Re: [Debconf-discuss] Does US Visa help getting into Canada in any way?

Hello Derek,

I was told at the airport earlier this year that I needed an ETA even though I had a US visa.

This page seems to confirm it.

Depending of your country of origin, you might only need an ETA, while people from a country in this list need a visa.

If you arrive by land or sea from the US and are from a ETA-required country, you won't need an ETA according to this page.

ETAs are very easy to get (took me 10 minutes on a phone), and you can get it here. Cost is 7CAD.

I think you can apply for a visa online via this page. I have not done since I don't require one.

Don't be discouraged, CIC works very well and they are pretty good at linking to the right information.

Jean-Baptiste PERRIER

On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 9:21 AM, Dererk <dererk@debian.org> wrote:

Hi there!

I clearly remember someone (unfortunately I cannot remember whom), telling me US Visa (B1/B2) helped that person to get into Canada or helped shortening down the process of getting the Canadian Visa.

I spent several hours trying to dive into the Canadian documentation (some of them waiting for the site to be up, since it come and goes all the freaking time) which appears to mention in a parabolic way that It might help, but (quote): It depends on your situation, the document and the method of travel you plan to use.

So no much of help there.
It appears that there's a company/institution/something like that, that helps easing up the process of getting a Visa for Canada, but it involves getting into a building and paying some fees that, you might not need to do at all if you go through an electronic (as, getting it online) way.

Does anyone know something about that?

Any advices would be awesome since I usually get very frustrated by paperwork :(

Thanks in advance!

Dererk

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