Brazil to Canada visa requirements

Brazilian ordinary passport holders are visa-required for Canada by default. Eligible Brazilians flying to or transiting through a Canadian airport can use a CAD 7 eTA instead of a visitor visa only if they have held a Canadian visitor visa in the past 10 years or currently hold a valid US nonimmigrant visa. Land and sea arrivals, and travellers who do not meet the eTA conditions, need a visitor visa (TRV). Canada lists Brazil as a visa-required country, so Brazilian ordinary passport holders are not generally visa-free. Brazil is in Canada's expanded eTA program: a Brazilian citizen may apply for an eTA instead of a visitor visa only if all conditions are met - they are flying to or transiting through a Canadian airport, coming for a temporary stay normally up to 6 months, and have either held a Canadian visitor visa in the past 10 years or hold a valid United States nonimmigrant visa on the day they apply for the eTA. The US visa does not have to remain valid on the day of travel. The eTA costs CAD 7, is usually approved within minutes but can take several days if documents are requested, is linked to the passport, and is valid up to 5 years or until that passport expires. Anyone arriving by car, bus, train, boat or cruise ship needs a valid visitor visa even if they otherwise meet the eTA conditions. Travellers who already have a valid Canadian visitor visa should use that visa until it expires. For the TRV pathway, IRCC lists CAD 100 for the visitor visa plus CAD 85 biometrics, and its current processing-time JSON lists Brazil visitor-visa applications from outside Canada at 27 days as of the June 17, 2026 update. Visitor visas may be single or multiple entry, valid up to 10 years but not beyond passport or biometrics expiry, and entry/stay remains at the border officer's discretion. Canada.ca lists Brazil VACs in Brasilia, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo for biometrics or passport services.