Antigua and Barbuda: eligible travellers from 13 more countries now qualify for visa-free travel to Canada

The Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, has now announced the addition of 13 countries to the electronic travel authorization (eTA) program. Travellers from these countries who have either held a Canadian visa in the last 10 years or who currently hold a valid United States non-immigrant visa can now apply for an eTA instead of a visa when travelling to Canada by air. Effective today, eligible travellers from Antigua and Barbuda can benefit from the program.

Quick facts:

• The eTA is a digital travel document that most visa-exempt travellers need to travel to or transit through Canada by air.

• The eTA application is used by Canadian officials to conduct light-touch, pre-travel screening of air travellers. It costs CAN$7 to apply, and most applications are automatically approved within minutes.

• To apply for an eTA, travellers need only a valid passport, a credit card, an email address and access to the Internet.

• Antigua and Barbuda is one of the 13 additional countries whose eligible citizens may now benefit from visa-free travel.

• Over the last 10 years, Canada issued 5,980 temporary resident visas to citizens from Antigua and Barbuda. These individuals, along with current US non-immigrant visa holders, may now be eligible for visa-free travel.

Please see attached for your information an issues note from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and the Antigua and Barbuda press release that the High Commission of Canada has shared with media outlets.

Issue Note – eTA Expansion 2023 – click to view PDF
Media Release – eTA Expansion – Antigua and Barbuda – click to view PDF

Here are the links to the IRCC news release:

EN: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/2023/06/eligible-travellers-from-13more-countries-now-qualify-for-visa-free-travel-to-canada.html

FR : https://www.canada.ca/fr/immigration-refugies-citoyennete/nouvelles/2023/06/les-voyageurs-admissibles-de-13nouveaux-pays-maintenant-dispenses-de-lobligation-de-visa-pour-entrer-au-canada.html

For your information, IRCC, Global Affairs Canada & the High Commission will be sharing an ongoing social media campaign. You can follow IRCC at:

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