusal reason: purpose of visit
I am not satisfied that you will leave Canada at the end of your stay, based on the purpose of your visit.
Whether the trip you describe makes sense for someone in your circumstances, at the cost you will pay, for the length you asked for.
What proportion means here
A three-month visit by someone with two weeks of annual leave. A holiday costing more than a year of stated income. A visit described in one line on the form with nothing behind it. The officer is not doubting the purpose, they are weighing whether it explains the application.
Ask for the notes
The Global Case Management System notes give the officer's actual reasoning and can be requested. Reapplying without them means guessing which of the ticked reasons decided the case, and the ticked list is often longer than the reason that mattered.
What answers it
A letter of explanation setting out the purpose, the dates and who is paying. A dated itinerary. An invitation from your host in Canada with their status. Evidence of the event. A stay whose length matches the reason for it.
Your route
There is no appeal. You reapply, on fresh evidence. Judicial review in the Federal Court exists but it asks whether the decision was reasonable rather than re-deciding it, it needs leave and a Canadian lawyer, and the deadline is sixty days.
Evidence that addresses it
- A letter of explanation setting out the purpose, the dates and who is paying
- A dated itinerary
- The invitation letter where family or friends are hosting, with their status in Canada
- Event evidence: conference registration, a wedding invitation, a school letter
Your route
Reapply
There is no appeal against a visitor visa refusal and no limit on reapplying. A new application is assessed on its own evidence, so it only helps if the ticked reasons are answered and something has changed.
Judicial review, within 60 days
Judicial review asks the Federal Court whether the decision was reasonable. It does not re-decide the application, it needs leave, and it needs a Canadian lawyer. The deadline is 60 days from the decision for an applicant outside Canada.
This route needs a regulated adviser.
IRCC refusal letters tick reasons from a fixed list and cite paragraph 179(b) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations. The officer's notes in the Global Case Management System give the fuller reasoning and can be requested.
Reapply, £49
We read the refusal, name the grounds and the route, check every ground against your documents with the refused ones held open, and write the reapplication letter that answers each one by its reference. Re-runs and second-refusal handling included for 30 days.