Visas

Please check with the nearest Canadian embassy, consulate or high commission to know whether or not you require a visa for entry into Canada. Visas are the responsibility of individual delegates, and must be procured prior to arrival in Canada. If you are travelling through the USA, you may also require an American visa. Please verify with your travel agent.

The Conference organizing committee has informed all Canadian embassies about the Conference, and requested them to give fair consideration to any applications for visas. However, the Conference has no control over the actual decisions, and although we will extend invitations and help as much as we can, we have no authority to influence the final decision of the embassies.

As of January 2007, citizens of the following countries do NOT need a visa for travel to or transit in Canada:

Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Botswana, Brunei, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel (National Passport holders only), Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, San Marino, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Slovenia, Switzerland, United Kingdom (including British Overseas citizens), United States, Western Samoa, as well as persons holding a valid and subsisting Special Administrative Region passport issued by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China and persons holding passports or travel documents issued by the Holy See.