Ryan Ba­choo

Trinidad and To­ba­go has been named among 13 coun­tries that are now un­der the elec­tron­ic trav­el au­tho­riza­tion (eTA) pro­gram.

Trav­ellers from these coun­tries who have ei­ther held a Cana­di­an visa in the last 10 years or who cur­rent­ly hold a valid Unit­ed States non-im­mi­grant visa can now ap­ply for an eTA in­stead of a visa when trav­el­ling to Cana­da by air.

Ef­fec­tive Tues­day, el­i­gi­ble trav­ellers from these coun­tries can ben­e­fit from the pro­gram:

An­tigua and Bar­bu­da

Ar­genti­na

Cos­ta Ri­ca

Mo­roc­co

Pana­ma

Philip­pines

St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Lu­cia

St. Vin­cent and the Grenadines

Sey­chelles

Thai­land

Trinidad and To­ba­go

Uruguay

A state­ment on Tues­day read, "In­tro­duc­ing visa-free air trav­el will make it faster, eas­i­er, and more af­ford­able for thou­sands of trav­ellers to vis­it Cana­da for up to six months for ei­ther busi­ness or leisure. It will al­so help grow Cana­da’s econ­o­my by fa­cil­i­tat­ing more trav­el, tourism and in­ter­na­tion­al busi­ness, and by strength­en­ing Cana­da’s re­la­tion­ships with these coun­tries while keep­ing Cana­di­ans safe."