@Cliff ********

cheating?

@Andi **********

doubtful, if anything it may be confirmation of funds on extension

Anonymous participant it’s a tourist visa. It’s meant to make it easier for people who stay long term, have a reason to be here and have the funds to support themselves. It would appear it’s like an METV with different stipulations. It does seem too good to be true but there is a large group that needs a visa like this who don’t fit in elsewhere

@Dolce ************

yes a huge savings.

@Dolce ************

ya

@Sarah ******

yes search this thread. Someone else left with an ed visa and re entry, came back and was stamped in with DTV

If you can plan in advance that far yes, when the consulate was in Toronto the processing time was 24 hours so I had assumed 3-4 weeks was enough time to process. I was wrong, DTV in record time though.

@Dolce ************

I had the same issue. They knew my flight date and told me they would issue my visa in time. On the 35th day I called them and asked if my visa will be issued as I flew in the next 48 hours. The Russian women told me word for word “not a chance” then 3 hours later it was sent to me via email.

Ottawa had been a total nightmare in the past for METV basic tourist visa. For the DTV I was approved in 6 days and asked for no further documents just submitted and then approved

Ya absolutely no new or pertinent information here, as short as this visa has existed this is extremely dated info