{"id":96519,"date":"2026-01-06T14:03:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T09:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=96519"},"modified":"2026-01-06T14:05:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T09:05:17","slug":"canada-announces-visa-free-entry-for-these-13-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/canada-announces-visa-free-entry-for-these-13-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada announces visa-free entry for THESE 13 countries!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/canada-opens-express-entry-door-for-pakistanis-under-federal-skilled-worker-program\/\">Canada<\/a> has announced visa-free entry for 13 countries.<\/p>\n<p>In order to promote tourism and strengthen international relations, Canada has announced visa-free entry for citizens of 13 countries.<\/p>\n<p>Under this decision, citizens of several Caribbean and Latin American countries will now be able to travel to Canada without a visa if they meet certain conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Canada has also extended the Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) program to more countries, which aims to simplify the entry process for short-term visits.<\/p>\n<p>The list of new visa-free countries includes Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Costa Rica, Morocco, Panama, Philippines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago and Uruguay.<\/p>\n<p>The move is being hailed as a positive development, especially in terms of diplomatic relations with Caribbean countries, as five of them are included in the new list.<\/p>\n<p>According to officials, this visa-free entry facility will be available to travelers who arrive in Canada by air and who have obtained a Canadian visa in the past 10 years or currently hold a valid US non-immigrant visa.<\/p>\n<p>Eligible individuals will be able to stay in Canada for a maximum of six months without obtaining a separate visa. The Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) is actually a digital permit that is mandatory for citizens of visa-free countries.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian government says that the aim of this policy is to increase tourism, promote international connections and make Canada more attractive to global travelers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Canada has announced visa-free entry for 13 countries. In order to promote tourism and strengthen international relations, Canada has announced visa-free entry for citizens of 13 countries. Under this decision, citizens of several Caribbean and Latin American countries will now be able to travel to Canada without a visa if they meet certain conditions. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":96520,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,3],"tags":[2007,33530],"class_list":["post-96519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-world","tag-canada","tag-canada-visa-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96519"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96521,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96519\/revisions\/96521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}