I recently had a woman in my office who regularly has her family visit Canada from Venezuela. Her sister wanted to come to Canada to see her niece graduate. Despite the fact that nothing has changed in her situation, her application to visit Canada was recently denied. The factor that was cited on her application was “other”. That “other” was that the visa officer felt that due to the deteriorating political and social climate in Venezuela, she would not return home.
How is this compatible with the Lima declaration that Canada signed earlier this year, stating that Canada would help with cases of migratory accommodations and identity documents for Venezuelans?