Electronic Travel Authorization

What is an ETA?

An Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) is a new entry requirement for visa-exempt foreign nationals flying to or transiting through Canada.

Only travelers from countries who do not require a visa to visit Canada are required to get an eTA, and only if they are travelling to Canada by air. If you’re from a visa-exempt country visiting Canada by land, you do not need an eTA.

If you a citizen of any of the below countries, you will need an eTA:

Andorra	Greece
Australia	Hong Kong
Austria	Hungary
Bahamas	Iceland
Barbados	Ireland
Belgium	Israel, must have a national Israeli passport
British citizen	British national (overseas
British overseas citizen (re-admissible to the United Kingdom)	Italy
Republic of Korea	Japan
British overseas territory citizen with citizenship through birth, descent, naturalization or registration in one of the British overseas territories of:	Republic of Korea
Luxembourg	Lithuania
Anguilla	Malta
Bermuda	Mexico
Latvia	Liechtenstein
British Virgin Islands	Monaco
Cayman Islands	Netherlands
Falkland Islands (Malvinas	New Zealand
Gibraltar	Norway
Montserrat	Papua New Guinea
Pitcairn Island	Poland
Saint Helena	Portugal
Turks and Caicos Islands	Romania
British Subject with a right of abode in the United Kingdom	Samoa
Singapore	San Marino
Brunei Darussalam	Slovakia
Bulgaria	Slovenia
Chile	Solomon Islands
Croatia	Spain
Cyprus	Sweden
Czech Republic	Switzerland
Denmark	Taiwan
Estonia	United Arab Emirates
France	Vatican City State
Finland	Germany

The following individuals do not require or do not qualify for an eTA:

Visa-exempt individuals entering Canada by land or sea;
Canadian citizens and permanent residents;
US citizens
Foreign nationals with a valid Canadian status document (e.g. workers, students, or visitors) who re-enter Canada after visiting the US or St. Pierre and Miquelon;
Foreign nationals with a valid Canadian temporary resident visa (TRV) or temporary resident permit (TRP)

If accepted, an eTA is electronically attached to an individual’s passport and is usually valid for five years or the duration of their passport, whatever is before.

Airlines do not allow a foreign national to check in or board their flight to Canada until they have a valid eTA, if needed. Generally, applications for an eTA are processed electronically. Some applications can take few weeks to process.

If an individual has applied for a temporary status document (e.g. a work permit or a study permit) at a Canadian visa office abroad or an extension of their temporary status document from within Canada, an eTA must be issued with their status document