Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) to Canada visa requirements

Taiwan ordinary passport holders whose passport was issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and includes a personal identification number do NOT need a visa for short tourist visits to Canada, but must obtain an electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) before boarding a flight to Canada. The eTA costs CAD 7, is usually approved within minutes, and is valid up to 5 years. Canada is not in the Schengen area and runs its own eTA scheme. Canada currently lists holders of an ordinary Taiwan passport issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) that includes a personal identification number as eTA-required, not visa-required, for air travel to Canada. Visa-exempt visitors flying to or transiting through Canada must hold a valid eTA, electronically linked to the passport. The eTA is applied for online, costs CAD 7, is normally granted within minutes (a minority of cases take several days), and is valid for up to 5 years or until the passport expires, whichever comes first. A visa-exempt visitor is normally admitted for up to 6 months at the discretion of the border officer. The eTA applies to air travel only; entry by land or sea does not require an eTA but still requires a valid passport. No biometrics are required for an eTA tourist entry. Taiwan travel documents that do not meet the ordinary MOFA-issued passport-with-personal-ID-number condition are not eTA-eligible and require a visitor visa instead. Separately, IRCC eTA pages currently state that foreign nationals living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, or Uganda cannot travel to Canada as of May 27, 2026; this is residence-based, not a Taiwan passport visa classification.