A visiting visa, which is also known as a temporary residence visa, accompanies our passport as an official document. This proves that you fulfil the requirements to enter Canada.
Most travellers need a visitor’s visa to enter Canada. You’ll even need one if you have to pass through a Canadian airport on route to your final destination.
You may apply online or on paper for a visitor’s visa.
Benefits
- Firstly, and most importantly, you can enter Canada with a visitor visa. Your visitor visa grants you temporary legal rights to live or fly wherever you want in Canada until you are within Canada.
- You will also need to apply for a Canadian visitor visa if Canada is not your destination, so you have to fly across Canada to get anywhere you’re going.
- Although visitor visas are not supposed to be used as a means for seeking work in Canada, it is not specifically forbidden for visitor visa holders to look for work while they are in Canada.
- For a term of up to six months, visitor visas can be issued. However, you can apply for an exemption if you would prefer to expand your stay past your visa’s original expiration period.
- Although you usually need a work permit to work in Canada, as long as you do not access the Canadian labour market explicitly, you can conduct those business practices while on a tourist visa.