{"id":474,"date":"2016-09-27T01:24:24","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T01:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yupasscanada.com\/?p=474"},"modified":"2019-03-09T07:14:27","modified_gmt":"2019-03-09T07:14:27","slug":"eta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yupasscanada.com\/en\/government-updates\/eta\/","title":{"rendered":"Leniency period for Canada&#8217;s new Electronic Travel Authorization extended until November 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>eTA is an entry requirement for visa-exempt foreign nationals travelling to or transiting through Canada by air. It allows Canada to screen travelers before they arrive. Visa-exempt foreign nationals need an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cic.gc.ca\/english\/visit\/eta.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Electronic Travel Authorization<\/a> (eTA) to fly to or transit through Canada. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cic.gc.ca\/english\/visit\/visas-all.asp#eta-exemptions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Exceptions<\/a> include U.S. citizens and travelers with a valid Canadian visa. Canadian citizens, including dual citizens, and Canadian permanent residents cannot apply for an eTA.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.gc.ca\/web\/article-en.do?crtr.sj1D=&amp;crtr.mnthndVl=12&amp;mthd=advSrch&amp;crtr.dpt1D=6664&amp;nid=1127219&amp;crtr.lc1D=&amp;crtr.tp1D=1&amp;crtr.yrStrtVl=2002&amp;crtr.kw=&amp;crtr.dyStrtVl=1&amp;crtr.aud1D=&amp;crtr.mnthStrtVl=1&amp;crtr.page=1&amp;crtr.yrndVl=2016&amp;crtr.dyndVl=31\"><strong>News release from IRCC<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>What is an Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA)?<\/h3>\n<p>It takes a few minutes to apply for eTA through online. It requires your passport, credit card and e-mail address.&nbsp; The fee for eTA is C$7.<\/p>\n<p>eTA is linked to your passport electronically. It is valid for up to five years, or until an expiry date of your passport.<\/p>\n<p>Please find guidelines and details about eTA.<\/p>\n<h4>What is an Electronic Travel Authorization?<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cic.gc.ca\/english\/visit\/eta-facts-en.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.cic.gc.ca\/english\/visit\/eta-facts-en.asp<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Flying to Canada?<strong><br><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cic.gc.ca\/ftp\/eta\/pdf\/factsheet-feuilleinfo\/english-high.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.cic.gc.ca\/ftp\/eta\/pdf\/factsheet-feuilleinfo\/english-high.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Electronic Travel Authorization \u2013 Description of application form fields<strong><br><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cic.gc.ca\/english\/pdf\/eta\/english.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.cic.gc.ca\/english\/pdf\/eta\/english.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Apply for eTA from here<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cic.gc.ca\/english\/visit\/eta-start.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.cic.gc.ca\/english\/visit\/eta-start.asp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>eTA is an entry requirement for visa-exempt foreign nationals travelling to or transiting through Canada by air. It allows Canada to screen travelers before they arrive. Visa-exempt foreign nationals need an Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) to fly to or transit through Canada. It will be mandatory from November 9, 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yupasscanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yupasscanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yupasscanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yupasscanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yupasscanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=474"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/yupasscanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474\/revisions\/"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1543,"href":"https:\/\/yupasscanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474\/revisions\/1543\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yupasscanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yupasscanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yupasscanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yupasscanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}