Visiting Canada
People from many countries are required to have a visa to enter Canada. Check the list below to see if you will need a Canadian visa to enter Canada.

Re-entering the U.S. after visiting Canada: Through a process called "automatic revalidation,", students with F-1 or J-1 visas may travel to Canada and re-enter the U.S. with an expired F-1 or J-1 visa as long as the visit to Canada was less than 30 days. However, if you apply for a new or renewal of an F-1 or J-1 visa and your application is denied, you CANNOT re-enter the U.S. with an expired visa. Therefore, we do not recommend that students try to renew their visas in Canada.

STUDENTS FROM IRAQ, IRAN, SYRIA, LIBYA, SUDAN, NORTH KOREA AND CUBA ARE NOT PERMITTED TO RE-ENTER THE U.S. FROM CANADA OR MEXICO THROUGH AUTOMATIC REVALIDATION. STUDENTS FROM THESE COUNTRIES MUST HAVE A VALID F-1 OR J-1 VISA TO RE-ENTER THE U.S.

Citizens of the following countries must obtain a visa to enter Canada: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina-Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, People's Republic of China, Columbia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, People's Republic of The Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel (only Israeli citizens holding valid Israeli orange "Travel Document in Lieu of National Passport"), Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, North Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia,
Libya, Lithuania, Macau S.A.R., Macedonia (former Yugoslav Republic of), Malagasy Republic, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestinian Authority, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Sao Tome e Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovak Republic, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Surinam, Syria, Tadjikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia

Many people do not require a visa to visit Canada. These include: citizens of Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Botswana, Brunei, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Denmark, Dominica, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel (National Passport holders only), Italy, Japan, Kiribati, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Portugal, Republic of Korea, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Slovenia, Switzerland, Tuvalu, United States, Vanuatu, Western Samoa and Zimbabwe; persons lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence who are in possession of their alien registration card (green card) or can provide other evidence of permanent residence. British citizens and British Overseas Citizens who are re-admissible to the United Kingdom; citizens of British dependent territories who derive their citizenship through birth, descent, registration or naturalization in one of the British dependent territories of Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn, St. Helena or the Turks and Caicos Islands; persons holding a valid and subsisting Special Administrative Region passport issued by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China; persons holding passports or travel documents issued by the Holy See.

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