Temporary Resident Visa – known as Visitor visa – is the type of visa that visitors or travelers from visa-required countries need to have to be able to travel to Canada. Canada welcomes around 30 million tourists every year. Most of the foreign nationals who wants to travel to Canada need a temporary resident visa (TRV) to enter the country. A temporary resident visa (TRV) is an official counterfoil document issued by a Canadian visa office that is placed in a person’s passport to show that they have met the requirements for admission to Canada as a temporary resident.

Holding a Temporary Resident Visa (TRV) does not guarantee entry to Canada. The admission of foreign nationals into Canada as temporary residents is a privilege, not a right. A border services officer can refuse the admission of a foreign national upon entering the country, if finds out the applicant is not meeting immigration criteria or can impose risk or danger to Canada or its citizens.

eTA (Electronic Travel Authorization)

Travellers from the following countries are not required to obtain a TRV to enter Canada. However, they need to obtain eTA to enter Canada before their arrival.

Country
Andorra
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Barbados
Belgium
British citizen
British National (Overseas)
British overseas citizen (re-admissible to the United Kingdom)
British overseas territory citizen with citizenship through birth, descent, naturalization or registration in one of the British overseas territories of:
Anguilla
Bermuda
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Gibraltar
Montserrat
Pitcairn Island
Saint Helena
Turks and Caicos Islands
British Subject with a right of abode in the United Kingdom
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Chile
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, must have a passport issued by Hong Kong SAR.
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Israel, must have a national Israeli passport
Italy
Japan
Republic of Korea
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Mexico
Monaco
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Papua New Guinea
Poland
Portugal
Romania (electronic passport holders only)
Samoa
San Marino
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan, must have an ordinary passport issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taiwan that includes the personal identification number
United Arab Emirates
United States, lawful permanent resident of
Vatican City State, must have a passport or travel document issued by the Vatican