1. Fill out the corresponding form (+18 or Minor), all data must be filled out (Follow instructions), you will be asked to upload a photograph in the same form, it can be a selfie (well lit, without shadows, light background), at the end and Click "Send", the responses will automatically arrive to your email and ours

• Please take special care when filling out, if any of the "RELEVANT DATA" has spelling mistakes or other errors, it will be sufficient cause to deny the granting of the visa

• If you have a negative history within the United States (Having crossed illegally, Deportation, Arrest) please send that information by private message at the end of filling out.

• If you ever had a US driver's license and/or social security number, please send that information by private message at the end of filling out. 

2. We confirm within 48 hours that we have the process ready (Account and DS-160 form)

3. Make the corresponding payment to the embassy (185 USD), depending on what you select in the form, the following options will be:

• Transfer to our account for us to make the payment (pagos@tramitescanada.ca) 265 CAD per member

• Your account username and password are provided for you to make the payment with your credit card 

• The payment order from Scotiabank for payment in cash is sent to your email, keep in mind that the latter may take up to 4 days for the payment to be reflected

4. Make the payment corresponding to service fees

• If the procedure requires finding an appointment, only 50% of the total service must be left

• If the procedure is renewal without an appointment, full payment for the service must be left

5. Once the payment has been made, we will begin to look for your appointment (on average, due to the new conditions for releasing appointments by the embassy, ​​it can take up to 4 months), our Guarantee is to have an appointment for you within 11 months. 

• At this point, if you applied Renewal without an appointment, instead of looking for an appointment, you will enter an automatic virtual queue and must wait to receive an email from the embassy with the final instructions (Vancouver and Calgary take 4 to 6 days, Toronto and Ottawa can take up to 4 weeks), with this You will be able to download the corresponding final shipping documents 

*This is where the Renewal without an appointment process ends.

6. Upon finding the appointmen within the agreed period, an email is sent with the final data (Interview instructions and documents) and the pending payment of fees will be made

• The embassy has a "PREMIUM" service, which instead of picking up the visa at one of the 3 offices, it will be sent directly to any address indicated within Canada. The service costs an additional 23 cad per member, which They are not refundable if the visa is not authorized (The question comes on the form, if you are interested, consider adding the amount to the initial payment).

*Payment of fees must be left upon confirming that the process has been completed, otherwise the appointment obtained will be cancelled

*The guarantee is that if the final appointment is after 11 months of the commitment, the payment will not be left pending, consider that the competition charges from 150 USD that are paid from the beginning and do not offer support in searching for a better appointment.

On the day of your appointment, you must arrive 15 minutes before the assigned time with the following:

1. Original, valid passport

2. Original, Visa (Only if renewal with appointment applies)

3. Printing, Online Nonimmigrant Visa Application (DS-160)

4. Printing, Confirmation and Instructions page

5. Photograph 5 x 5 cm (US Visa format), taken in the last 6 months (London Drugs charges approximately 18 CAD and stamps with the date), without glasses, with normal clothing and hairstyle

6. Original, document that protects being legal within the country (Study, Work Permit, Resident Card or Passport if you are a Tourist)

• If the procedure is Family (Spouses and/or children), bring a marriage certificate and birth certificates (copies)

• If your travel plan includes a third party with a valid visa, it is recommended to bring a copy of that visa.

• Tourists without an exit stamp and with less than 6 months in the country must present only their passport. If you have more than 6 months or an exit stamp prior to the appointment, you must add document IMM5739 that proves that you have processed an extension of stay.

• The above requirements are mandatory but not limiting, if you consider that any additional document will help in granting the visa, you should consider bringing them.

Process within the embassy:

• Try to go without electronic devices, if you have them you can leave them when you enter a cabinet with external security personnel (also a few steps away there is a Starbucks that rents lockers)

• At the main entrance they will check that you have complete documents and confirm that you have the appointment at that scheduled time

• It will go through the first filter where they will do a general scan (airport entrance type)

• You will line up at the first window where you will fill out your registration and confirm complete documentation

• At the second window they will take your fingerprints

• You will take the elevator to the floor where the Interview staff is.

• In the interview they will always ask the following 3 questions (Remember to be confident, direct and concise), it depends on your way of answering if there will be more questions (interviewers will give more validity to non-verbal language and answers than to the documents you may carry ), remember that the information you respond must match what is stated in the DS-160 form:

1. What plans do you have in my country?

2. What are you doing in Canada?

3. What is your source of income?

• The immigration staff needs to see that you have stability (rootedness) in a country, so you will not have the intention of staying illegally or longer than stated in the vacation plan (This can be family, children, business, school, work , etc)

• The person interviewing at that moment will give you the result, with two options:

1. "Your visa is approved, it will arrive with your passport in 5 days" (they retain your passport)

2. "We consider that at this time you are not a candidate for the visa" (the passport, the photo and the documents that would have been provided are returned to you)

• You leave the offices, and if authorized, you must wait for an email from the Embassy where they will inform you that the document is ready to be picked up at the assigned office (it takes 2 to 5 business days), the office address appears in the instructions at the bottom "Document Return" (Check last step of Collect Visa in this section).

PROCESS FOR SENDING DOCUMENTS (Only renewal without an appointment applies)

1.- Identify in the following link if the Canada Post office where you will send your documents participates in the program: 

• https://ais.usvisa-info.com/en-ca/niv/information/courier_dropboxes

• There is no additional cost for shipping

2.- Documents required for shipping:

*If the procedure is family or group, a single shipment must be made, only separating the documents of each member

1. Original, valid passport

2. Original, Visa to renew

3. Printing, Form DS-160 Confirmation Page (Document sent to your email)

4. Printing, Confirmation and Instructions page (Document sent to your email)

5. Photograph 5 x 5 cm (US Visa format), taken in the last 6 months (London Drugs charges approximately 18 CAD and stamps with the date), without glasses, with normal clothing and hairstyle

6. Copy, document that proves to be legal within the country (Study, Work Permit or Resident Card)

7. Print, "Courier_in_receipt", file that will be delivered to Canada Post staff (Document sent to your email)

• If the procedure is Family (Spouses and/or children), add a copy of the marriage certificate and birth certificates 

• If the procedure is only for a minor, a copy of the visa of at least 1 of the parents registered on the birth certificate must be added. 

• The above requirements are mandatory but not limiting. If you consider that any additional document will help grant the renewal, you should consider adding it to your file. 

3.- Go to the postal service office previously reviewed with all the documents

4.- Already sent, wait 2 weeks to receive emails from the embassy office, they provide you the track number, aprox 2-3 days you will receive your documents (With the new visa stamped on the passport), the address to pick up the documents is the one selected in the form when starting the process, still appear in the instructions (Document return).

*If upon receiving the documents, the embassy considers that it is necessary to go in person, it will send you an email notifying you and will enable the page to schedule an appointment again (It is very rare that it happens but it is a possibility), in that case I would get you the appointment within two months (The embassy will not charge more for this change and my fees will be considered the complete service process and the difference will be charged when obtaining the appointment).