Visa guide · CA
Canada visa requirements by passport
Visa rules for Canada for 181 passports: 1 can visit visa-free, 54 can get an eTA, eVisa or visa on arrival and 126 must apply in person or give biometrics.
Last checked . Policies change. Confirm with the embassy or official visa portal before you travel.
1
Visa-free
52
eTA
2
eVisa
3
eVisa + biometrics
123
Embassy / VFS
Visa-free
No visa needed — just goeTA
Electronic travel authorization (online)- Andorra180 days
- Australia180 days
- Austria180 days
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belgium180 days
- Bulgaria180 days
- Chile180 days
- Croatia180 days
- Cyprus180 days
- Czech Republic180 days
- Denmark180 days
- Estonia180 days
- Finland180 days
- France180 days
- Germany180 days
- Greece180 days
- Hungary180 days
- Iceland180 days
- Ireland183 days
- Israel180 days
- Italy180 days
- Japan180 days
- Latvia180 days
- Liechtenstein182 days
- Lithuania180 days
- Luxembourg180 days
- Malta180 days
- Monaco180 days
- Netherlands180 days
- New Zealand180 days
- Norway180 days
- Panama180 days
- Papua New Guinea180 days
- Poland180 days
- Portugal180 days
- Qatar180 days
- Romania180 days
- Samoa180 days
- Singapore180 days
- Slovakia180 days
- Slovenia180 days
- Solomon Islands180 days
- South Korea180 days
- Spain180 days
- Sweden180 days
- Switzerland
- Taiwan180 days
- Trinidad and Tobago180 days
- United Arab Emirates180 days
- United Kingdom180 days
- Vatican City
eVisa
Fully online — no office visiteVisa + biometrics
Apply online, then a biometrics appointmentEmbassy / VFS
In-person at an embassy or visa center- Afghanistan180 days
- Algeria180 days
- Angola180 days
- Antigua and Barbuda180 days
- Argentina180 days
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan180 days
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh180 days
- Belize
- Benin180 days
- Bhutan180 days
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina180 days
- Botswana180 days
- Brazil180 days
- Burkina Faso180 days
- Burundi180 days
- Cambodia180 days
- Cameroon180 days
- Central African Republic180 days
- Chad180 days
- China180 days
- Costa Rica180 days
- Côte d'Ivoire180 days
- Djibouti180 days
- Dominican Republic180 days
- DR Congo180 days
- Ecuador180 days
- Egypt180 days
- El Salvador180 days
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea180 days
- Eswatini180 days
- Ethiopia180 days
- Gabon180 days
- Gambia180 days
- Georgia180 days
- Ghana
- Guinea-Bissau180 days
- Guyana180 days
- Haiti
- Honduras180 days
- Indonesia180 days
- Iran180 days
- Iraq182 days
- Jamaica180 days
- Jordan180 days
- Kazakhstan180 days
- Kenya180 days
- Kiribati180 days
- Kosovo
- Kuwait180 days
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Lesotho
- Liberia180 days
- Libya180 days
- Macau180 days
- Madagascar180 days
- Malawi180 days
- Maldives180 days
- Mali180 days
- Marshall Islands180 days
- Mauritania180 days
- Mauritius
- Mexico180 days
- Micronesia180 days
- Moldova180 days
- Mongolia180 days
- Montenegro180 days
- Morocco180 days
- Myanmar180 days
- Namibia180 days
- Nauru180 days
- Nepal182 days
- Nicaragua
- Niger180 days
- Nigeria180 days
- North Korea180 days
- North Macedonia
- Oman180 days
- Palau180 days
- Palestine180 days
- Paraguay180 days
- Peru180 days
- Philippines183 days
- Republic of the Congo180 days
- Russia180 days
- Rwanda180 days
- Saint Kitts and Nevis180 days
- Saint Lucia182 days
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines180 days
- São Tomé and Príncipe180 days
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal180 days
- Serbia180 days
- Seychelles180 days
- Sierra Leone180 days
- South Africa180 days
- South Sudan180 days
- Sri Lanka180 days
- Sudan180 days
- Suriname180 days
- Syria180 days
- Tajikistan180 days
- Tanzania180 days
- Thailand180 days
- Timor-Leste180 days
- Togo180 days
- Tonga180 days
- Tunisia180 days
- Türkiye180 days
- Turkmenistan180 days
- Uganda180 days
- Uruguay182 days
- Uzbekistan180 days
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela1825 days
- Vietnam180 days
- Yemen180 days
- Zambia180 days
- Zimbabwe180 days
What the categories mean
- Visa-freeNo visa needed — just go
- eTAElectronic travel authorization (online)
- eVisaFully online — no office visit
- eVisa + biometricsApply online, then a biometrics appointment
- Embassy / VFSIn-person at an embassy or visa center
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