Made-up story · Step 01 of 05

Meet Leila

A grandmother in Beirut who wants long visits with her grandchildren in Montreal.

Profile

Who Leila is

Home: Beirut, Lebanon, in the apartment she owns.
Current status: Outside Canada. She visited her son in Montreal in 2023 for three months on a visitor visa and left on time.
Education: Not asked: the requirements for this goal don’t turn on it.
Work: Retired after 30 years teaching primary school in Beirut; she receives a teacher’s pension.
Business: No business.
Family: Widowed. Her son Karim, who lives in Montreal and is her host for the visit, has a household of five, including her grandchildren, and an income of $98,000.
Languages: Not asked: the requirements for this goal don’t turn on it.

Objective

Goal: A super visa, for visits of about six months at a time with her grandchildren.

The challenge

Leila’s son hoped to sponsor her, but sponsorship for parents and grandparents isn’t open. A regular visit felt far too short.

The story

Eight moments, in Leila’s own words. The person is made up; the rules in the story are real.

Moment 1 of 8:

“My grandchildren are in Montreal. I am in Beirut, and I count the months.”

Read the whole story

Meet Leila. “My grandchildren are in Montreal. I am in Beirut, and I count the months.”
The challenge. “Two weeks is not a visit. Two weeks is a goodbye with the suitcase already packed.”
Finding Global Compass. “My son found it and read it to me over the phone, in Arabic.”
Telling the story. “It asked about our family, what my son earns, what insurance I would need.”
Review and next steps. “An applicant with these answers would wait for a lawyer’s review of the super visa assessment and supporting evidence.”
Help that keeps going. “We can use the plan to check passport and insurance dates before making travel arrangements.”
The way forward. “My son still needs to prepare the invitation letter, and we need to confirm the evidence for the application.”
What comes next. “If it is granted, I will be there long enough for them to get bored of me.”

What Global Compass checked

Real requirements, from official sources. The next step shows what the rules engine found for Leila’s answers.

Sponsorship for parents and grandparents is paused right now. Official source
A super visa allows stays of up to 5 years at a time. Official source
Health insurance from a Canadian insurer or an approved insurer outside Canada. Official source
A letter of invitation from her son, who must meet a minimum income. Official source