Reason 22 of 50 · Employment, family and home-country ties
Classified asR179(b) / contextual return-ties concern
Where an entire household travels together, fewer immediate family members remain behind as obvious return ties. This is not an automatic refusal ground.
The officer assesses the family’s overall establishment and reasons to return. Employment, business, property, education and extended family can remain relevant even when everyone travels.
Jobs/businesses of both spouses, children’s school, residence, assets, trip duration and previous family travel history.
The same situation, presented two ways. The right-hand column is what a reapplication needs to look like.
Present collective ties and a realistic family itinerary. Avoid claiming that leaving one distant relative behind is by itself decisive evidence of return.
Treating a family application as four unrelated individual files; failing to reconcile shared finances and itinerary.
A family of four taking a two-week holiday can be credible when both parents have established work/business and the children must return to school.
You cannot fix a reason you have not read. Your GCMS notes contain the officer's own words about your file, and requesting them is free — we publish every step.
[S2], [S5]. This page is general information, not legal advice.Where an entire household travels together, fewer immediate family members remain behind as obvious return ties. This is not an automatic refusal ground.
The officer assesses the family’s overall establishment and reasons to return. Employment, business, property, education and extended family can remain relevant even when everyone travels.
Jobs/businesses of both spouses, children’s school, residence, assets, trip duration and previous family travel history.
Present collective ties and a realistic family itinerary. Avoid claiming that leaving one distant relative behind is by itself decisive evidence of return.
Treating a family application as four unrelated individual files; failing to reconcile shared finances and itinerary.
No. IRCC states that refiling the same information will likely not change the decision. A reapplication has to answer the specific concern the officer recorded — which is why you should read your GCMS notes first and find out exactly what that concern was.
Most refusals cite more than one concern, and only one of them is usually decisive. Your GCMS notes say which. Get them free, or send them to us and we will tell you exactly what to fix.