Canada has something to offer everybody. Tourists who are coming from Turkey and planning to travel to Canada for tourism or to meet with relatives or a family member will require either a Visitor Visa or an Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) to enter the country. A visa is a typical travel document attached to your valid passport to give you authorization to visit Canada.

Furthermore, the visa processing time differs by individual circumstances and also depends on whether you must provide biometric details. Due to too many applications at the moment, it is difficult to give correct processing times for the majority of visa applications. Once you have submitted your tourist visa application and all mandatory documents, the Canada tourist visa will be inserted into your passport. Also, a visa officer might need extra documentation, if he finds it compulsory before they can make a final decision regarding a visa application.

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Requirements for a Canada Tourist Visa for Turkish Citizens

There are some mandatory requirements to be eligible for a Canada tourist visa. Let’s discuss them below:

• Show a valid travel authorization/document, like a passport.
• Must not have any immigration-related or criminal convictions.
• Show that you are in best of health.
• Satisfy an immigration visa officer that you will depart from country at the end of your travel.
• Convince a visa officer that you have bonds with your home country, which may be a property, a job, financial resources, or family.
• Show that you have plenty of money for your tour.

Application Steps for Online Canadian Tourist Visa

The step-by-step instructions to apply for a tourist visa are as follows:

1. Gather all the needed documents. Prior to filling an online visa application, you have to make electronic photocopies of your documents, and also have a valid debit or credit card for the charges.
2. Go to the official site of Canada. In case you do not have an account, you need to register first. For those who already have an account there, log in through a Sign-in Partner or the GC Key.
3. Answer each question on the visa application form. Unfinished answers or visa applications might be rejected.
4. For queries regarding which you do not have an answer or in case there are any directions on the visa form, just write “N/A” or “not applicable” on the space given. Visa applicants without any unique client identifier or UCI can leave the place empty.
5. Visa applicants who want to provide more details about their matter can provide an info in a fresh document and then save it. Choose ‘Optional Documents’ of the checklist of the document and choose “add letter of explanation” to upload the document.
6. Upload every supporting document for the visa application.
7. Afterwards, submit your visa application online and then pay the visa application as well as biometrics charges.
8. A biometric instruction letter or BIL which comprises a list of the official places where you can submit the biometrics details will be delivered to you through email within twenty-four hours.
9. The passport and instruction letter should be given during biometrics collection.
10. Book a via interview with the VAC for biometrics details.
11. Travelers need to come physically to have both their photographs as well as fingerprints taken. Remember that biometrics just need to be submitted once every ten years and there is no requirement to provide biometrics again till that period is over.
12. Furthermore, Turkish citizens who have provided biometrics at the time when they applied for a work or study permit or tourist visa do not have to give their biometrics details. They can check the Biometric Status Tool to verify if there is a requirement to give biometrics or not.

Application Process for Paper Application

The process for paper application to apply for Canadian tourist visa is as follows:

• Gather all the mandatory documents.
• Next, on the checklist, complete all compulsory documents, incorporating the supporting documents as well as the filled and printed visa application form.
• Book a visa interview for the submission of required documents and biometrics information.
• An interview should be booked beforehand for travelers to give their biometric details at the time citizens submit their visa application at the visa processing center. In case this is impossible, an appointment can be scheduled at a later time at one of the service points for biometric collection. Visa applications can only be processed once biometrics are taken.
• Next, pay your visa application as well as biometrics charges online. You should follow the payment guidelines.
• Print 2 copies of the official receipt of IRCC with barcode.
• Attach a photocopy of this receipt with your visa application. You should keep one copy of the IRCC receipt for your own self.
• At last, submit the completed visa application forms along with receipt and supporting documents during your visa appointment.