Travelling to Canada from Australia?
My boyfriend's coming to visit me in Canada from Australia and we're pretty sure we have everything sorted but he's really worried still and it's making me worried. So I thought I'd ask to reassure ourselves since it's a lot more direct and simple than all the googling I've been doing!
He's got his passport, photo ID, and flight tickets booked and printed (booked back in May). He's bought travel insurance. The government websites say you don't need a visa to visit Canada for a short stay (he's staying for 4 weeks) if you're an Australian citizen. Is he missing anything? Should he bring a birth certificate on top of his ID? (Is an age of majority/over 18 card accurate enough photo ID?) Are there further documents he'll need to present to be allowed into the country? I've read about the questions he'll be asked and I gave him my information and address/phone numbers so he's good there. He has no criminal record or anything of that sort. The only thing he's bringing in his luggage is clothes and video games and video game controllers/handheld consoles (Nintendo 3DS and Game Boy), along with a cell phone (so he can text me until he's out of Australia, as a comfort) and a camera.
One question would be, does he need to print out the confirmation his travel insurance gave him and bring that with him? I haven't seen the documents for that myself so I'm not sure what it says, and he's been really busy so I haven't been able to ask or have him forward me the e-mail.
The main thing I'm wondering about at this moment is I remember reading about needing some proof you had enough money to support yourself while visiting -- does this still count if it's only a 4 week visit without a visa? If it does, how do you prove this? Print out a bank statement? All I've really found is if you're carrying over CAD$10,000 you have to claim it.
Thank you!
He's got his passport, photo ID, and flight tickets booked and printed (booked back in May). He's bought travel insurance. The government websites say you don't need a visa to visit Canada for a short stay (he's staying for 4 weeks) if you're an Australian citizen. Is he missing anything? Should he bring a birth certificate on top of his ID? (Is an age of majority/over 18 card accurate enough photo ID?) Are there further documents he'll need to present to be allowed into the country? I've read about the questions he'll be asked and I gave him my information and address/phone numbers so he's good there. He has no criminal record or anything of that sort. The only thing he's bringing in his luggage is clothes and video games and video game controllers/handheld consoles (Nintendo 3DS and Game Boy), along with a cell phone (so he can text me until he's out of Australia, as a comfort) and a camera.
One question would be, does he need to print out the confirmation his travel insurance gave him and bring that with him? I haven't seen the documents for that myself so I'm not sure what it says, and he's been really busy so I haven't been able to ask or have him forward me the e-mail.
The main thing I'm wondering about at this moment is I remember reading about needing some proof you had enough money to support yourself while visiting -- does this still count if it's only a 4 week visit without a visa? If it does, how do you prove this? Print out a bank statement? All I've really found is if you're carrying over CAD$10,000 you have to claim it.
Thank you!
I'm so happy to hear that and it's going to ease his mind a lot.
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