Canada Temporary Resident Visas Exemptions
People from some countries do not need Temporary
Resident Visas (visitor visas) to visit Canada. These are listed below.
Please note that this list is dated
February 8th, 2005. It is Subject to change at any time. For an updated
list, visit the site of
Citizenship
& Immigration Canada.
Temporary Resident Visa Exemptions
Persons who do not require visas to visit Canada include:
- citizens of Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Bahamas,
Barbados, Belgium, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland,
France, Republic of Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel (National
Passport holders only), Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta,
Mexico, Monaco, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Papua New
Guinea, Portugal, Republic of Korea, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia,
St. Vincent, San Marino, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Spain, Swaziland,
Sweden, Slovenia, Switzerland, United States, and Western Samoa;
- persons lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence
who are in possession of their alien registration card or can provide
other evidence of permanent residence;
- British citizens and British Overseas Citizens who are re-admissible
to the United Kingdom;
- citizens of British dependent territories who derive their citizenship
through birth, descent, registration or naturalization in one of the
British dependent territories of Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands,
Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn, St.
Helena or the Turks and Caicos Islands;
- persons holding a valid and subsisting Special Administrative Region
passport issued by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region of the People’s Republic of China; and
- persons holding passports or travel documents issued by the Holy
See.
Study Permits in Canada
Visitors to Canada require Study
Permits ( student visas ) if they want to study in
Canada longer than six months.
You can learn more about which students require
Study
Permits here.
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