Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations

Marginal note:Electronic travel authorization — application by electronic system

• 12.04 (1) Despite section 10 and subject to subsection (2), an application for an electronic travel authorization under subsection 11(1.01) of the Act must be made by means of an electronic system that is made available by the Department for that purpose.

• Marginal note:Electronic travel authorization — application by other means

  (2) If the applicant is unable to make the application by means of the electronic system because of a physical or mental disability, it may be made by another means, made available for that purpose, that would enable the applicant to make the application, including a paper application form.

• Marginal note:Payment of fee

  (3) The fee referred to in subsection 294.1(1) must be paid at the time the application is made and, unless the application is made under subsection (2), it must be paid by electronic means.

• Marginal note:Required information

  (4) The application must contain the following information:

  • (a) the applicant’s name;

  • (b) the applicant’s date and place of birth;

  • (c) the applicant’s gender;

  • (d) the applicant’s address;

  • (e) the applicant’s nationality;

  • (f) the number of the applicant’s passport or other travel document, together with its date of issue and its expiry date and the country or the authority that issued it;

  • (g) if the applicant is an applicant referred to in any of paragraphs 10(2)(c.1) to (c.4), the information required under that paragraph;

  • (h) if the applicant is making the application by means of the electronic system referred to in subsection (1), the applicant’s email address;

  • (h.1) in the case of a foreign national referred to in paragraph 7.01(2)(b), the valid United States nonimmigrant visa number; and

  • (i) a declaration that the information provided in the application is complete and accurate.

• Marginal note:Combined applications — foreign nationals referred to in subsection 7.01(1)

  (5) An application for a renewal of a work permit or study permit that is made by a foreign national referred to in subsection 7.01(1) is considered to constitute an application for an electronic travel authorization.

• Marginal note:Combined applications — foreign nationals referred to in subsection 7.1(1)

  (6) An application for a work permit or study permit or for renewal of a work permit or study permit that is made by a foreign national who is required under subsection 7.1(1) to obtain an electronic travel authorization is considered to constitute an application for an electronic travel authorization.