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Visiting Canada
Canada has a huge tourism industry and welcomes millions of tourists every year. The second largest country in the world, Canada’s incredible geographical variety is a significant tourist attractor.
Canada is known for its beautiful landscaps, diverse climate, natural marvels and world famaous attactions including CN Tower, Niagara Falls and Banff National Park. Every year many people come to Canada for spending quality time with friends and family members who live in Canada or just for a vacation. To visit Canada as a visitor, you will need a visitor visa in most cases.
If you are from one of the visa exempt countries, you won’t need a visa to visit Canada but you will need an ETA (Electronic Travel Authorization) .
Visitor Visa
To enter Canada as a visitor or tourist, you will need a visitor visa (Temporary Resident Visa) in most cases. If you are from one of the visa exempt countries, then you will need an ETA (Electronic Travel Authorization) to enter Canada.
The applicant must meet some basic requirements and must:
- Have a valid travel document, i.e. passport
- Have no criminal record and are in good health
- Satisfy an immigration officer that you will leave Canada at the end of your authorised stay
- Satisfy an immigration officer that you have ties to your home country like a job, home, properties or family
- Prove that you have enough financial means for your stay in Canada.
Other conditions:
- You may need to give biometrics, medicals and letter of invitation from someone living in Canada
- You cannot work or study in Canada as a visitor unless your study program is less than 6 months.
Single Entry Visa:
With a single entry visa, you can stay up to 6 months in Canada. Border services officer may allow you to stay less than 6 months and may put stamp and date by which you must leave Canada. If you do not get a stamp in your passport, you can stay for 6 months from the day you arrived in Canada or until your passport expiry date, whichever is shorter. Once you leave Canada, you will need a new visa to re-enter Canada.
Multiple Entry Visa:
With multiple entry visa, you can stay for 6 months at a time and is valid for up to 10 years or one month before your passport expiry date whichever is shorter. You can re-enter Canada with this visa and again stay for 6 months.
ETA (Electronic Travel Authorization):
If you are from one of the Visa Exempt countries, you do not need a visitor visa instead you need an ETA to visit Canada. An ETA can be processed in few minutes online in most cases, and it is valid for 5 years from the day it is issued or until your passport expiry date.
Quick Facts:
- Visiting the USA, St. Pierre and Miquelon from Canada is not considered exit, and you can re-enter Canada on your same single entry visitor visa.
Super Visa
Canadian government gives priority to family reunification, and that is why they have developed Super Visa that facilitates Canadian citizens or Permanent Residents to invite their parents/grandparents to Canada so that they can spend quality time together for a longer duration. Parents/grandparents can stay up to 5 years at a time, and it’s a multiple entry visa which is valid for 10 years or up to the validity of the passport.
If you want to apply for a super visa, you must:
- Have a valid travel document, i.e. passport
- Be a parent or grandparent who is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada
- Have an invitation letter from their child or grandchild who is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada
- Be admissible to Canada on criminal, security and medical grounds
- Have medical insurance from a Canadian company for the coverage of at least CAD 100,000 that is valid for 1 year from the day of arrival
- Take a medical exam from a panel physician
- Not work or study while in Canada unless the study course is less than 6 months
- Meet some other conditions
Quick facts:
- Super visa can be extended for up to 2-year duration
- You cannot include your dependents in your application
Visa Extension
You must leave Canada at the end of your authorized stay on your visitor visa. If you want to stay longer, you must apply to extend your stay as a visitor at least 30 days before the status expires. If the decision on your application is positive, you are given a visitor record that shows the duration of your stay in Canada and the date you must leave Canada by. A visitor record is different than a visitor visa and cannot be used to return to Canada once you leave.
Quick Facts:
- If your visitor visa is a single entry visa and you want to leave and return to Canada, you must apply for a new visitor visa. You cannot apply to extend your stay as a visitor
- If you applied for an extension and have lost your status as a visitor, you can stay in Canada until a decision is made on your application and you must obey the conditions of your stay
- If the decision on your application is negative, you must leave Canada
How can Pentagon Immigration Help you?
Immigration law is complex and always keeps changing. Even a single minor error in your application may cause delay or rejection of the file. At Pentagon Immigration Services, we provide comprehensive expertise for your Express Entry application. Our professional practice involves competent knowledge, honest advice and personalized services. No one can guarantee you the success of your application; it’s at full discretion of the visa officer. What we guarantee you is the careful, error-free and strategic submission of your Express Entry application so you have very high chances of success. We stand by our clients right from initial consultation to the final decision on the file. And this is not it. We care for our clients, that’s why we provide them with pre-departure orientation and settlement services so they can be well integrated in Canada comfortably.
To know more about Visitor Visa or super visa, get in touch with us today!
FAQs
What immigration program is good for me?
Whether you are looking to immigrate to Canada temporarily or permanently, there are currently more than 60 programs available for immigration to Canada. But every individual’s situation is different and so is the program requirements.
That’s is why it is important that proper and careful assessment of your profile is done to determine your eligibility for one or more programs suitable for you.
You can take advantage of our ‘Free Assessment’ tool and check your eligibility for immigration to Canada. Once you have submitted the assessment form, it will be reviewed by our expert and qualified ‘Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant (RCIC)’ and you will be invited to have a ‘Free Initial Consultation’ with an RCIC either in person or over the phone at your convenience where you will be presented with your available options for immigration to Canada. In case you are not eligible now, it will still allow you to understand the line of actions you can take to be eligible in near future.
What documents are required while creating an Express Entry Profile?
You must meet the minimum eligibility requirement for at least one of the three categories of Express Entry program before you can create your online profile. Three programs are Federarl Skille worker, Federal Skilled Trade and Canadian Experience Class.
Certain documents are required while creating an Express Entry profile. However, you need to have some or all of the following documents to enter the information only; you don’t have to upload these documents while creating the profile.
- Passport or Travel Document
- Language test results
- Education Credential Assessment (ECA) to claim points for education outside Canada
- Provincial Nomination (If available)
- Valid job offer letter from a Canadian employer (If available)
That’s is why it is important that proper and careful assessment of your profile is done to determine your eligibility for one or more programs suitable for you.
You can take advantage of our ‘Free Assessment’ tool and check your eligibility for immigration to Canada. Once you have submitted the assessment form, it will be reviewed by our expert and qualified ‘Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant (RCIC)’ and you will be invited to have a ‘Free Initial Consultation’ with an RCIC either in person or over the phone at your convenience where you will be presented with your available options for immigration to Canada. In case you are not eligible now, it will still allow you to understand the line of actions you can take to be eligible in near future.
Who can represent my case for immigration to Canada?
Anyone who provides advice and representation on Canadian Immigration or Citizenship matters for a fee is required to be a member in good standing of ICCRC or Chambre des notaires du Québec or a Canadian provincial or territorial law society of Canada according to the Canadian law.
“Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council (ICCRC)” is the national regulatory body for ‘Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants (RCIC)’. An RCIC can advise you on Canadian Immigration matters and represent your case to “Immigration Refugee and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)”
Vaibhav Kalbhor is a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant (RCIC) R531255, a member of ICCRC in good standing and is authorized by IRCC to represent your interests in Canada Immigration matters.
IRCC does not deal with representatives who charge a fee but are not authorized. If you use such a representative, your file may be returned or even rejected.
