Visitor visa
- Canada welcomes millions of non-immigrants as visitors/tourists each year apart from individuals applying to work study & settle.
- Visitors for Canada need to apply for Temporary Resident Visa (TRV).
- Validity of visitor visa is 6 months & can be extended as necessitated.
- Some countries have been visa-exempted by Canada for those intending to travel by air. But need electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) to come here.
Requirements
Valid separate passport, photographs.
- Nationality/citizenship IDs.
- Invitation letter/purpose of visit.
- Proof of funds/financial statement.
- Medical examination to see no serious health problems associated.
- Zero criminal record that may prevent an applicant’s visit.
- Detailed itinerary_ proof of air ticket, hotel booking, stay period, return ticket & etc.
- Promise to immigration officer to get back home after visa expiry.
Type of Visa
- Single Entry Visa _ for single entry of visitor, valid for 6 months.
- Multiple Entry Visa _ valid for 10 years & allows visitor to stay for 6 months in a year.
- Transit Visa (no charge) _ for visitors just passing through Canada to travel to another country. Visitor stay period in Canada is 48 hours.
Following countries require visa to come to Canada by any mode of travel (air, sea, land).
- Afghanistan
- Guatemala
- Pakistan
- Albania
- Guinea
- Palau
- Algeria
- Guinea-Bissau
- Palestinian Authority
- Angola
- Guyana
- Panama
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Haiti
- Paraguay
- Argentina
- Honduras
- Peru
- Armenia
- India
- Philippines
- Azerbaijan
- Indonesia
- Qatar
- Bahrain
- Iran
- Romania
- Bangladesh
- Iraq
- Russia
- Belarus
- Israel
- Rwanda
- Belize
- Ivory Coast
- Sao Tomé e Principe
- Benin
- Jamaica
- Saudi Arabia
- Bhutan
- Jordan
- Senegal
- Bolivia
- Kazakhstan
- Serbia
- Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Kenya
- Seychelles
- Botswana
- Kiribati
- Sierra Leone
- Brazil
- Korea, North
- Somalia
- Burkina Faso
- Kosovo
- South Africa
- Burma (Myanmar)
- Kuwait
- South Sudan
- Burundi
- Kyrgyzstan
- Sri Lanka
- Cambodia
- Laos
- St. Kitts and Nevis
- Cameroon, Republic of
- Lebanon
- St. Lucia
- Cape Verde
- Lesotho
- St. Vincent & the Grenadines (St. Vincent)
- Central African Republic
- Liberia
- Sudan
- Chad
- Libya
- Surinam
- China, People’s Republic of
- Macao Special Administrative Region
- Swaziland
- Colombia
- Macedonia
- Syria
- Comoros
- Madagascar
- Taiwan
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Malawi
- Tajikistan
- Republic of Congo
- Malaysia
- Tanzania
- Republic of Costa Rica
- Maldives Islands
- Thailand
- Cuba
- Mali
- Togo
- Djibouti
- Marshall Islands
- Tonga
- Dominica
- Mauritania
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Dominican Republic
- Mauritius
- Tunisia
- East Timor
- Micronesia, Fed. States
- Turkey
- Ecuador
- Moldova
- Turkmenistan
- Egypt
- Mongolia
- Tuvalu
- El Salvador
- Montenegro
- Uganda
- Equatorial Guinea
- Morocco
- Ukraine
- Eritrea
- Mozambique
- Uruguay
- Ethiopia
- Namibia
- Uzbekistan
- Fiji
- Nauru
- Vanuatu
- Gabon
- Nepal
- Venezuela
- Gambia
- Nicaragua
- Vietnam
- Georgia
- Niger
- Yemen
- Ghana
- Nigeria
- Zambia
- Grenada
- Oman
- Zimbabwe
