Visit Canada
Check if you need a visa or electronic travel authorization (eTA) to travel to Canada, to visit family or to visit on business. Find out about transiting through Canada to another destination and extending your stay.
Before you apply
Answer a few questions and we’ll tell you what you need to travel to Canada: an electronic travel authorization (eTA) or a visa.
Apply for a visitor visa or eTA
Visitor visa
What is a visitor visa, who can apply, how to apply and how to prepare for your arrival in Canada
Electronic travel authorization (eTA)
What is an eTA, who can apply, how to apply and how to prepare for your arrival in Canada
After you arrive in Canada
Visitor records: extend your stay as a visitor
Who can get a visitor record, what it is and how to apply
Students and workers: apply for a new visitor visa
Get a new visitor visa from inside Canada if yours is expired and you’re planning on leaving Canada and returning
For Canadian business and event organizers
Bring foreign business guests to Canada
What you need to do as a business or event organizer, how to register your event and prepare letters of invitation
At the border
Border information for visitors to Canada
Travel tips, what happens at the border and prohibited or restricted goods
Explore immigration programs
Answer a few questions to see different ways you might be able to come to Canada
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