Visitor Visa or Work Permit?

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Hello Everyone, I'm new here.

I have an urgent question and hope you guys can solve it for me.

I will come to Canada as a visiting scholar for two months without any salary from Canada.
I already got an invitation letter and now plan to apply for a temporary visa.
My question is which kind visa I should apply?
Visitor visa or work permit?
Thanks.


Best;
Bigface

 

[ragluf]

Hello Everyone, I'm new here.

I have an urgent question and hope you guys can solve it for me.

I will come to Canada as a visiting scholar for two months without any salary from Canada.
I already got an invitation letter and now plan to apply for a temporary visa.
My question is which kind visa I should apply?
Visitor visa or work permit?
Thanks.


Best;
Bigface

Apply for a visitor visa.

 

[bigface]

Thanks. Do I need to buy any travel insurance before coming to Canada?

 

[ragluf]

Thanks. Do I need to buy any travel insurance before coming to Canada?

You are not required to - as you will be visiting. But it is not a bad idea to buy travel insurance seeing you are going to stay for more than a month - provides you some security and cover for medical emergencies and such. Medical care in Canada can be expensive without insurance/coverage.

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[bigface]

Good idea. Thanks.
I got another question. Do I need to provide a police certificate for my temporary visitor visa?
It will take a long time to process in UK. And I'm not sure it's necessary or not.
Can you help me? Thanks.

 

[ragluf]

Good idea. Thanks.
I got another question. Do I need to provide a police certificate for my temporary visitor visa?
It will take a long time to process in UK. And I'm not sure it's necessary or not.
Can you help me? Thanks.

If you are a UK national you do not need a visa to visit Canada - you are visa-exempt. See the list of visa-exempt countries here:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/visas.asp

If you are not visa exempt, you may want to visit the country specific site where you will file the application for a visit visa and see the requirements there - some offices have country specific requirements. The document checklist available at cic.gc.ca does not include a requirement for a PCC. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/forms/IMM5484E.pdf

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