The latest Canadian visa policy

1. International air tickets for traveling to Canada

Currently, only Toronto or Vancouver airports can allow foreign tourists to enter.

Visa Home reminds you: No matter which airline you buy a ticket to return to Canada, please always pay attention to the official website information to avoid missing various airline changes caused by the epidemic.

2. Entry Qualifications

Starting from January 15, 2022, the Canada Border Agency has canceled a series of original exemption conditions and replaced them with requiring incoming passengers to be recognized by Canada. Full vaccine recipients. At present, Chinese vaccines (Sinovac and Traditional Chinese Medicine) have been recognized by the Canadian health department. You only need to hold a valid Canadian tourist visa to enter the country without applying for an exemption letter.

Canadian Customs will conduct very strict investigations on all relative notarization and other information prepared for tourist visas.

Visa Home reminds you that the vaccines currently recognized by Canada are: Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, AstraZeneca, Sinopharm, China Sinovac

3. Vaccine Certificate

If you are confirmed to have received a vaccine approved by the Canadian federal government and the nucleic acid test results are negative after landing, you do not need to quarantine at home.

If you have not received a vaccine recognized by Canada but meet the above entry qualifications, you must quarantine at home for 14 days. If you received a Chinese vaccine in China, please bring the English version of your vaccination certificate into Canada. This certificate can be used to apply for the British Columbia provincial vaccine green code and will not affect travel within British Columbia.

After 2022, nucleic acid testing will be fully compulsory upon entry, and nucleic acid testing does not require an appointment in advance. Before the results come out, you need to quarantine at home and wait for the results. You can be released from quarantine after a negative result

IV. Application process

Currently applying for a Canadian tourist visa, applicants must arrive on time for the visa within the agreed time. The center record refers to Qi's pattern. On the day of fingerprint collection, bring your original passport and go to the visa center by yourself, and complete the fingerprint entry according to the instructions of the visa center staff.

5. Fill out the ArriveCan

This is a new regulation introduced by the Canadian government this year. The ArriveCan can only be filled out within 72 hours before entering the country. According to Canadian Customs regulations, All inbound travelers must provide detailed information through the Canadian government’s ArriveCan APP, otherwise they will face fines of up to $1,000. APP makes a quarantine plan, please save the file number, and you need to enter Canada.

Whether you go through the website or the website APP, when you submit all the information, there will be a receipt, and the customs officer will ask you to show the receipt before entering the country.

During the 14-day quarantine period after entering Canada, tourists entering Canada must report their quarantine status through the ArriveCan APP every day. Violators may face a fine of $1,000.

Last Visa Home reminds you to pay attention to the following points when applying for a Canadian tourist visa:

1. There is no interview required when applying for a Canadian visa. The consulate has relatively high requirements for documents. It is recommended that Try to provide the originals of household register, marriage certificate, real estate certificate, motor vehicle registration certificate, passbook, etc.

2. Applicants who have obtained a Canadian visa in the past 5 years and visited Canada normally and left Canada legally , you need to submit a statement stating the purpose of your application to visit Canada

3. Applicants under the age of 18 must have a parental consent letter from their unaccompanied parents agreeing to their travel. This letter should include the application information such as the person’s travel dates and their parents’ contact information.

If employed, use an original leave approval letter on company letterhead, signed by the employer, and include the following information: Applicant’s name, position, salary, and date of employment, as well as employer’s full name and address in Chinese, and telephone number and fax number