Can I travel to Canada with an ETA

[agiandee]

Please I will like to know if I can travel to Canada with an electronic travel authority (ETA).Getting a TRV is very difficult in my country.if I get an ETA ro canada can I request for asylum at point of entry or when I am inside Canada already.Thank you

 

[Bs65]

An ETA is only for visa exempt passport holders so if you need a TRV you cannot even get an ETA. Also note even though not applicable to you an ETA is not a visa it just allows visa exempt passport holders to board a plane for Canada and does not guarantee entry to Canada.

 

[scylla]

Please I will like to know if I can travel to Canada with an electronic travel authority (ETA).Getting a TRV is very difficult in my country.if I get an ETA ro canada can I request for asylum at point of entry or when I am inside Canada already.Thank you

No - you can't. If you need a TRV - then you do not qualify for an eTA.

Which country are you from?

 

[agiandee]

Ghana

 

[scylla]

Ghana

You don't qualify for an eTA. You have to obtain a TRV to come to Canada.

 

[agiandee]

I know someone that was given one and it was verified on CIC website and it was approved.That's why I was asking

 

[scylla]

I know someone that was given one and it was verified on CIC website and it was approved.That's why I was asking

It's fake and that will be caught at the time they try to board the airplane.

The only way you can qualify for an eTA is if you also hold a valid US green card.

 

[agiandee]

But this person am talking about has travelled to Canada and he boarded the airplane and is in Canada right now.so am wondering how come.I personally verified it on CIC website and it was approved.That's why am asking this forum

 

[scylla]

But this person am talking about has travelled to Canada and he boarded the airplane and is in Canada right now.so am wondering how come.I personally verified it on CIC website and it was approved.That's why am asking this forum

That would only be possible through fraud. If you come to Canada fraudulently, then you can be removed from Canada at any time in the future. Even if you get PR or citizenship - at any point in the future you can still be sent home - and there have been a number of cases where this has happened. If you want a future in Canada, don't enter the country through fraud - that's a crime.

 

[Buletruck]

Do you even have an eTA? Just go through this site and this is what you end up with:

https://onlineservices-servicesenligne.cic.gc.ca/eta/welcome?lang=en&_ga=2.108081090.1789233167.1533405656-428032916.1533405656#/application

Based on your answers, you cannot apply for an eTA. You may need a visa or other type of travel document to travel to Canada.

You don’t qualify for an eTA.

Better yet, just apply for one.....The answer will be the same.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/visit-canada/eta/apply.html

 

[Bryanna]

But this person am talking about has travelled to Canada and he boarded the airplane and is in Canada right now.so am wondering how come.I personally verified it on CIC website and it was approved.That's why am asking this forum

As a Ghanian passport holder, airline authorities at the departure airport/ any transit airports would not have allowed/should not have allowed that person to board the flight because Ghanians are not eligible for eTAs + there was no visa counterfoil stamped in his/her passport.

Assuming airline authorities were ignorant (again, this does not normally happen), the person would have been refused entry when s/he arrived at Canadian immigration/ port of entry for not possessing the correct entry document i.e. a TRV.

Or maybe the person traveled on a fake passport and/or fraudulent documents and s/he can be removed from Canada at any point in time like scylla has explained

 

[canuck78]

Even if you get on the first plane due to an error from the flight crew (which shouldn't happen) you will run into a problem when you try to board your connecting flight which will likely be in Europe. They will be aware of your need for a VISA.