Temporary Residence

Visitor's Visa

A foreign national needs to abtain a visa or eTA to visit Canada.

A foreign national who is from a visa required countries is required to apply for a visitor’s visa before entering Canada.

Please check the link to know the visa required countries.

Visa required Countries

 

 

Until March 31, 2022, a foreign national needs to apply for a visitor visa online. 

  1. check your eligibility.
  2. prepare the required documents.
  3. Apply online.
  4. Visit a Visa Application Center near you to provide biometrics information.
  5. submit your passport for a visa counterfoil. 

Please contact us to have a worry-free visa application.

A visa processing time varies greatly. A well prepared visa application package can avoid unnecessary delays. Check the visa processing time here.

Normally, a visitor can stay in Canada for 6 month at each entry. However, an officer at the border may specify the time for this visitor to leave. This time will be handwritten on the stamp on  visitor’s passport.

Visa-exempt foreign nationals need an eTA to travel to or transit through Canadian airport. 

check visa-exempt countries here.

Untill March 31, 2022, all foreign nationals from visa-exempt countries need to apply for an eTA online. Check IRCC website for extra supporting documents required during COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Study Permits

If a foreign national applies for a study program in Canada that lasts more than 6 months, the foreign national needs to apply for a study permit in order to attend the program in Canada.

Generally, foreign nationals need to apply for a study permit before entering Canada. However, there are situations foreign nationals can apply for a study permit inside Canada or at a port of entry.

Contact us to know if you can apply for a study permit inside Canada.

Until March 31, 2022, foreign nationals are required to submit a study permit application online.

Contact us and have our experienced consultant guide you through the process to avoid an unnecessary delay or refusal.

Work Permits

Most foreign nationals who want to work in Canada need to apply for a work permit. Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (SOR-2002-227) defines 25 types of situations where a foreign national doesn’t need a work permit to work in Canada.

Contact us to know if you need a work permit to work in Canada.

A closed work permit is an employer specific work permit. That means the foreign national only can work for this specific employer. A closed work permit has to be supported by a Labour Market Impact Assessment letter (LMIA).

Open work permit allows the foreign national to work for any employers in certain occupations.

Canada has a long history to use foreign workers to ease its labour shortage. In 2019, Canada issued 98,310 work permits through Temporary Foreign Worker program, and 306,797 work permits through International Mobility program.

Due to COVID-19 pandemic, foreign nationals need to apply for a work permit online only until March 31, 2022.

Contact us and let us help you with you work permit application. We work closely with Canadian employers.