IR 1 Visitors
Updates to Chapter... 2 1. Countries Whose Citizens Require Visas in Order to Enter Canada as Temporary Residents... 3 2. Tuition Fees - Canadian Universities... 3 3. Countries Designated for the Purposes of the Visiting Forces Act... 3 2010-02-23 1
Updates to Chapter Listing by date: Date: 2009-11-23 Tuition Fees updated Canadian universities access information Date: 2009-05-08 Please note that the recent changes to IR 1 are as follows: Website addresses were updated; Croatia was added to the list of countries designated for purposes of the Visiting Forces Act. 2010-02-23 2
1. Countries Whose Citizens Require Visas in Order to Enter Canada as Temporary Residents Please refer to: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/visas.asp 2. Tuition Fees - Canadian Universities To find out about the tuition fees, living accommodation costs and all related information on Canadian Universities please refer to: http://www.educationau-incanada.ca/index.aspx?action=cost-cout&lang=eng Once you have reached this address, choose the appropriate student category, country of citizenship and the year studies will begin. 3. Countries Designated for the Purposes of the Visiting Forces Act Albania, Republic of (1) Antigua and Barbuda Australia, Commonwealth of (4) Austria, Republic of (1) Azerbaijani, Republic of (1) Bangladesh, People's Republic of Barbados Belgium, Kingdom of (6) Belize Benin, Republic of Botswana, Republic of Brunei Bulgaria, Republic of (1) Cameroon Croatia (1) Czech Republic (2) Denmark, Kingdom of (6) El Salvador, Republic of Estonia, Republic of (3) Ethiopia Finland, Republic of (1) France (6) Georgia, Republic of (1) Germany, Federal Republic of (4) Ghana, Republic of Greece, Kingdom of (5) Guyana 2010-02-23 3
Hungary, Republic of (2) Iceland (6) Italy (6) Ivory Coast, Republic of the Jamaica Japan Kazakhstan, Republic of (1) Kenya, Republic of Korea, Republic of Kuwait, State of Latvia, Republic of (3) Lithuania, Republic of (3) Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of (6) Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic of (1) Malawi Malaysia Moldova, Republic of (1) Nepal, Kingdom of Netherlands, Kingdom of the (6) New Zealand, Dominion of (4) Nicaragua, Republic of Niger Nigeria Norway, Kingdom of (6) Oman, Sultanate of Poland, Republic of (2) Portugal (6) Romania (3) Sierra Leone, Republic of Singapore, Republic of Slovak Republic (2) Slovenia, Republic of (1) Spain, Kingdom of (1) Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Sweden, Kingdom of (1) Swaziland Tanzania, United Republic of Thailand, Kingdom of Trinidad and Tobago Turkey, Republic of (4) 2010-02-23 4
Uganda, Republic of Ukraine (2) United Arab Emirates United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (6) United States of America (6) Uzbekistan, Republic of (1) Venezuela, Republic of Zambia, Republic of Zimbabwe, Republic of P.C. 1999-21 of January 21, 1999: includes civilian component of a visiting force if the personnel are in the employ of that force and are not (1) stateless persons, nationals of any state that is not a designated state, or citizens or residents of Canada. P.C. 1999-21: (2) Registered as SOR/93-264 of May 19, 1993 P.C. 1999-21: (3) Registered as SOR/96-78 of December 28, 1995 (4) Proclamation of June 21, 1968 / SOR/68-258 (5) Proclamation of November 18, 1954 / PC 1954-1765 (6) Proclamation of June 12, 1953 / PC1953-927 (7) Proclamation of January 12, 2009/ SOR/2009-14 R14(4)(e) and paragraph 8 of Schedule II do not exempt the civilian personnel from the passport and visa requirements but they are not required to pay a fee with their application - Immigration Act Fees Regulations - item 3(2)(b). They are exempted from the employment authorization requirements - R19(1)(b). List revised: 04/99 - various Proclamations Additional information is available on the Department of Justice website at the following address: http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/v-2/index.html 2010-02-23 5