If you are traveling through a Canadian airport and hold the citizenship of a country needing a visa to enter Canada, you will require a transit visa without stopping or visiting to fly through Canada. This is true even if you have less than 48 hours in Canada and you don't leave the airport.
There is no transit visa fee and you can apply for a Canada transit visa by filling out the visitor visa application form (Temporary Resident Visa) and choosing a transit visa from the choices specified on the form.
To enter Canada, U.S. people do not require a visa, so they do not need to bother about a transit visa. A survey is available on the Canadian government's website to see if your citizenship status requires a visa. Even if you don't need a visa, visiting Canada can require an eTA (Electronic Travel Authorization). You would possibly also need an eTA to transit across Canada in this situation.
WHAT IS A CANADIAN TRANSIT VISA?
A transit visa is a form of Temporary Resident Visa (TRV) required by any person who travels to another country via Canada from a non-visa-exempt country and, whose flight stops for less than 48 hours in Canada. A transit visa has no fee, but the application process is the same as for the TRV.
If you have arrived without a transit visa in Canada, you will not be permitted to continue your journey until you have received one. This means that you will miss your connecting flight without a transit visa and be required to pay no-show charges.
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WHERE TO APPLY FOR A CANADA TRANSIT VISA
You can apply for a transit visa to Canada via Tourist Visa Online. To reduce processing delays and courier costs, Immigration recommends applying online. Canada Transit Visa Processing time differs depending on the country from which you can get an average processing time.
HOW TO APPLY FOR CANADIAN TRANSIT VISA
There are three kinds of Temporary Resident Visa (TRV): single entry, multiple entry, and transit. Fill out a two-page Temporary Resident Visa Made Outside of Canada application or call the nearest Canada Visa Office or online to apply for either of these forms of TRV. While filling up the form, choose the option of"Transit."
You can submit your application to a Canada Visa Office by mail or fill it out online, which should be quicker. As the transit visa is free, a charge would not have to be included. You would have to provide your travel itinerary either from the transport company (airline, train, or bus) or from a travel agent to obtain the visa.
CANADA TRANSIT VISA VALIDITY
The validity of the Transit visa is of 48 hours until your next flight.
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WHICH COUNTRIES REQUIRE A TRANSIT VISA?*
Citizens from the below-mentioned countries will require a Transit or Visitor or Work Visa to enter Canada.
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda Argentina
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia Bosnia-Herzegovina Botswana
- Brazil
- Burkina Faso
- Burma (Myanmar)
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Republic of Cameroon Cape Verde
- Central African Republic Chad
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Republic of Congo
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- East Timor
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Ivory Coast
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- North Korea
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Macao
- Macedonia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives Islands
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestine
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Sao Tomé e Principe Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka
- St. Kitts and Nevis
- St. Lucia
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Swaziland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
TRANSITING CANADA DURING COVIDE 19
You should be informed that exceptions exist if you are intending to transit through Canada to enter the UK. A 'in transit' person means that they:
- Arrive and depart within a suitable time frame from the same airport (according to the Canadian authorities, this means as little as possible and probably less than 24 hours).
- Remain on the airside or the airport's sterile field
- They do not have to go through Customs and reach Canada officially and collect their luggage so that they can take their next flight.
- Do not switch between airport terminals, unless they can do so without going through customs and entering Canada formally.
- Don't take a domestic flight to another airport to catch your next international flight.
On flights to and from Canada, and inside airport terminals in Canada, Canadian authorities require passengers to wear face cover. Passengers arriving at or departing from Canadian airports must prove that during the boarding process they have the appropriate face mask or face covering, otherwise, they will be prevented from continuing their journey. Anyone who, for medical purposes, cannot wear a face mask must have a medical certificate.
Visitors transiting through Canada are required by the Canadian authorities to obtain an Electronic Travel Authorisation (eTA), see Entry requirements unless you are otherwise exempted (for example, if you have a valid permanent resident card or a Canada Visa).
You can contact your airline, or your nearest Canadian High Commission, embassy, or consulate if you have any more questions.
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TESTING ON ARRIVAL
A non-medical mask or face cover must be worn by all air passengers during flight, inside airport terminals, and to their place of self-isolation.
People who exhibit coronavirus symptoms when they arrive in Canada can not travel to their place of isolation using public transportation. They will also not be in a position where vulnerable people, such as elderly people and those with chronic health problems, maybe in contact.
You should comply with any additional screening procedures that the authorities have placed in place.
CONCLUSION
The above-mentioned information will help you to know about Canada Transit Visa. Applying online for Canada Transit Visa is a better choice as it saves you a lot of time.
