Maureen Elizondo

citizens of Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Botswana, Brunei, Cyprus, Denmark, Dominica, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel (National Passport holders only), Italy, Japan, Kiribati, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Portugal, Republic of Korea, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, St. Marino, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Slovenia, Switzerland, Tuvalu, United States, Vanuatu, Western Samoa and Zimbabwe;
persons lawfully admitted into 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, Hong Kong, Montserrat, Pitcaim, St. Helena or the Turks and Caicos Islands;
persons holding passports or travel documents issued by the Holy See.

If you come from a country that does not require a visitor visa to visit Canada, you still have to prove that you are a genuine visitor when you arrive at a Port of Entry to Canada. Evidence that you are a genuine visitor is a return airline ticket, sufficient funds, a hotel reservation or an invitation to stay with a Canadian citizen or permanent resident.

Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia-Hercegovina
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burkina-Faso
Burundi

Cambodia
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China, People's Republic
Colombia
Comoros
Congo (The), Democratic Republic of
Congo (The), People's Republic of
Croatia
Cuba
Czech Republic

India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Israel (only Israeli citizens holding valid Israeli orange Travel Document in Lieu of National Passport)
Ivory Coast

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Macedonia (former Yugoslav Republic of)
Malagasy Republic
Malawi
Maldives
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Moldova
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar (Burma)

Pacific Islands, US Trust Territory
Pakistan
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland

Sao Tome e Principe
Senegal
Seychelles, The
Sierra Leone
Slovak Republic
Somalia
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Surinam
Syria

Tadjikistan
Taiwan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan

If you come from a country that requires a Visitor visa you must apply for one a the Canadian Consulate or Embassy in your home country or the country that you are visiting or residing in.

To make this application you are usually required to present:

Even if you present all of the above documentation this does not guarantee a visitor visa, you must be able to convince the Visa Officer at the Embassy or Consulate that you will not remain in Canada permanently. If the Visa Officer is not satisfied that your are a genuine visitor you may be refused a Visitor Visa to Canada. If you do receive your Visitor visa, once you present yourself at the Port of Entry to Canada you may be required to prove, once again, to an Immigration Officer that your are a genuine visitor.

Therefore, the above mentioned requirements should be ready to show again at the Canadian Port of Entry.

Visitors to Canada are usually permitted to stay in Canada for period of 6 months or a shorter period of time if the Officer at the Port of Entry specifies a shorter period of time. However, this period is extendable from within Canada.