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Tourism VIsA

Many countries do not require Canadians to have a visa for a stay less than three months. There are some surprises, which is in Australia, Cuba and the Dominican Republic. To see the full list of countries that require Canadians to have an entry visa, please click the link If you want to visit the country is not listed, you should be well as your passport. You can not be used in any capacity, while on a tourist visa.

Student visa

This type of visa should be relatively easy to organize, if you have all your paperwork together. The exact requirements vary from country to country but generally, you will be required as

Unconditional acceptance letter from your institution

Bank statement to prove you have enough money to keep yourself time courses

A round trip ticket and proof

Proof that you are provided with a place to live

A passport that is valid for the duration of courses.

Two passport photos

The amount of paid work, you can do while studying abroad differs from country to country, and regulations should be carefully checked. USA, for example, prohibits any sort of employment of foreign students. United Kingdom, on the other hand, provides  hours of holiday time and full-time study work. If you are moving to a country that does not allow student employment, you must think carefully about how you will pay for your life. More information can be found at: you will move to the country's consulate. Click this link to find contact information.

Work visa

Working visa must be arranged by their foreign employer. It is quite difficult to organize unskilled workers in Europe, because your employer must be able to demonstrate that there is no other European Union (in fact, the whole of Europe) by appropriately trained to do the job. The organization of this sort of visa may take quite some time and be quite expensive. The cost is usually borne by the employer. If you have already purchased one, you will be able to live and work, as a citizen. A visa is tied to an employer, though, so if you change jobs, you will get a new one.

Working Holiday Visa

In many countries, youth work exchange program to allow young people to work and travel up to two years. For example, if you want to work in the UK, you can get working holiday visa for up to two years, which will allow you to work fulltime. The ideal candidate is one that is working to finance their trip and plan to return to Canada after their visas. If you can somehow arrange accommodation and employment before you apply for your visa, this would greatly speed up the process. You will also need to provide a bank statement with you a program that says that you have enough money to live until you are paid in the United Kingdom. $   should be enough, especially if you have to protect jobs. For more information about what programs are in the country to which you want to visit, check the consulate web site.

Whatever you decide to do, it is important that you start the visa process as soon as possible, because it almost always means you are sending your passport to the consulate processing. If you live near the consulate, it is sometimes possible to obtain a visa for a day.