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Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (SOR/2002-227)

Regulations are current to 2024-03-06 and last amended on 2024-02-29. Previous Versions

Marginal note:Nationals of certain countries

  •  (1) Despite subsection 7(1), a foreign national who is a citizen of a country listed in the table to this subsection and who is seeking to enter Canada by air may not enter Canada to remain on a temporary basis without first obtaining a temporary resident visa or an electronic travel authorization.

    TABLE

    Country
    Antigua and Barbuda
    Argentina
    Brazil
    Costa Rica
    Mexico
    Morocco
    Panama
    Philippines
    Seychelles
    St. Kitts and Nevis
    St. Lucia
    St. Vincent and the Grenadines
    Thailand
    Trinidad and Tobago
    Uruguay
  • Marginal note:Application for electronic travel authorization — conditions

    (2) A foreign national referred to in subsection (1) may only make an application for an electronic travel authorization if they

    • (a) have held a temporary resident visa at any time during the 10-year period immediately preceding the day on which they make their application; or

    • (b) hold a valid United States nonimmigrant visa on the day on which they make their application.


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