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Designated Countries/Territories List For Temporary Resident Visas

Citizens of the following countries and territories require a Temporary Resident Visa (TRV) to visit or transit Canada:
Designated Countries/Territories
A-C
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola
Argentina Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain
Bangladesh Belarus Belize Benin
Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia-Herzegovina Botswana
Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burma (Myanmar)
Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde.
Central African Rep Chad Chile China
Colombia Comoros Congo (Democratic Rep.) Congo (Rep. of the)
Costa Rica Cuba Czech Rep.  
D-I
Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor
Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea Ethiopia Fiji Gabon
Gambia Georgia Ghana Grenada
Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guayana
Haiti Honduras India Indonesia
Iran Iraq Israel* Ivory Coast
*(only Israeli citizens holding valid Israeli 'Travel Document' in lieu of National Passport)
J-O
Jamaica Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya
Kiribati Korea, North Kosovo Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Lesotho
Liberia Libya Lithuania Macao SAR
Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia
Maldives Islands Mali Marshall Islands Mauritania
Mauritius Mexico Federal States of Micronesia Moldova
Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique
Namibia Nauru Nepal Nicaragua
Niger Nigeria Oman   
P-S
Pakistan Palau Palestinian Authority Panama
Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland
Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda
Sao Tome e Principa Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Senegal Serbia
Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa
South Sudan Sri Lanka St Lucia St. Vincent and the Grenadines (St. Vincent)
Sudan Surinam Swaziland Syria
T-Z
Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand
Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia
Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda
Ukraine United Arab Emirates Uruguay Uzbekistan
Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Yemen
Zambia Zimbabwe