Canadian Transit Visa for Chinese Citizen

[Eric & Jin 10]

I was just wondering if anyone has any experience obtaining a Canadian Transit visa for their Chinese spouse/fiancee? I know that a non green card holding Chinese citizen must have one in order to change planes in Canada while traveling from China to the US or vice versa but have no idea how hard it is to get one. Thanks!

[endoftheroad 1]

I was just wondering if anyone has any experience obtaining a Canadian Transit visa for their Chinese spouse/fiancee? I know that a non green card holding Chinese citizen must have one in order to change planes in Canada while traveling from China to the US or vice versa but have no idea how hard it is to get one. Thanks!

Is a Chinese "non green card holding" person different from other "non green card holding" persons (say from Russia or Sweden) in Canada? Maybe ask on the Canadian board or other general boards. I would think the fact the person is Chinese would not single them out for special restrictions.

[Eric & Jin 10]

Ok, I chatted with someone who just recently obtained Canadian transit visas for his Chinese inlaws and there is not much to the process. You can download the visa application form from the Canadian Embassy's website and then the Chinese citizen will need to submit the application to the Canadian Embassy or Consulate in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou or Chongqing. There is no fee for the visa and usually only takes a couple of days to get. So I guess that it is relatively easy to get but I would still consider it to be a pretty big hassle just to be able to change planes in Canada.