Extension of Electronic Travel Authorization to 13 Additional Countries
Validated finding · five-country-2010-20260922-v118-evidence-presentation-fix
Policy effect
The Canadian government added 13 countries to its Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) program. Eligible travellers from these countries who previously held a Canadian visa or have a current U.S. visa can apply for a digital eTA instead of a visitor visa.
Conditions and exceptions
Validated condition or limit: Eligible travellers from these countries who previously held a Canadian visa or have a current U.S.
Official source excerpt
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The amendment adds the following 13 countries to the list of visa-required countries eligible for an eTA in the IRPR: the Seychelles, Panama, Uruguay, Argentina, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Thailand, the Philippines, Morocco, and Costa Rica.
Canada Gazettegazette.gc.ca. Extension of Electronic Travel Authorization to 13 Additional Countries. Effective 2023-06-06.; Canada Gazette, Part II, Volume 157, Number 12: Regulations Amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Electronic Travel Authorization): SOR/2023-106.; SOR/2023-106, Regulations Amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Electronic Travel Authorization), Canada Gazette, Part II, Vol. 157, No. 12.Open official source
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