{"question":{"passport":"LCA","destination":"CAN","entryDate":"2026-09-12"},"dateBasis":"reference-date","status":"conditional","headline":"Visa, 6 months","requirement":{"kind":"visa_consular","message":"Before you travel: you need a visa from an embassy or consulate."},"stay":{"kind":"MONTHS","maxMonths":6,"phrasing":"You may stay up to 6 months."},"conditions":[{"kind":"HOLDS_VISA","text":"may only make an application for an electronic travel authorization if they have held a temporary resident visa at any time during the 10-year period immediately preceding the day on which they make their application, or hold a valid United States nonimmigrant visa on the day on which they make their application"}],"caveat":null,"source":{"documentId":"irpr-visa-eTa","url":"https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2002-227/page-2.html","passage":"7.01 (1) Despite subsection 7(1), a foreign national who is a citizen of a country listed in the table to this subsection and who is seeking to enter Canada by air may not enter Canada to remain on a temporary basis without first obtaining a temporary resident visa or an electronic travel authorization.\nTABLE\nCountry\nAntigua and Barbuda\nArgentina\nBrazil\nCosta Rica\nIndonesia\nMalaysia\nMexico\nMorocco\nPanama\nPhilippines\nSeychelles\nSt. Kitts and Nevis\nSt. Lucia\nSt. Vincent and the Grenadines\nThailand\nTrinidad and Tobago\nUruguay","explanation":"s.7.01(1) and its table make a temporary resident visa (or, for eligible air travellers, an eTA) mandatory before entry for citizens of these 17 countries; the headline route is therefore a consular visitor visa, with the eTA alternative recorded as a condition.","publisher":"Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations … Regulations are current to 2026-06-17 and last amended on 2026-06-12."},"checkedAt":"2026-08-26","snapshotAsOf":"2026-09-10","dataVersion":"4f66864a7d4f8a08b6c8c7e446d7f16addcd9303","upcomingChange":null,"alternatives":[],"scope":{"covers":["recorded entry requirement","recorded stay allowance"],"notEstablished":["personal admission decision","work permission","residence rights","tax position","individual eligibility for every condition"],"passportType":"ordinary"}}