Visit visa exemptions

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While everyone wants to visit Canada needs authorization and approval before entering the country, in some cases the applicant doesn’t need to apply for visitor visa before travelling to Canada; instead he apply for Electronic Travel Authorization.

The Canadian immigration law specify three categories in which the applicant doesn’t need to apply for a visa; these categories are summarized under Nationality, Holders of specific travel documents or Depending on the purpose of the visit:

  1. Nationality: Citizens of specific countries do not need to apply for visa before travelling, example of these countries are France, British, Australia. . Also the green card holder of the United States is not required to apply for visitor visa.
  2. Holders of specific travel documents: such as diplomatic passport, or passport issued by the Holy See, or National Israeli passport or passport issued by Hong Kong or Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
  3. Purpose of visit: like flight crew or civil aviation inspector or to carry out official duties as a member of the armed forces of a country that is a designated state
Visa exempt countries
  • Andorra
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • Belgium
  • British citizen
  • British National (Overseas)
  • British overseas citizen (re-admissible to the United Kingdom)
  • British overseas territory citizen with citizenship through birth, descent, naturalization or registration in one of the British overseas territories of:
    • Anguilla
    • Bermuda
    • British Virgin Islands
    • Cayman Islands
    • Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
    • Gibraltar
    • Montserrat
    • Pitcairn Island
    • Saint Helena
    • Turks and Caicos Islands
  • British Subject with a right of abode in the United Kingdom
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Bulgaria
  • Chile
  • Croatia
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, must have a passport issued by Hong Kong SAR.
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • Ireland
  • Israel, must have a national Israeli passport
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Republic of Korea
  • Latvia
  • Liechtenstein
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Malta
  • Mexico
  • Monaco
  • Netherlands
  • New Zealand
  • Norway
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Romania (electronic passport holders only)
  • Samoa
  • San Marino
  • Singapore
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Solomon Islands
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Taiwan, must have an ordinary passport issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taiwan that includes the personal identification number
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Vatican City State, must have a passport or travel document issued by the Vatican.

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