Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations

Marginal note:Nationals of certain countries

• 7.01 (1) Despite subsection 7(1), a foreign national who is a citizen of one of the following countries 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:

  • (a) Brazil;

  • (b) Bulgaria; and

  • (c) Romania.

• 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.