The following is the official announcement from the Embassy of Brazil in Ottawa which was printed 20 March 2019.
"An executive order issued by President Jair Bolsonaro will enter into force on 17 June 2019 and is expected to increase the foreign tourist flow into Brazil. The visa exemption for citizens of the United States of America, Australia, Canada and Japan who wish to travel to Brazil was enacted on 18 March 2019. This will enable visitors from these four countries to enter Brazil without a visa. The order was signed by President Jair Bolsonaro, Foreign Minister Ernesto Araújo, Tourism Minister Marcelo Álvaro Antônio and Justice Minister Sérgio Moro.
The measure benefits holders of a valid passport traveling for tourism, business, artistic or sports activities or in exceptional situations of national interest. The initiative also covers travelers transiting through Brazil. Visitors will be granted a stay of up to 90 days, which can be extended once for the same period, as long as they do not exceed 180 days within a 12-month period, counted from the date of the first entry. If the regular stay is exceeded, the visitor will be considered an illegal alien subject to the applicable measures by the Brazilian government.
“This is a historical day for Brazilian tourism and we are certain it means a new level for our country among the main tourist destinations around the world. Our sector is able to contribute to the national economic growth by creating jobs and income and soon we will have positive results to share” stressed Tourism Minister Marcelo Álvaro Antônio.
The four countries covered by the visa exemption announced on Monday were part of a pilot project that began in 2017 and introduced the electronic visa for visitors who wished to travel to Brazil. The Tourism Ministry expects that the new measure will help the country reach 12 million foreign visitors by 2020, in comparison with 6.6 million current visitors."
Click here for eVisas to Brazil until 17 June 2019.
21 March 2019
20 March 2019
Brazil is NOT visa-free yet
WARNING - BRAZIL IS NOT YET VISA-FREE.
The news of the abolition of visas for Canadians going to Brazil is only 48 hours old, and already Canadians are making rash plans without getting the proper information.
We have already helped several clients who wanted refunds because they thought they no longer needed their Brazilian eVisas.
Canadians are still required to hold a proper Brazilian eVisa until 17 June 2019. This means the visa rules are still in effect for another 87 days.
Airlines will not board you on a flight to Brazil unless you can present a print of your Brazilian eVisa at the airport in Canada.
Do not delete the eVisa you already have, and apply for one now if you are entering Brazil any time in the next 87 days.
Click here for Brazil eVisas.
The news of the abolition of visas for Canadians going to Brazil is only 48 hours old, and already Canadians are making rash plans without getting the proper information.
We have already helped several clients who wanted refunds because they thought they no longer needed their Brazilian eVisas.
Canadians are still required to hold a proper Brazilian eVisa until 17 June 2019. This means the visa rules are still in effect for another 87 days.
Airlines will not board you on a flight to Brazil unless you can present a print of your Brazilian eVisa at the airport in Canada.
Do not delete the eVisa you already have, and apply for one now if you are entering Brazil any time in the next 87 days.
Click here for Brazil eVisas.
19 March 2019
Brazil Visa Termination Declaration
This is the official Brazilian Government notification in the Diario Official da Uniao (gazette) regarding the termination of visa requirements for Canadians. The English translation below the original Portuguese is unofficial and for information only.
Atos do Poder Executivo
DECRETO Nº 9.731, DE 16 DE MARÇO DE 2019
Dispensa visto de visita para os nacionais da Comunidade da Austrália, do Canadá, dos Estados Unidos da América e do Japão e altera o Decreto nº 9.199, de 20 de novembro de 2017, que regulamenta a Lei nº 13.445, de 24 de maio de 2017, que institui a Lei de Migração.
O PRESIDENTE DA REPÚBLICA, no uso da atribuição que lhe confere o art. 84, caput, inciso IV, da Constituição, e tendo em vista o disposto no art. 9º, caput, inciso IV, da Lei nº 13.445, de 24 de maio de 2017, D EC R E T A : Art. 1º Fica dispensado, de forma unilateral, visto de visita, nos termos do disposto no art. 9º, caput, inciso IV, da Lei nº 13.445, de 24 de maio de 2017, para os solicitantes nacionais:
I - da Comunidade da Austrália;
II - do Canadá;
III - dos Estados Unidos da América; e
IV - do Japão.
Parágrafo único. A dispensa do visto de visita apenas se aplica aos nacionais referidos nos incisos do caput, portadores de passaportes válidos, para:
I - entrar, sair, transitar e permanecer no território da República Federativa do Brasil, sem intenção de estabelecer residência, para fins de turismo, negócios, trânsito, realização de atividades artísticas ou desportivas ou em situações excepcionais por interesse nacional; e
II - estada pelo prazo de até noventa dias, prorrogável por igual período, desde que não ultrapasse cento e oitenta dias, a cada doze meses, contado a partir da data da primeira entrada no País.
Art. 2º O Decreto nº 9.199, de 20 de novembro de 2017, passa a vigorar com as seguintes alterações:
§ 2º Ato conjunto dos Ministros de Estado da Justiça e Segurança Pública e das Relações Exteriores poderá, excepcionalmente, dispensar a exigência do visto de visita, para nacionalidades determinadas, observado o interesse nacional.
Art. 3º Este Decreto entra em vigor em 17 de junho de 2019.
Brasília, 16 de março de 2019; 198º da Independência e 131º da República.
JAIR MESSIAS BOLSONARO
Sérgio Moro Ernesto Henrique Fraga Araújo
Marcelo Henrique Teixeira Dias
Acts of the Executive Branch
DECREE No. 9.731, OF 16 MARCH 2019
No visitor visa is required for nationals of the Commonwealth of Australia, Canada, the United States of America and Japan and amends Decree No. 9199 of 20 November 2017, which regulates Law No. 13,445 of May 24, 2017 , which establishes the Migration Law.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, in the use of the attribution conferred by art. 84, caput, item IV, of the Constitution, and in view of the provisions of art. 9, caput, item IV, of Law No. 13,445, of May 24, 2017, DECRETA: Art. 1 Visitor visa is waived, unilaterally, in accordance with the provisions of art. 9, caput, item IV, of Law 13,445 of May 24, 2017, for national applicants:
I - the Commonwealth of Australia;
II - of Canada;
III - of the United States of America; and
IV - from Japan.
The waiver of the visiting visa only applies to nationals referred to in the sections of the caput, holders of valid passports, to:
I - enter, leave, transit and remain in the territory of the Federative Republic of Brazil, with no intention of establishing residence, for the purposes of tourism, business, transit, artistic or sports activities or in exceptional situations by national interest; and
II - stay for a term of up to ninety days, renewable for an equal period, provided that it does not exceed one hundred and eighty days, every twelve months, counted from the date of the first entry into the Country.
Art. 2 Decree No. 9199, of 20 November 2017, shall become effective with the following changes:
Paragraph 2 - A joint act of the Ministers of State for Justice and Public Security and of Foreign Affairs may, exceptionally, waive the requirement of a visa for certain nationalities, in the national interest.
Article 3. This Decree enters into force on 17 June 2019.
Brasília, 16 March 2019; 198th of Independence and 131st of the Republic.
JAIR MESSIAS BOLSONARO (President of Brazil)
Sérgio Moro Ernesto Henrique Fraga Araújo
Marcelo Henrique Teixeira Dias
Atos do Poder Executivo
DECRETO Nº 9.731, DE 16 DE MARÇO DE 2019
Dispensa visto de visita para os nacionais da Comunidade da Austrália, do Canadá, dos Estados Unidos da América e do Japão e altera o Decreto nº 9.199, de 20 de novembro de 2017, que regulamenta a Lei nº 13.445, de 24 de maio de 2017, que institui a Lei de Migração.
O PRESIDENTE DA REPÚBLICA, no uso da atribuição que lhe confere o art. 84, caput, inciso IV, da Constituição, e tendo em vista o disposto no art. 9º, caput, inciso IV, da Lei nº 13.445, de 24 de maio de 2017, D EC R E T A : Art. 1º Fica dispensado, de forma unilateral, visto de visita, nos termos do disposto no art. 9º, caput, inciso IV, da Lei nº 13.445, de 24 de maio de 2017, para os solicitantes nacionais:
I - da Comunidade da Austrália;
II - do Canadá;
III - dos Estados Unidos da América; e
IV - do Japão.
Parágrafo único. A dispensa do visto de visita apenas se aplica aos nacionais referidos nos incisos do caput, portadores de passaportes válidos, para:
I - entrar, sair, transitar e permanecer no território da República Federativa do Brasil, sem intenção de estabelecer residência, para fins de turismo, negócios, trânsito, realização de atividades artísticas ou desportivas ou em situações excepcionais por interesse nacional; e
II - estada pelo prazo de até noventa dias, prorrogável por igual período, desde que não ultrapasse cento e oitenta dias, a cada doze meses, contado a partir da data da primeira entrada no País.
Art. 2º O Decreto nº 9.199, de 20 de novembro de 2017, passa a vigorar com as seguintes alterações:
§ 2º Ato conjunto dos Ministros de Estado da Justiça e Segurança Pública e das Relações Exteriores poderá, excepcionalmente, dispensar a exigência do visto de visita, para nacionalidades determinadas, observado o interesse nacional.
Art. 3º Este Decreto entra em vigor em 17 de junho de 2019.
Brasília, 16 de março de 2019; 198º da Independência e 131º da República.
JAIR MESSIAS BOLSONARO
Sérgio Moro Ernesto Henrique Fraga Araújo
Marcelo Henrique Teixeira Dias
Acts of the Executive Branch
DECREE No. 9.731, OF 16 MARCH 2019
No visitor visa is required for nationals of the Commonwealth of Australia, Canada, the United States of America and Japan and amends Decree No. 9199 of 20 November 2017, which regulates Law No. 13,445 of May 24, 2017 , which establishes the Migration Law.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, in the use of the attribution conferred by art. 84, caput, item IV, of the Constitution, and in view of the provisions of art. 9, caput, item IV, of Law No. 13,445, of May 24, 2017, DECRETA: Art. 1 Visitor visa is waived, unilaterally, in accordance with the provisions of art. 9, caput, item IV, of Law 13,445 of May 24, 2017, for national applicants:
I - the Commonwealth of Australia;
II - of Canada;
III - of the United States of America; and
IV - from Japan.
The waiver of the visiting visa only applies to nationals referred to in the sections of the caput, holders of valid passports, to:
I - enter, leave, transit and remain in the territory of the Federative Republic of Brazil, with no intention of establishing residence, for the purposes of tourism, business, transit, artistic or sports activities or in exceptional situations by national interest; and
II - stay for a term of up to ninety days, renewable for an equal period, provided that it does not exceed one hundred and eighty days, every twelve months, counted from the date of the first entry into the Country.
Art. 2 Decree No. 9199, of 20 November 2017, shall become effective with the following changes:
Paragraph 2 - A joint act of the Ministers of State for Justice and Public Security and of Foreign Affairs may, exceptionally, waive the requirement of a visa for certain nationalities, in the national interest.
Article 3. This Decree enters into force on 17 June 2019.
Brasília, 16 March 2019; 198th of Independence and 131st of the Republic.
JAIR MESSIAS BOLSONARO (President of Brazil)
Sérgio Moro Ernesto Henrique Fraga Araújo
Marcelo Henrique Teixeira Dias
Brazil to End Visas on 17 June 2019
The Government of Brazil will end visa requirements for Canadian citizens on Monday 17 June 2019.
After that date Canadian, Japanese, Australian and US passport holders will no longer need a visa to enter Brazil for short tourist and business stays. This is therefore limited to tourist and business and conferences and seminars, cultural programmes, scientific programmes, research activities, artist activities, amateur sports/athletics, transit, and other short-stay reasons which do not involve work.
Until that date all airlines and the Brazilian customs officials and border posts will require you to present your official Brazilian eVisa for inspection and stamping.
You still need a Brazil eVisa until at least 18 June 2019 to fly, sail or drive to and enter Brazil.
Click here for Brazil eVisas.
13 March 2019
Canadians need European ETA in 2021
You have two years to get ready for this!
On 01 January 2021 Canadian citizens will be required to hold a valid ETIAS allowing them to enter the European customs zone (the Schengen zone). This does not include the UK or Russia or Belarus.
This new ETIAS (European Travel Information and Authorization System) will be an on-line ETA system in which Canadians will apply for entry permission via a website and pay on-line a fee of Euros 7. Applicants will answer security questions and declared their their first point of arrival in the zone. This means you cannot change your arrival country after getting the ETIAS. The system may also ask for details of education and employment. This is still to be determined.
It will take up to 24 hours for most ETIAS approvals to be sent to the applicant by email.
It will not be possible to do this at the airport on your departure day. It must be arranged and secured in advance of travel.
The ETIAS is to be valid for up to three years.
On 01 January 2021 Canadian citizens will be required to hold a valid ETIAS allowing them to enter the European customs zone (the Schengen zone). This does not include the UK or Russia or Belarus.
This new ETIAS (European Travel Information and Authorization System) will be an on-line ETA system in which Canadians will apply for entry permission via a website and pay on-line a fee of Euros 7. Applicants will answer security questions and declared their their first point of arrival in the zone. This means you cannot change your arrival country after getting the ETIAS. The system may also ask for details of education and employment. This is still to be determined.
It will take up to 24 hours for most ETIAS approvals to be sent to the applicant by email.
It will not be possible to do this at the airport on your departure day. It must be arranged and secured in advance of travel.
The ETIAS is to be valid for up to three years.
01 February 2019
Russian Visa Fees Drop
Yes, amazingly, and contrary to what every other country does, the Russian government has lowered their visa fees for Canadians.
It is only a small reduction, but that is better than an increase!
An urgent single-entry visa done in about 5 working days costs $499. tax included (estimate).
A regular single-entry visa done in 20 working days costs $290. tax included (estimate).
The new fees are effective immediately today, 01 February 2019.
Click here for Russian visa forms and instructions and prices.
It is only a small reduction, but that is better than an increase!
An urgent single-entry visa done in about 5 working days costs $499. tax included (estimate).
A regular single-entry visa done in 20 working days costs $290. tax included (estimate).
The new fees are effective immediately today, 01 February 2019.
Click here for Russian visa forms and instructions and prices.
04 December 2018
Massive Chinese Changes Immediately
The Chinese visa offices across Canada changed all their procedures yesterday (Monday 03 December 2018) without notice to even their closest partners.
Beginning yesterday all Canadians are required to appear IN PERSON for their visa application processing.
Ensure you speak with the Chinese visa application centre before making your appointment and undertaking travel to the visa office. You should confirm all details and requirements by telephone first, as Chinese rules and procedures are changing rapidly and without warning.
All Canadians are now being photographed at the China visa application centre.
When you arrive at one of the five (5) Chinese visa offices across Canada you will have your passport scanned and your photograph taken. You will then get a number and wait for a visa agent. When your application is finally accepted you will be directed to pay immediately. Prices remain $145.20 for slow service; $203.93 for express service; and $247.18 for urgent second day service.
Fingerprinting will not begin until 02 January 2019, and is a reciprocal action by the Chinese against Canada which will start collecting fingerprints of the Chinese as of 31 December 2018.
You will have to attend one of these via offices to apply in person. Your office may not be the one closest to you.
OTTAWA
Ottawa region (613 and 343 area codes), Gatineau Quebec (819 area code region), Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, and Nunavut
TORONTO
Ontario and Manitoba (but not the Ottawa or 613 area code region)
VANCOUVER
British Columbia and Yukon
CALGARY
Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Northwest Territories
MONTREAL
Quebec and New Brunswick (but not Gatineau or 819 area code region)
China Visa Application Centre - Ottawa
http://www.visaforchina.org/YOW_EN/
Suite 1450
220 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa ON K1P 5Z9
613-563-8472
China Visa Application Centre - Toronto
http://visaforchina.org/YTO_EN/
Suite 1501
393 University Avenue
Toronto ON M5G 1E6
416-345-8472
China Visa Application Centre - Vancouver
http://www.visaforchina.org/YVR_EN/
Suite 250
999 West Broadway
Vancouver BC V5Z 1K5
604-336-8866
China Visa Application Centre - Calgary
http://www.visaforchina.org/YYC_EN/
Suite 200
855 8th Avenue SW
Calgary AB T2P 3P1
403-930-2288
China Visa Application Centre - Montreal
http://www.visaforchina.org/MTL_EN/
Suite 700
2000 Mansfield Street
Montreal Quebec H3A 2Z6
514-680-8472
Click here to make your appointment and to fill in your China visa application forms. http://visaforchina.org
Beginning yesterday all Canadians are required to appear IN PERSON for their visa application processing.
Ensure you speak with the Chinese visa application centre before making your appointment and undertaking travel to the visa office. You should confirm all details and requirements by telephone first, as Chinese rules and procedures are changing rapidly and without warning.
All Canadians are now being photographed at the China visa application centre.
When you arrive at one of the five (5) Chinese visa offices across Canada you will have your passport scanned and your photograph taken. You will then get a number and wait for a visa agent. When your application is finally accepted you will be directed to pay immediately. Prices remain $145.20 for slow service; $203.93 for express service; and $247.18 for urgent second day service.
Fingerprinting will not begin until 02 January 2019, and is a reciprocal action by the Chinese against Canada which will start collecting fingerprints of the Chinese as of 31 December 2018.
You will have to attend one of these via offices to apply in person. Your office may not be the one closest to you.
OTTAWA
Ottawa region (613 and 343 area codes), Gatineau Quebec (819 area code region), Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, and Nunavut
TORONTO
Ontario and Manitoba (but not the Ottawa or 613 area code region)
VANCOUVER
British Columbia and Yukon
CALGARY
Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Northwest Territories
MONTREAL
Quebec and New Brunswick (but not Gatineau or 819 area code region)
China Visa Application Centre - Ottawa
http://www.visaforchina.org/YOW_EN/
Suite 1450
220 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa ON K1P 5Z9
613-563-8472
China Visa Application Centre - Toronto
http://visaforchina.org/YTO_EN/
Suite 1501
393 University Avenue
Toronto ON M5G 1E6
416-345-8472
China Visa Application Centre - Vancouver
http://www.visaforchina.org/YVR_EN/
Suite 250
999 West Broadway
Vancouver BC V5Z 1K5
604-336-8866
China Visa Application Centre - Calgary
http://www.visaforchina.org/YYC_EN/
Suite 200
855 8th Avenue SW
Calgary AB T2P 3P1
403-930-2288
China Visa Application Centre - Montreal
http://www.visaforchina.org/MTL_EN/
Suite 700
2000 Mansfield Street
Montreal Quebec H3A 2Z6
514-680-8472
28 November 2018
China Requires Fingerprints in 2019
It is now official.
The Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Ottawa yesterday officially announced that as of the new year (2019) all Canadian applicants for Chinese visas will be fingerprinted in-person at one of five Chinese visa offices across Canada.
Here is the official statement from the embassy:
"In accordance with China’s related laws and based on the principle of reciprocity, the Embassy as well as the Consulates- General in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and Montreal will entrust the Chinese Visa Application Service Centers to collect the ten fingerprints of all visa applicants including Canadian citizens from January 1st, 2019."
All fingerprinting is done at the time of visa application in person at the Chinese visa application centre in Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, or Montreal.
All applicants must appear IN PERSON to apply and be fingerprinted. Applicant's fingerprints will be collected in person at the Chinese Visa Application Service Centres across Canada. All applicants must attend in order to apply and be fingerprinted.
Ensure you speak with the Chinese visa application centre before making your appointment and undertaking travel to the visa office. You should confirm all details and requirements by telephone first, as Chinese rules and procedures are changing rapidly and without warning.
There are a small number of limited exemptions.
1) minors under 14 years of age at the time of application.
2) seniors over 70 years of age at the time of application.
3) diplomatic or service passport holders.
4) persons with missing or mutilated fingers whose prints cannot be collected.
5) "Those who have applied a Chinese visa with the same passport in the past 5 years in the same Chinese Embassy/Consulate General or Chinese Visa Application Service Center, which has collected his or her fingerprints.
The embassy warns that applicants who forge fingerprints or use other people’s fingerprints will be denied entry to China and will bear all the consequences of fraud. Applicants are required to make an appointment and fill in the application forms online at the official website of the Chinese Visa Application Service Centres in advance. (www.visaforchina.org)
The Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Ottawa yesterday officially announced that as of the new year (2019) all Canadian applicants for Chinese visas will be fingerprinted in-person at one of five Chinese visa offices across Canada.
Here is the official statement from the embassy:
"In accordance with China’s related laws and based on the principle of reciprocity, the Embassy as well as the Consulates- General in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and Montreal will entrust the Chinese Visa Application Service Centers to collect the ten fingerprints of all visa applicants including Canadian citizens from January 1st, 2019."
All fingerprinting is done at the time of visa application in person at the Chinese visa application centre in Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, or Montreal.
All applicants must appear IN PERSON to apply and be fingerprinted. Applicant's fingerprints will be collected in person at the Chinese Visa Application Service Centres across Canada. All applicants must attend in order to apply and be fingerprinted.
Ensure you speak with the Chinese visa application centre before making your appointment and undertaking travel to the visa office. You should confirm all details and requirements by telephone first, as Chinese rules and procedures are changing rapidly and without warning.
There are a small number of limited exemptions.
1) minors under 14 years of age at the time of application.
2) seniors over 70 years of age at the time of application.
3) diplomatic or service passport holders.
4) persons with missing or mutilated fingers whose prints cannot be collected.
5) "Those who have applied a Chinese visa with the same passport in the past 5 years in the same Chinese Embassy/Consulate General or Chinese Visa Application Service Center, which has collected his or her fingerprints.
The embassy warns that applicants who forge fingerprints or use other people’s fingerprints will be denied entry to China and will bear all the consequences of fraud. Applicants are required to make an appointment and fill in the application forms online at the official website of the Chinese Visa Application Service Centres in advance. (www.visaforchina.org)
Chinese Visa Fingerprint Collection Locations
As announced by the Embassy of the People's Republic of China yesterday, all Canadians are required to have their fingerprints collected at the time of visa application.
There are five offices across Canada which will collect fingerprints for Chinese visas. These offices are within a 2 hour drive of over 85% of the population of Canada.
Persons in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, the Maritimes and up north are out of luck. Those persons will have to fly to the appropriate fingerprint location after making an appointment. Please note that your fingerprint collection office is not necessarily the office closest to you. For example, persons in Nova Scotia are supposed to apply in Ottawa instead of the closer office in Montreal.
Ensure you speak with the Chinese visa application centre before making your appointment and undertaking travel to the visa office. You should confirm all details and requirements by telephone first, as Chinese rules and procedures are changing rapidly and without warning.
OTTAWA
Ottawa region (613 and 343 area codes), Gatineau Quebec (819 area code region), Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, and Nunavut
TORONTO
Ontario and Manitoba (but not the Ottawa or 613 area code region)
VANCOUVER
British Columbia and Yukon
CALGARY
Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Northwest Territories
MONTREAL
Quebec and New Brunswick (but not Gatineau or 819 area code region)
China Visa Application Centre - Ottawa
http://www.visaforchina.org/YOW_EN/
Suite 1450
220 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa ON K1P 5Z9
613-563-8472
China Visa Application Centre - Toronto
http://visaforchina.org/YTO_EN/
Suite 1501
393 University Avenue
Toronto ON M5G 1E6
416-345-8472
China Visa Application Centre - Vancouver
http://www.visaforchina.org/YVR_EN/
Suite 250
999 West Broadway
Vancouver BC V5Z 1K5
604-336-8866
China Visa Application Centre - Calgary
http://www.visaforchina.org/YYC_EN/
Suite 200
855 8th Avenue SW
Calgary AB T2P 3P1
403-930-2288
China Visa Application Centre - Montreal
http://www.visaforchina.org/MTL_EN/
Suite 700
2000 Mansfield Street
Montreal Quebec H3A 2Z6
514-680-8472
There are five offices across Canada which will collect fingerprints for Chinese visas. These offices are within a 2 hour drive of over 85% of the population of Canada.
Persons in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, the Maritimes and up north are out of luck. Those persons will have to fly to the appropriate fingerprint location after making an appointment. Please note that your fingerprint collection office is not necessarily the office closest to you. For example, persons in Nova Scotia are supposed to apply in Ottawa instead of the closer office in Montreal.
Ensure you speak with the Chinese visa application centre before making your appointment and undertaking travel to the visa office. You should confirm all details and requirements by telephone first, as Chinese rules and procedures are changing rapidly and without warning.
OTTAWA
Ottawa region (613 and 343 area codes), Gatineau Quebec (819 area code region), Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, and Nunavut
TORONTO
Ontario and Manitoba (but not the Ottawa or 613 area code region)
VANCOUVER
British Columbia and Yukon
CALGARY
Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Northwest Territories
MONTREAL
Quebec and New Brunswick (but not Gatineau or 819 area code region)
China Visa Application Centre - Ottawa
http://www.visaforchina.org/YOW_EN/
Suite 1450
220 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa ON K1P 5Z9
613-563-8472
China Visa Application Centre - Toronto
http://visaforchina.org/YTO_EN/
Suite 1501
393 University Avenue
Toronto ON M5G 1E6
416-345-8472
China Visa Application Centre - Vancouver
http://www.visaforchina.org/YVR_EN/
Suite 250
999 West Broadway
Vancouver BC V5Z 1K5
604-336-8866
China Visa Application Centre - Calgary
http://www.visaforchina.org/YYC_EN/
Suite 200
855 8th Avenue SW
Calgary AB T2P 3P1
403-930-2288
China Visa Application Centre - Montreal
http://www.visaforchina.org/MTL_EN/
Suite 700
2000 Mansfield Street
Montreal Quebec H3A 2Z6
514-680-8472
Applicants are required to attend IN PERSON and to make an appointment for their fingerprinting in advance. Ensure you speak with the Chinese visa application centre before making your appointment and undertaking travel to the visa office. You should confirm all details and requirements by telephone first, as Chinese rules and procedures are changing rapidly and without warning.
Contact the China Visa Application Centre here for forms and appointments:
http://www.visaforchina.org
22 November 2018
Chine Requiring Fingerprints
BREAKING NEWS
NOT YET CONFIRMED
The Government of China has apparently instructed their embassies, specifically the Chinese Embassy in Canada and all consulates across Canada, to begin collecting fingerprints of visa-seekers.
This will mean all Canadian visa-seekers will be required to travel to a Chinese visa application centre to apply IN-PERSON and be FINGERPRINTED.
This is supposed to become effective as of Wednesday 02 January 2019.
These five Chinese visa centres are currently operational in Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary. Unless more offices are opened this will mean some Canadians will have to drive or fly to their nearest fingerprinting office. This will be especially difficult for people in Manitoba and the maritime provinces, and those up north.
China is already collecting all fingerprints at the point of arrival in China (the airport) prior to going through passport control.
NOT YET CONFIRMED
MORE DETAILS TO COME AS NEWS ARRIVES
The Government of China has apparently instructed their embassies, specifically the Chinese Embassy in Canada and all consulates across Canada, to begin collecting fingerprints of visa-seekers.
This will mean all Canadian visa-seekers will be required to travel to a Chinese visa application centre to apply IN-PERSON and be FINGERPRINTED.
This is supposed to become effective as of Wednesday 02 January 2019.
These five Chinese visa centres are currently operational in Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary. Unless more offices are opened this will mean some Canadians will have to drive or fly to their nearest fingerprinting office. This will be especially difficult for people in Manitoba and the maritime provinces, and those up north.
China is already collecting all fingerprints at the point of arrival in China (the airport) prior to going through passport control.
MORE DETAILS TO COME AS NEWS ARRIVES
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