Temporary residents: Visitors
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Note: Some Entry/Exit information is available in GCMS by conducting a query through the application screen. Since February 26, 2019, all land entry and exit records (on all travellers, including Canadian and US Citizens) and all air entry records are available. Entry/Exit information can be used to assess residency and to check for overstays. Data collected is point forward and not available for records that predate February 26, 2019.
This section contains policy, procedures and guidance used by IRCC staff. It is posted on the department’s website as a courtesy to stakeholders.
A temporary resident visa (TRV) is an official counterfoil document issued by a visa office that is placed in a person’s passport to show that they have met the requirements for admission to Canada as a temporary resident.
Holding a TRV does not guarantee entry to Canada. The admission of foreign nationals into Canada as temporary residents is a privilege, not a right.
Intake
Processing
- Documents required with a TRV application
- Reviewing the documentation
- Eligibility and admissibility considerations
- Evidence supporting purpose of entry
- Dual intent
- Proof of funds/financial support
- Medical requirements for foreign nationals
- Issuing the visa: transit, single-entry and multiple-entry visas
- Issuing the visa: duration of visits
- Visa categories
- Super visas
- Diplomatic and official visas (including U.S. government officials)
- Courtesy visas
- Facilitation visas
- Specific requirements by type of applicant
- Refusals overview
- Cancellation of a TRV
- Visa validity (expiry dates)
- Examinations and admission at the port of entry
- Refusals at the port of entry
- Security deposits and guarantees
Extension of temporary resident status
- Eligibility for extending temporary resident status
- Extensions for minors
- Maintained status during processing (previously called implied status)
- Inland applications for permanent residence and temporary resident status extension
- Restoration of status
- Visitor record
- Fees and cost recovery for extensions
- Loss of status
- Individuals named in an immigration warrant
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