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 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.

  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.