{"id":16908,"date":"2018-06-25T15:15:56","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T19:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=16908"},"modified":"2018-06-25T16:40:50","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T20:40:50","slug":"antiguans-will-soon-have-to-travel-to-trinidad-for-canadian-visa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antiguans-will-soon-have-to-travel-to-trinidad-for-canadian-visa\/","title":{"rendered":"Antiguans will soon have to travel to Trinidad for Canadian visa"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to Canada Sir Ron Sanders has announced that citizens will no longer be allowed to process Canadian visa applications remotely.<\/p>

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Come December, the application process will require residents to present themselves physically.<\/p>\n

Presently, the documents\u00a0are shipped to Trinidad and Tobago for processing.<\/p>

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The high-ranking diplomat says “I have raised with the Canadian authorities the additional costs that Antigua and Barbuda citizens will face. \u00a0(I can only speak for Antigua and Barbuda, although all OECS nationals face the same situation).”<\/p>

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“In this connection, I am traveling to Ottawa in July to discuss other creative ways in which the biometric data for visas could be secured without nationals having to incur the cost of traveling to Trinidad,” he added.<\/p>\n

“Citizens of All CARICOM countries, except Bahamas and Barbados, who want to enter Canada have to get a Visa. \u00a0In the case of all the OECS countries, they will have to travel to Trinidad which is the closest location at which Canada has a visa-issuing agency,” Sir Ron said in an email to Antigua Newsroom.<\/p>

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He said the reason for this is as part of its beefed-up security processes, Canada now requires all persons, from all over the world who need visas to provide biometric data. \u00a0This includes fingerprints and photo information. Therefore, he said the visa applicants from all OECS countries have to go Trinidad to physically provide the data from December.<\/div>\n
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For many other non Caribbean countries, the requirement comes into effect on\u00a0July 1st.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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“However, it is important to note that the Visa with the biometric data lasts for 10 years,” the diplomat said.<\/div>\n
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