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Invitation pageCountries and territories whose
citizens require visas in order to enter Canada as visitors
Information provided below is for educational purposes only and may
change at any time without notice
Citizens of the following countries and territories require a Visa to
VISIT or TRANSIT Canada:
A
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Argentina
Armenia
Azerbaijan
B
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
C
Cambodia
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Rep.
Chad
Chile
China, People’s
Rep. of
Colombia
Comoros
Congo, Democratic
Rep. of the
Congo, Rep. of the
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cuba
D
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Rep.
E
East Timor
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
F
Fiji
G
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Ghana
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
H
Haiti
Honduras
I
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Israel (only Israeli citizens holding valid Israeli
“Travel Document in lieu of National Passport”)
Ivory Coast
J
Jamaica
Jordan
K
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, North
Kosovo
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
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L
Laos
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
M
Macao
S.A.R.
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives Islands
Mali
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Micronesia, Fed. States
Moldova
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar (Burma)
N
Nauru
Nepal
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
O
Oman
P
Pakistan
Palau
Palestinian Authority
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Q
Qatar
R
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
S
Sao Tomé e Principe
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Surinam
Syria
T
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
U
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
V
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Vietnam
Y
Yemen
Z
Zambia
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Visitor Visa
Exemptions
Many people do not require a visa to
visit Canada. These include:
- citizens of Andorra, Antigua and
Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Botswana,
Brunei, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel (National
Passport holders only), Italy, Japan, Korea (Republic of), Latvia
(Republic of),
Lithuania, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Monaco,
Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Papua New Guinea,
Poland, Portugal, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent,
San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, 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 (Green 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 British National
(Overseas) Passport issued by the Government of the United Kingdom
to persons born, naturalized or registered in Hong Kong;
- 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;
- persons holding passports or
travel documents issued by the Holy See.
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