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Before you enter the beautiful country of Canada you should find out whether or not you need a Canadian visitor visa.  | | The Toronto skyline |
If you fit into any of the following categories you do not need a Canadian visitor visa to cross their borders.
- People who have been legally granted permanent residence in the United States. You must have your Green card and provide at least one other evidence that you are a legal US resident.
- Any person issued passports or travel documents by the Holy See.
- National passport holders from Israel.
- All British citizens who may be allowed back into the United Kingdom. This includes citizens of the British dependent territories of Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn, St. Helena, the Turks and the Caicos Islands.
- As well, overseas British nationals born, registered or naturalized in Hong Kong may enter Canada without a visitor visa.
- Anyone issued a valid Special Administrative Region passport by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China may be admitted into Canada without a visitor visa as well.
Any citizen of the following does not need a Canadian visitor visa:
- Andorra
- Antigua
- Barbuda
- Australia
- Austria
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belgium
- Botswana
- Brunei
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy
- Japan
- The Republic of Korea
- The Republic of Latvia
- Lithuania
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Monaco
- Namibia
- The Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Papua New Guinea
- Poland
- Portugal
- St. Kitts and Nevis
- St. Lucia
- St. Vincent
- San Marino
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- The Solomon Islands
- Spain
- Swaziland
- Sweden
- Slovenia
- Switzerland
- The United States
- Western Samoa
If you do not fit into any of the above categories, you do need to apply for and obtain a Canadian visitor visa before you may enter the country.
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