Visitor Visa
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20 Sep 2019
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Visitor Visa from Ethiopia to Canada
- Ethiopians who intend to travel to Canada for tourism, family visit, vacation or other recreational purposes or business are required to apply for a Canadian visitor visa.
- The Canadian visitor visa is a Temporary Residence Visa (TRV) that allows its holder to stay in Canada for up to 6 months.
- Applicants may apply online or on paper for the visitor visa although applying online is recommended. This ensures that applicants submit all required documents which will allow their visa request to be processed quickly.
- Ethiopians transiting through Canada to another destination that will stay in Canada for more than 48 hours also require a visitor visa.
- To show that you are in good health, you are to submit a medical examination.
- A police report showing criminal record is also required. If you have a pending criminal case, you may be denied entry into Canada.
- You are required to provide documents to prove your financial sufficiency. This document should show that you are able to spend at least $136 per day in Canada. This could be your bank account statement of the last 3 months, your payslips for the last 3 months, or other financial documents that can prove solvency.
- The visitor visa fee is CAD 100.
- First-time applicants are required to submit their biometrics (fingerprints and photographs) at the point of submission of their visa application. The biometrics fee for an individual is CAD 85 and up to CAD 170 for family applying at the same time.
- You are required to present a copy of your hotel reservation in Canada as proof of accommodation.
- You must be able to show, as an incentive to return to your home country, that you have ties in Ethiopia. Such ties could be a family, house, job or financial assets.
- You are required to provide a copy of your confirmed travel itinerary.
- If a minor (under 18 years) is travelling alone, they are required to present their passport (or that of a parent if it contains the minor’s details), birth certificate, letter of authorisation (in English or French) signed by both parents. The letter of authorisation must contain the contact details of both the parents and the minor’s guardian in Canada.
- If a minor is travelling with one parent, the parent is required to provide the minor’s passport, birth certificate, letter of authorisation signed by the other parent and a photocopy of that parent’s signed passport. The letter must contain the contact details of the other parent.
- If the parents are separated or divorced and one parent as sole custody of the child, the letter of authorisation must be signed by only the parent with sole custody.
- If a parent is deceased, the death certificate of the deceased parent must be presented.
