How to check for fake visas

Documents and Stamps

1. (a) Canadian passport (new version)

Introduced on May 28, 2002.
New cover, bar-coded serial number, digitized photo.

 

1. (b) Canadian passport (old version)

Introduced on August 27, 1993.

1. (c) Canadian temporary passport

Introduced on October 31, 2005.
This 8-page passport has a white front and back cover with a minimum validity of six months up to a maximum validity of one year. It is not extendable past one year and does not replace the one-page emergency passport.

1. (d) Canadian Emergency Travel Document

Issued by a Canadian consulate or embassy to Canadian citizens to facilitate a single return journey to Canada.

2. Canadian travel document (refugee travel document)

Issued to Convention refugees who are unable to obtain a passport from their country of nationality.

3. Canadian certificate of identity

Issued to permanent residents of Canada who are unable to obtain a passport from their country of nationality.

4. Canadian Permanent Resident Card

This document is mandatory for travel to Canada by permanent residents.

5. (a) Single journey travel document

Issued by a Canadian consulate or embassy to permanent residents or temporary resident permit holders under limited and exceptional circumstances to facilitate a single journey to Canada.

5. (b) Single journey document for resettlement to Canada

Issued by Canadian authorities abroad to foreign nationals whom refugee protection is conferred to facilitate their initial trip to Canada.

6. Temporary Resident Permit

A Canadian permit to enter or remain in Canada. It authorizes a person to come into Canada within a period of validity provided it has been issued prior to April 30, 2005, and indicates "AUTHORIZED TO LEAVE AND RE-ENTER."

7. Canadian visa

Issued to both new immigrants and temporary residents (visitors) to facilitate their journey to Canada. Also issued to permanent residents outside Canada who do not have a permanent resident card.
"A" Series Counterfoil

"B" Series Counterfoil