You fill it in
Field by field, with a plain explanation on every question that trips people up — occupation, previous stays, admissibility history.
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Every eTA application we send is read by a person first. Names, passport numbers, dates, layovers — checked against your document before it reaches any system.
Human review before sending Seven days a week Followed until it lands
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Eligibility desk
Whether you need an eTA comes down to the passport in your hand and the way you arrive. Nothing else.
With a United Kingdom passport arriving by air, the airline checks your authorization at the gate. Without it you are not allowed to board.
Gate to gate
Every file passes a human read before transmission. That is where the errors that cost a flight get caught.
Field by field, with a plain explanation on every question that trips people up — occupation, previous stays, admissibility history.
About 7 minutesPassport number, exact spelling, dates, consistency between answers. If something looks wrong we write to you before anything is sent.
Same dayThe authorization arrives by email, linked electronically to your passport. Nothing to print — it is read at the boarding desk.
Minutes to 72 hoursDenied boarding
The four we check on every single file, because they are the four that keep coming back.
One digit transposed and the authorization exists — attached to a document that is not yours. It fails at the gate.
A valid eTA on a replaced passport is worth nothing. New document since your last trip? You need a new authorization.
A connection through a Canadian airport counts as an arrival by air. Required even if you never leave the terminal.
Most files clear in minutes, some go to manual review. Twenty-four hours out, there is no margin left.
The rule nobody explains
An eTA is bolted to the passport it was issued against, not to you. Slide the marker to your own expiry date.
Visa-exempt nationalities
These nationalities travel to Canada on an eTA rather than a visitor visa.
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No match. If your nationality is not listed you most likely need a visitor visa instead — the eligibility desk above will tell you.
Reading room
One application per traveller
There is no family eTA — every traveller has their own, infants included. We handle group applications in a single pass.
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eTA required for
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