
14 March 1984: Guatemala, Guyana, Jamaica and Peru.7 September 1983: Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.20 December 1979: Chile (was resumed on 1 February 1995).28 September 1978: Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ghana and Uganda.1 December 2017: Bulgaria and Romania.14 November 2013: Czech Republic (resumed).29 February 2008: Hungary (resumed), Lithuania, Poland and Slovakia.1 December 1949: Belgium and Luxembourg.Immigration officials have the discretion to limit the duration that visitors may enter the country as well as impose additional conditions. In some cases a medical exam or a letter of invitation may be required. Visitors are eligible if they are in good health, can convince an immigration officer that they have ties (job, home, financial assets or family) that will take them back to their home country and have enough money for their stay. Nationals of certain countries must arrive by air when not holding a Canadian visa. nationals and citizens of France residing in Saint Pierre and Miquelon arriving directly from the territory, who are exempt from the eTA requirement and are barred from applying for an eTA. They are required to obtain an eTA if they arrive by air, except for U.S. Holders of passports issued by the following 54 countries and territories are able to visit Canada without obtaining a visa for a period of up to 6 months. Depending on the country by which the passport was issued, a visa application may have to be submitted at a visa application centre at a Canadian diplomatic mission. However, such applicants must provide their biometrics (photograph and fingerprints) as a part of their application process.



Īpplications of visitor visas, work permits, study permits and certain types of permanent residency can be submitted online.

Travellers were able to apply early as of 1 August 2015. Īll visa-exempt travellers to Canada (except United States citizens and permanent residents) have been required to obtain an Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) when arriving in Canada by air since 10 November 2016. The visa policy of Canada requires that any foreign national wishing to enter Canada must obtain a temporary resident visa from one of the Canadian diplomatic missions unless they hold a passport issued by one of the 54 eligible visa exempt countries and territories or proof of permanent residence in the United States. Entry passport stamp for Canada issued to a citizen of Slovakia at Overton Corners–Lacolle 221 Border Crossing in 2017 with the French language first. Entry passport stamp for Canada issued to a citizen of Colombia by the Canada Border Services Agency at Lewiston–Queenston Border Crossing in 2014.
