If you wish to visit Canada for a temporary period as a private visitor (visiting family or friends), as a business person, as a tourist, as a returning student (holding a valid Study Permit), as a short-term student (in study for 6 months or less, including Summer camps), as a returning worker (holding a valid Work Permit), or as a person transiting through Canada, you may require a visa to enter Canada. Please visit the Citizenship and Immigration Canada website to see if you require a visa to enter Canada.

Foreign nationals wishing to come to Canada as temporary residents must show that they will respect the conditions that apply to temporary residents. One of these conditions is that they will voluntarily leave Canada at the end of the period authorized for their stay and that they will not contravene the conditions of admission (for example: they will not study or work without prior authorization) and that they do not belong in a category of persons inadmissible to Canada under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
In reaching a decision whether an applicant is a genuine temporary resident, the visa officer considers several factors, which include:

• the applicant’s travel and identity documents;
• the reason for travel to Canada and the applicant’s contacts there;
• the applicant’s financial means for the trip;
• the applicant’s ties to his or her country of residence, including immigration status, employment and family ties;
• whether the applicant would be likely to leave Canada at the end of the authorized stay; and
• the applicant’s health condition.

Officers make decisions on a case-by-case basis. The onus is on applicants to show that their intentions are genuine.

If you wish to visit Canada for a temporary period, please feel free to contact us, and our professionals will provide you a customized plan.