Visa requirements The following table indicates the entry requirements and duration of stay for a given country, along with any notes that may be relevant for that given country.
Dependent, disputed, or restricted territories Visa requirements for Canadian citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognized countries, and restricted zones: ;Africa • — special permit required. • (outside
Asmara) — visa covers
Asmara only; to travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20
Eritrean nakfa). • — Visa not required for 90 days with a 180-day period. • — Visa not required for 90 days within a 180-day period. • • — e-Visa for 2 months within any year period • — Visitor's Pass granted on arrival valid for 4/10/21/60/90 days for 12/14/16/20/25
pound sterling. • — Permission to land required for 15/30
pounds sterling (yacht/ship passenger) for Tristan da Cunha Island or 20
pounds sterling for
Gough Island,
Inaccessible Island or
Nightingale Islands. • (
Western Sahara controlled territory) — undefined visa regime. • — visa required (30 days for 30
USD, payable on arrival). ;Asia •
Hainan — Visa not required for 30 days. Available at
Haikou Meilan International Airport and
Sanya Phoenix International Airport. • — Visa not required for 3 months. • — Protected Area Permit (PAP) required for all of
Arunachal Pradesh,
Manipur,
Mizoram and parts of
Himachal Pradesh,
Jammu and Kashmir and
Uttarakhand. Restricted Area Permit (RAP) required for all of
Andaman and Nicobar Islands and
Lakshadweep and parts of
Sikkim. Some of these requirements are occasionally lifted for a year. • - You can apply for an e-Visa (30 days) to visit the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. • — Visa not required for 30 days. • outside
Pyongyang - People are not allowed to leave the capital city, tourists can only leave the capital with a governmental tourist guide (no independent moving) •
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province — OIVR permit required (15+5
Tajikistani Somoni) and another special permit (free of charge) is required for
Lake Sarez. •
Tibet Autonomous Region — Tibet Travel Permit required. •
Korean Demilitarized Zone — restricted zone. •
UNDOF Zone and
Ghajar — restricted zones. • — Certain countries will deny access to holders of Israeli visas or passport stamps of Israel because of the
Arab League boycott of Israel. • — Non-Muslims are not allowed in Mecca or Medina. ;Caribbean and North Atlantic • — Visa not required for 3 months. • — Visa not required for 30 days. • — Visa not required. •
Bonaire,
St. Eustatius and
Saba — Visa not required for 3 months. • — Visa not required. • — Visa not required for 6 months. • — Visa not required for 3 months. • — Visa not required for 6 months. • — Visa not required for 180 days, same as the United States mainland. • — Visa not required for 3 months. • — Visa not required for 90 days. • — Visa not required for 6 months, same as the United States mainland. ;Europe • — Visa required. Tourists from all countries (except Georgia) can visit Abkhazia for a period not exceeding 24 hours as part of an organized tourist group. •
Mount Athos — Special permit required (4 days:
EUR 25 for
Orthodox visitors, EUR 35 for non-Orthodox visitors, EUR 18 for students). There is a visitors' quota: maximum 100
Orthodox and 10 non-Orthodox per day and women are not allowed. •
Brest and
Grodno — Visa not required for 10 days. •
Crimea — Visa issued by Russia is required. • — Visa free access for 3 months. Passport required. •
UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus — Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas. • — Visa not required. •
Jan Mayen — Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours and permit issued by the
Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours. • of — Right to live and work under the
Svalbard Treaty. • — Visa free for 90 days. • — To enter South Ossetia, visitors must have a multiple-entry visa for
Russia and register their stay with the Migration Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs within 3 days. • — Visa free. Registration required after 24h. ;Oceania • — Electronic authorization for 30 days. •
Ashmore and Cartier Islands — special authorisation required. •
Clipperton Island — Special permit required. • — Visa free access for 31 days. • — Visa not required. • — Visa on arrival valid for 30 days is issued free of charge. • — Visa not required. • — 14 days visa free and landing fee
USD 35 or tax of USD 5 if not going ashore. •
United States Minor Outlying Islands — special permits required for
Baker Island,
Howland Island,
Jarvis Island,
Johnston Atoll,
Kingman Reef,
Midway Atoll,
Palmyra Atoll and
Wake Island. ;South America •
Galápagos — 60 days; Visitors must pre-register to receive a 20 USD Transit Control Card (TCT). ;South Atlantic and Antarctica • — A visitor permit is normally issued as a stamp in the passport on arrival, The maximum validity period is 1 month. • — Pre-arrival permit from the commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160
pounds sterling). •
Antarctica and adjacent islands — Special permits required for , , , ,
Australian Antarctic Territory,
Chilean Antarctic Territory,
Heard Island and McDonald Islands,
Peter I Island,
Queen Maud Land,
Ross Dependency. == Pre-approved visas pick-up ==