It includes important information you need to know before you plan your trip. Some people are inadmissible—they are not allowed to come to Canada. Several things can make you inadmissible, including involvement in criminal activity, in human rights violations or in organized crime.
A border services officer at the port of entry in Canada will determine how long you can stay in Canada. Most visitors are allowed a six-month stay from the day they entered Canada. If the officer authorizes a stay of less than six months, they will indicate in your passport the date by which you must leave Canada.
If you want to stay longer than your authorized stay, you should apply for an extension at least 30 days before the authorized end of your stay. Client Login. Visit your family members in Canada or as a tourist Every year, millions of people visit Canada to enjoy the many opportunities Canada has to offer, including visiting family and friends. Determine your eligibility To visit Canada, you must: have a valid travel document, such as a passport, be in good health, convince an immigration officer that you have ties—such as a job, home, financial assets or family—that will take you back to your home country, convince an immigration officer that you will leave Canada at the end of your visit, and have enough money for your stay.
A visa cannot be valid beyond the expiry date of your passport. If you are visiting a child or grandchild in Canada, you should apply for a super visa rather than standard visitor visa. If your visa application is approved and you come to Canada while your visa is valid, then you can enter Canada for up to a maximum period of days 6 months. The border guard will ask you questions and based on your answers, will tell you how long you can remain in Canada. The maximum amount of time they can give you is days.
If they do not tell you that you must leave by any certain time or write any date in your passport, then you are allowed to stay the full days. As long as you apply to extend your stay in Canada before the day you are supposed to leave Canada, then you can continue to stay in Canada until a decision is made on how much longer you can stay.
This is called implied status. When you are applying to extend your stay in Canada, you are showing the officer many of the same things that you would have submitted to get your visa. You are also going to explain why you need to stay longer. If you have overstayed and have been in Canada longer than you were supposed to, then you can apply to restore your visitor status if you are within 90 days of the date you were supposed to leave.
If you have overstayed longer than 90 days, then you will have to leave Canada to correct your status. If you have applied before for a visitor visa and the application was refused, you are not alone. While economic immigration to Canada becomes faster and more efficient , now may be the right time to explore what Canada has to offer as a visitor! Unless you are from a country that is visa-exempt , you require a visitor visa sometimes called a Temporary Resident Visa or TRV in order to enter the country.
If you want to come to Canada just to visit, then you have to apply for the visitor visa on your own. Visa-exempt countries are those with whom Canada has agreements that allow their citizens and permanent residents to visit Canada without a visitor visa:.
Canada offers two kinds of visitor visas: single-entry and multiple-entry. The single-entry visa will allow foreign nationals to cross into Canada once. Those with multiple-entry visas can enter and exit as often as they like within the valid duration of their visa.
A visitor visa can be granted for a period of up to six months. However, the duration of the visa will be decided by the immigration officer handling your case. If you have children or grandchildren living in Canada, you might qualify for the super visa for parents and grandparents.
This multiple-entry visa allows you to stay in the country for up to two years at a time, helping you to spend more time with your loved ones. You have the option to extend your visitor visa from inside Canada only if your temporary status is still valid. Remaining in Canada with an expired visitor visa and no in-process extension application can jeopardize future immigration applications.
If you have completed the extension application before the expiry of your visa, you can remain in Canada under implied status until the application is processed. If you are travelling to Canada for business, you may be required to obtain a business visitor visa.
Note, this visa is not for temporary foreign workers. A separate work permit is needed in order to directly engage in the Canadian labour market. Those travelling to Canada from visa-exempt countries do not require a visitor visa to enter the country.
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