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Visa exempt countries

enna00

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Aug 5, 2011
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I have a question does cic always ask for your passport when giving your visa to land in canada because I have heard people who hand over photocopies and that is enough to get the visa is this true- this seems to apply for visa exempt countries only

Visitor Visa Exemptions

These include:

citizens of Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Botswana, Brunei, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel (National Passport holders only), Italy, Japan, Korea (Republic of), Latvia (Republic of), Lithuania, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Portugal, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Slovenia, Switzerland, United States, and Western Samoa;
 

GOGOGO

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Jan 12, 2012
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Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo->New York
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
27-09-2011
Doc's Request.
23-02-2012
AOR Received.
04-01-2012 (Email from Buffalo)
File Transfer...
02-02-2012 (Buffalo->New York: notified by email from Buffalo)
Med's Done....
18-01-2012
Passport Req..
11-04-2012; 23Apr: PP copy delivered at NY
VISA ISSUED...
01-05-2012 (as per COPR); 4May: Decision Made on eCAS; 8May: COPR rcvd (Canada address)
LANDED..........
10-05-2012; 12May: Status in eCAS disappeared; 13Jul: PR Card rcv'd
Yes, only applicable to visa exemption countries.
The official visa exemption list is here: www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/visas.asp#exemptions
 

enna00

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Aug 5, 2011
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GOGOGO said:
Yes, only applicable to visa exemption countries.
The official visa exemption list is here: www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/visas.asp#exemptions


thank you for your quick response