Many visitors to Canada will pay $7 fee beginning next year under security plan
OTTAWA – Millions of visitors to Canada will pay a $7 application fee under a new electronic security screening plan.
The federal government announced the fee today for online travel applications as part of the sweeping perimeter security pact with the United States.
Foreign nationals who currently do not need a visa to visit Canada — including people from Britain, France and many other countries — would have to successfully apply for a so-called electronic travel authorization before arriving by air.
U.S. citizens would be exempted from the requirement.
Visitors would apply through the Citizenship and Immigration website by entering biographic details, passport and background information — the kind of data now requested by officers at Canadian entry ports or in a visa application.
An electronic system would verify the information against immigration and enforcement databases and conduct a risk assessment of the applicant.
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