

Each individual applicant must complete and sign the new Application for Temporary Resident Visa Made Outside of Canada form. It later implemented a web-based online Form DS-160 to replace Form DS-156, although Form DS-160 continues to suffer from bugs and is frustrating to complete.Įffective October 14, 2010, a new Application for Temporary Resident Visa Made Outside of Canada form, the corresponding Instruction Guide, Family Information form, Schedule 1 and Document Checklist will be made available to all clients. Department of State, which initially implemented a bar-coded Form DS-156 for visa applications. The implementation of this new TRV application form mirrors similar efforts by the U.S.


Once the new TRV application form has been successfully implemented, the student and worker application forms will be next, followed by other lines of business. This new TRV application form is the first electronic application form for overseas applicants which can now be saved electronically by the applicant. Bar codes have been created on the TRV application form to facilitate data entry into GCMS. However, this application form could not be saved electronically and the information on the form could not be scanned into existing CIC systems.Īs CIC’s Global Case Management System (“GCMS”) is deploying this year to extend case processing capabilities overseas, a new Temporary Resident Visa (“TRV”) application form is being implemented. On March 27, 2009, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (“CIC”) began testing its Application Form for a Temporary Resident Visa and its accompanying Schedule 1 at select overseas missions.
