To visit Canada, all Russian citizens, without exception, will need a visa. For tourism, business or private visit, a temporary resident visa is requested. There is also a transit visa, and if the period of stay in Canada does not exceed 48 hours, it is issued free of charge. Canada Visa Application Centers are available in several large cities in Russia. To obtain a temporary residence visa, you need to collect a fairly large package of documents.
Instructions
Step 1
Passport or a copy of it. The validity of the document must exceed 6 months from the end of the travel dates. If you submit your documents to the Canadian visa department, then the original passport must be brought only if the visa is approved, and if to the visa center, then without a passport your documents will not be accepted. Please note that everyone, including children, must have their own passports. Children included in the parents' passports are not considered as visa applicants.
Step 2
Application form for a visa, completed in English or French. In some cases, you can apply for a visa via the Internet, then you do not need to sign the application form. Otherwise, the application form must be signed by the applicant. It is also required to fill out in English or French and sign the additional Family Information Form. Sometimes it is also required to fill in the form “Additional information to the form for obtaining a temporary resident visa”. Attach to the application form 2 photographs 35x45 mm, color or black and white.
Step 3
Reservation of hotels or inns for the entire stay in Canada. As confirmation, you can use a fax or printout from the Internet. The confirmation must contain information about the hotel and the persons on whom the rooms are booked.
Step 4
If the visit is private, then you need to provide an invitation from the host, and also indicate in what relationship this person is with the applicant. Documents will be required to prove that the inviting person is a permanent resident of the country.
Step 5
Proof of financial solvency. Usually a bank statement, certified by the bank's stamp, in English or French is used. If a person does not pay for his trip himself, then a sponsorship letter and a certificate from the sponsor's account are provided.
Step 6
Proof of employment in Russia. This is a certificate from work with an indication of the position, salary and contact information about the company, which should indicate that a person is granted leave during the trip, during which the workplace is not lost. If the applicant is an individual entrepreneur, then a certificate of registration of the individual entrepreneur and registration with the tax authorities will be required. Pensioners must attach a pension certificate, and students and schoolchildren - a certificate from the place of study and a copy of the student card. If there is a sponsor who bears all the costs, you should attach a certificate from his place of work.
Step 7
If a child is traveling to Canada accompanied by one of the parents or without them at all, then you must provide permission to take the child from the remaining parent or from both of them.
