Canadian Visa Exemptions

People from the following countries DO NOT require a visa to enter Canada:
Andorra Hungary Papua New Guinea
Antigua and Barbuda Iceland Poland
Australia Ireland Portugal
Austria Israel (National Passport holders only) St. Kitts and Nevis
Bahamas Italy St. Lucia
Barbados Japan St. Vincent
Belgium Korea (Republic of) San Marino
Botswana Latvia (Republic of) Singapore
Brunei Lithuania Slovakia
Croatia Liechtenstein Solomon Islands
Cyprus Luxembourg Spain
Denmark Malta Swaziland
Estonia Monaco Sweden
Finland Namibia Slovenia
France Netherlands Switzerland
Germany New Zealand United States
Greece Norway Western Samoa
Visitors also do not need visa to enter Canada if
  • they are from the United States with a valid alien registration card (Green card) or can show other evidence of permanent residence;
  • they are British citizens and British Overseas Citizens who are re-admissible to the United Kingdom;
  • they are citizens of British dependent territories who get 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;
  • they are from Hong Kong and possess a valid British National (Overseas) Passport issued by the Government of the United Kingdom
  • they are from Hong Kong and possess 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;
  • they are holding passports or travel documents issued by the Holy See.
For detail information, please visit Citizenship and Immigration Canada - Countries and territories requiring visas

 

People from the following countries REQUIRE a visa to enter 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
Republic of Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China, People's Republic of
Colombia
Comoros
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Republic of the
Costa Rica
Cuba
Czech Republic

D
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic

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

L
Laos
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Lithuania (holders of non-biometric passports only)

M
Macao S.A.R.
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives Islands
Mali
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
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
Poland (holders of non-biometric passports only)

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
Zimbabwe

For detail information, please visit Citizenship and Immigration Canada - Countries and territories requiring visas

 

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