This June 6, 2023, Minister of IRCC (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada), Sean Fraser, will make a visa waiver announcement in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

According to place Canada Immigration Newsthe announcement will be made “during his visit to a special citizenship ceremony at 11:30 a.m. CST (12:30 p.m. EST – Toronto time)”.

According to the information offered, there is still “no confirmation from IRCC or the Department of Immigration on what the new announcement might be.”

“It is possible that the Minister of Immigration will announce the addition of new visa-free country(ies) for Canadian citizens or just some changes to facilitate visa-free travel, but there is no update official to confirm it,” they add. .

They also argue that “the fact that the Minister of Immigration has scheduled a meeting with members of the community at the Manitoba Canadian Filipino Center indicates that there may be good news for the Filipino community, but for now this are just speculations.”

However, they point out that, as expected, the IRCC would add 13 countries to the list of visa-exempt countries to travel to Canada. These would be Panama, Antigua and Barbados, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica, from Uruguay, Argentina, Morocco, Seychelles, Thailand and the Philippines.

FREE VISA FOR CANADA

The full list of countries that can travel visa-free to Canada is as follows:

• Andorra
• Australia
• Austria
• Bahamian
• barbados
• Belgium
• British citizens
• British Citizen (Overseas)
• British Overseas Citizen (readmitted to the UK)
• Citizen of a British Overseas Territory with citizenship by birth, descent, naturalization or registration in one of the British Overseas Territories of: Anguilla
• Bermuda
• British Virgin Islands
• Cayman Islands
• Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
• Gibraltar
• Montserrat
• Pitcairn Islands
• Saint Helena
• Turks and Caicos Islands
• brunei
• Bulgaria
• Chili
• Croatia
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Estonia
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, you must have a passport issued by the Hong Kong SAR.
• Hungary
• Iceland
• Ireland
• Israel, you must have an Israeli national passport
• Italy
• Japan
• Republic of Korea
• Latvia
• liechtenstein
• Lithuania
• Luxemburg
• malt
• Mexico
• monaco
• The Netherlands
• Norway
• Papua New Guinea
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania (only ePassport holders)
• samoa
• San Marino
• Singapore
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• The Solomon Islands
• Spain
• Sweden
• Swiss
• Taiwan, you must have an ordinary passport issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs which includes the personal identification number
• United Arab Emirates
• Vatican City State, you must have a passport or travel document issued by the Vatican.