Yes, the foreign student in Canada can invite a guest from abroad. While it is not explicitly stated in the regulations, foreign students are not somewhat limited in doing that. But as with any other application for entering Canada, visa office is the only decision-making authority.

Generally, the process to invite a house guest is as follows:

• the inviting party should send the letter of invitation to the proposed guest abroad
• the guest should submit an application and supporting documents for a guest visa (temporary resident visa, or TRV) to the appropriate Canadian visa office and pay the fees
• during processing of the application, visa office may request additional information and/or documents from the applicant (proposed guest)
• an interview may be scheduled and it must be attended by the applicant
• if everything is fine, an applicant receives the temporary visa in the passport

This is an outline only; besides, more prepration work and documents may be required to contribute positively to the visa office decision. This is especially important for the first time visitors, because every failed attempt to receive a visa is recorded and affect the future applications of the same person. To the contrary, the chances to receive a TRV are much better for the returning applicants who have already visited Canada.

You can ! The procedure itself is quite straightforward.

But you may consider seeking a professional approach to maximize the chance of a positive outcome. Every application for entering Canada is either approved or disapproved by a visa office based on some criteria. Our work is to help every our client to prepare the application and supporting documents in such a way to have a maximum chance of receiving a visa.

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