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Canada ends Ten-Year Tourist Visa Validity, focus on single entry Visa

SATINDER BAINS | November 08, 2024 01:16 AM

TORONTO: Amid ongoing tension between India and Canada, the government of Canada has taken yet another step to overhaul its Visa police and decided to end the ten year Visa for visitors. This is also called multiple Visa.

Under the new guidelines, immigration officers will now have the discretion to decide whether to issue a single-entry or multiple-entry visa and to determine the appropriate validity period. Earlier, the multiple-entry visa allowed the holder to enter Canada from any country as often as necessary during the visa’s period of validity. It had a maximum validity of up to 10 years, or until the expiry of the travel document or biometrics.

“Guidance has been updated to indicate that multiple-entry visas issued to maximum validity are no longer considered to be the standard document. Officers may exercise their judgment in deciding whether to issue a single or multiple-entry visa and in determining the validity period, " the Canadian immigration department stated in a recent update.

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