Visitor visa applications

Visitor visa applications submitted before September 7, 2021

If your situation has changed since you submitted your visitor visa application

We recommend that you submit a new online application if

• you submitted your visitor visa application before September 7, 2021; and
• your situation has changed; and
• you’re travelling for one of the following reasons:
  • to attend an end-of-life ceremony or a funeral
  • to be present during the final moments of life of a loved one
  • to provide care to a critically ill person
  • to join a vessel as a marine crew member
  • to assume a posting as a diplomat or to travel as an accompanying immediate family member of a diplomat arriving on posting who will also be accredited in Canada
  • to handle the affairs of a victim of Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752
  • to reunite with a Canadian citizen, a person registered under Canada’s Indian Act or a permanent resident of Canada as their:
    • spouse,
    • common law partner,
    • dependent child,
    • dependent child of a dependent child,
    • parent or step-parent, or
    • guardian or tutor
  • to reunite with a foreign national who is in Canada temporarily as their:
    • spouse,
    • common law partner,
    • dependent child,
    • parent or step-parent, or
    • guardian or tutor
  • to reunite with a Canadian citizen, a person registered under Canada’s Indian Act or a permanent resident of Canada as their:
    • non-dependent child,
    • a dependent child of a non-dependent child,
    • a sibling,
    • half-sibling or step-sibling,
    • grandparent.
  • to visit for business (meeting, special event, training)

Get instructions to apply

Make sure to include up-to-date information and, if possible, your previous application number.

By submitting a new application, your previous visitor visa application will be withdrawn. Unfortunately, there is no guarantee of a refund, and you won’t receive a written confirmation that your previous application has been withdrawn.

If you don’t intend to travel to Canada right now

There’s nothing else you need to do. Your application will remain in the queue for processing.

If you no longer want to travel to Canada

You can request a withdrawal via the web form. There is no guarantee that you will get a refund.