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Canada welcomes approximately 30 million visitors per year.

Canada’s natural beauty, from mountains and glaciers to secluded lakes and forests, is almost unparalleled worldwide. But what makes Canada so attractive to international visitors is not just the great outdoors. Canada also offers amazing cosmopolitan cities that are clean, safe, friendly, and multicultural. In fact, Canada is known as one of the world’s most livable countries. Whether your interests are river rafting or live theater, Canada won’t disappoint.

Canada’s modern, multicultural cities, each with its own distinct personality such as Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver are possibly the best-known, but there are so many others that highlight different aspects of Canada, such as its maritime culture, mountainous landscape, French history, or its indigenous people. Each city is amazing for different reasons. 

Canada is the second largest country in the world, but its population is relatively small. Consider that the United States has about nine times the number of people that Canada does on a slightly smaller land mass. Canada has expansive uninhabited land that gives Canadians and visitors room to roam. Some of the most popular outdoor activities in Canada are camping, skiing and snowboarding, golfing, fishing, hiking, mountain biking, climbing, kayaking, and canoeing.

Unless you are a citizen of a visa-exempt country, individuals who wish to enter Canada for a temporary purpose, such as tourists, temporary foreign workers (individuals with work permits) and international students (individuals on study permits) must apply for and be granted a Temporary Resident Visa (TRV)

If you are not sure if you require a visa or meet the requirements for entry, please see our chart below:

Country Checklist: Temporary Resident Visas

AfghanistanTRV
AlbaniaTRV
AlgeriaTRV
AndorraeTA
AngolaTRV
AnguillaeTA
Antigua & BarbudaTRV
ArgentinaTRV
ArmeniaTRV
AustraliaeTA
AustriaeTA
AzerbaijanTRV
BahamaseTA
BahrainTRV
BangladeshTRV
BarbadoseTA
BelarusTRV
BelgiumeTA
BelizeTRV
BeninTRV
BermudaeTA
BhutanTRV
BoliviaTRV
Bosnia-HerzegovinaTRV
BotswanaTRV
BrazilTRV/eTA*
BruneieTA
BulgariaeTA
Burkina FasoTRV
BurundiTRV
CambodiaTRV
CameroonTRV
Cape VerdeTRV
Central African RepublicTRV
ChadTRV
ChileeTA
ChinaTRV
ColombiaTRV
ComorosTRV
Congo, Democratic RepublicTRV
Congo, Republic ofTRV
Costa RicaTRV
CroatiaeTA
CubaTRV
CypruseTA
Czech RepubliceTA
DenmarkeTA
DjiboutiTRV
DominicaTRV
Dominican RepublicTRV
EcuadorTRV
EgyptTRV
El SalvadorTRV
Equatorial GuineaTRV
EritreaTRV
EstoniaeTA
EthiopiaTRV
FijiTRV
FinlandeTA
FranceeTA
GabonTRV
GambiaTRV
GeorgiaTRV
GermanyeTA
GhanaTRV
GreeceeTA
GrenadaTRV
GuatemalaTRV
GuineaTRV
GuyanaTRV
HaitiTRV
HondurasTRV
HungaryeTA
IcelandeTA
IndiaTRV
IndonesiaTRV
IranTRV
IraqTRV
IrelandeTA
Israel (passport holders)eTA
Israel (holders of travel document in lieu of passport)TRV
ItalyeTA
Ivory CoastTRV
JamaicaTRV
JapaneTA
JordanTRV
KazakhstanTRV
KenyaTRV
KiribatiTRV
Korea, NorthTRV
Korea, SoutheTA
KosovoTRV
KuwaitTRV
KyrgyzstanTRV
LaosTRV
LatviaeTA
LebanonTRV
LesothoTRV
LiberiaTRV
LibyaTRV
LiechtensteineTA
LithuaniaeTA
LuxembourgeTA
MacaoTRV
MacedoniaTRV
MadagascarTRV
MalawiTRV
MalaysiaTRV
MaldivesTRV
MaliTRV
MaltaeTA
MauritaniaTRV
MauritiusTRV
MexicoeTA
MoldovaTRV
MonacoeTA
MongoliaTRV
MontenegroTRV
MoroccoTRV
MozambiqueTRV
MyanmarTRV
NamibiaTRV
NepalTRV
NetherlandseTA
New ZealandeTA
NicaraguaTRV
NigerTRV
NigeriaTRV
NorwayeTA
OmanTRV
PakistanTRV
PalauTRV
PanamaTRV
ParaguayTRV
PeruTRV
PhilippinesTRV
PolandeTA
PortugaleTA
QatarTRV
RomaniaeTA
RussiaTRV
RwandaTRV
San MarinoeTA
Sao Tome e PrincipeTRV
Saudi ArabiaTRV
SenegalTRV
SerbiaTRV
SeychellesTRV
Sierra LeoneTRV
SingaporeeTA
SlovakiaeTA
SloveniaeTA
SomaliaTRV
South AfricaTRV
SpaineTA
Sri LankaTRV
St. Kitts & NevisTRV
SudanTRV
SurinamTRV
SwazilandTRV
SwedeneTA
SwitzerlandeTA
SyriaTRV
TaiwaneTA
TajikistanTRV
TanzaniaTRV
ThailandTRV
TogoTRV
TongaTRV
Trinidad and TobagoTRV
TunisiaTRV
TurkeyTRV
TurkmenistanTRV
Turks and CaicoseTA
TuvaluTRV
UgandaTRV
UkraineTRV
United Arab EmirateseTA
United KingdomeTA
United States of AmericaNeither (travel document required at border)
UruguayTRV
UzbekistanTRV
VanuatuTRV
VenezuelaTRV
VietnamTRV
YemenTRV
ZambiaTRV
ZimbabweTRV

Frequently Asked Questions

Only authorized representatives are allowed to represent you in an immigration or citizenship application as well as communicate with the Government of Canada on your behalf.

SwiftCan is a licensed Canadian immigration consultancy, and is authorized to represent your interests in all immigration matters. You may choose to use an authorized immigration representative to act on your behalf for immigration, citizenship or temporary residence applications with:

Be aware, if you use an unauthorized representative, in Canada or abroad, IRCC may return your application or refuse it. Choose your representative carefully.

SwiftCan Canada Immigration Services Inc. is a reputable immigration organization specialized in Express Entry, OINP, Family Sponsorship, Citizenship and TRV (study/work/visit) applications. We offer variety of packages based on your needs. Refer to the list of our immigration services below:

  • Permanent residency
  • Temporary residency
  • Business Immigration
  • Skilled Worker

If you do not require professional assistance at this time and you are just looking for immigration law related information, you can find it on Legalline.ca.

No one can guarantee approval of your application, as final decision fully depends on immigration officer.

Kindly avoid all kind of ghost consultants as well as unethical representatives who “guarantee results” or provide “success rates” to grab your attention.

Here at SwiftCan, we put all our efforts in maximizing your chances of success. Reputation of our immigration company is extremely important to us, as you can see from our client reviews.

If your application gets refused, we will resubmit it one time free of charge. This does not include government application fees, as well as cases where false/misleading/incomplete information or document was provided by client.