The upcoming year, 2013, is going to be a big year for Canadian Experience Class Permanent Residency applicants and the trend looks like it will continue. If you want to get Permanent Residency through the CEC you’ll need to attend a Canadian school. During the application process you will have to find out whether or not you will need to obtain a visa in order to enter Canada.
Afghanistan | Guinea | Pakistan |
Albania | Guinea-Bissau | Palau |
Algeria | Guyana | Palestine |
Angola | Haiti | Panama |
Argentina | Honduras | Paraguay |
Armenia | India | Peru |
Azerbaijan | Indonesia | Philippines |
Bahrain | Iran | Poland * |
Bangladesh | Iraq | Qatar |
Belarus | Israel ** | Romania |
Belize | Ivory Coast | Russia |
Benin | Jamaica | Rwanda |
Bhutan | Jordan | St. Lucia |
Bolivia | Kazakhstan | St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
Bosnia-Herzegovina | Kenya | Sao Tomé e Principe |
Botswana | Kiribati | Saudi Arabia |
Brazil | Korea, North | Senegal |
Bulgaria | Kosovo | Serbia |
Burkina Faso | Kuwait | Seychelles |
Burundi | Kyrgyzstan | Sierra Leone |
Cambodia | Laos | Somalia |
Republic of Cameroon | Lebanon | South Africa |
Cape Verde | Lesotho | South Sudan |
Central African Republic | Liberia | Sri Lanka |
Chad | Libya | Sudan |
Chile | Lithuania * | Surinam |
China | Macao S.A.R. | Swaziland |
Colombia | Macedonia | Syria |
Comoros | Madagascar | Taiwan |
Congo, Democratic | Malawi | Tajikistan |
Republic of the Congo | Malaysia | Tanzania |
Costa Rica | Maldives | Thailand |
Cuba | Mali | Togo |
Czech Republic | Marshall Islands | Tonga |
Djibouti | Mauritania | Trinidad and Tobago |
Dominica | Mauritius | Tunisia |
Dominican Republic | Mexico | Turkey |
East Timor | Micronesia | Turkmenistan |
Ecuador | Moldova | Tuvalu |
Egypt | Mongolia | Uganda |
El Salvador | Montenegro | Ukraine |
Equatorial Guinea | Morocco | United Arab Emirates |
Eritrea | Mozambique | Uruguay |
Ethiopia | Myanmar | Uzbekistan |
Fiji | Namibia | Vanuatu |
Gabon | Nauru | Venezuela |
Gambia | Nepal | Vietnam |
Georgia | Nicaragua | Yemen |
Ghana | Niger | Zambia |
Grenada | Nigeria | Zimbabwe |
Guatemala | Oman |
*Holders of non-biometric passports must obtain Canadian visas.
**Israeli citizens with a valid Travel Document must obtain Canadian Visas. No need for a visa with a valid Israeli passport.
***Unless you have a valid Taiwanese passport issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and have a personal identification number.
There are a number of exceptions to these requirements which will be the topic of tomorrow’s blog.