hi this is darlington from darlington academy and in this video i'm gonna be showing you guys how
to apply for an electronic travel authorization online uh popularly known as eta uh before we
dive in these are the key points i want you guys to remember one an eta is an entry requirement
for visa exempt foreign nationals traveling to canada by air uh two an eta is valid for
up to five years or until your passport expires three an eta doesn't guarantee entry to canada
four to apply you need your passport a credit or debit card and an email address four or rather
five an eta cost seven canadian dollars and also finally approval can take minutes or several days
depending uh if extra documentation is needed who exactly needs an eta to travel to canada
one visa exempt foreign nationals need an eta to fly to or transit through a canadian airport two
lawful permanent residents of the united states of america three citizens from select visa required
countries on certain conditions i'll be showing you guys that are very uh in a brief moment
and finally uh for all the full list of the eta required and exempt countries
you're going to find that in the description area let's quickly dive in so the first thing
you do is you type on your web browser cic.gc.ca or canada.ca and then uh you're going to choose
english but before that remember i told you guys in the powerpoint presentation that i'm going
to be leaving these links in the description area this is like some of the uh visa exempt countries
uh the visa exempt travelers and finally the eta exemptions you're gonna find all these links in
the description area so that it helps you find out if you're gonna be needing an eta or visitor visa
to come to canada also remember that if you do not need if you're not going to need an eta to
come to canada i'm also going to leave the link of how to apply for a visitor visa to canada a video i
already made on how to come to canada as a visitor so the first thing you do is you choose english
and then on the menu you go to immigration and citizenship and choose visit then here it says
are you outside canada find information about visiting from outside canada so you click on that
once you do that because we are trying to do what apply for an electronic travel authorization we
are gonna choose this click on that then apply online for an eta then we're gonna click on that
so once you do that um it's gonna tell you that you can get information in other languages but
we're going to use english go all the way down here it also shows you an overview of the eta
application process just like i said in the powerpoint presentation so you go all the way
down and then you apply for an eta click on that and then it's gonna ask you do you have a passport
issued by france of venezuela if it's a yes for you you choose yes if no choose no and then it's
gonna show you some of the uh easy instructions on how to uh put your passport information so
we're gonna go again all the way down continue to the eta application form then you choose on that
then you're gonna start the process so the first thing we're gonna do is it's gonna ask you are you
applying on behalf of someone you're gonna choose yes or no uh just remember that if you're applying
on behalf of someone you're gonna do it one at a time meaning if you're coming with a family you're
gonna apply for yourself then pay for that then apply for your kids or your husband and pay for
that you can't apply all for your family members in one application it's gonna be one at a time
so if you're applying for someone you're going to choose yes if you are not and you're doing it for
yourself just choose no and continue so for this part i have to uh complete the whole process i'm
going to walk you guys through it it's just like a simple demo on how to fill out the application for
an electronic travel authorization uh application form so it's gonna ask you what document do you
plan to travel with to canada then on here you're going to choose the one you want or the one you
have rather then you're going to select the code that matches the one on your passport but this
one i chose barbados because it's under one of those um countries that can come to uh canada as
you can see it says visa exempt traveler so i chose this that's why i'm using it for the demo and then
what is the nationality noted on this passport i chose the same country uh passport details
of applicant i just made up this number but you're gonna put the one on your passport passport number
so you're gonna re-entire it then you put your surname the way it is exactly on your passport
and then your given names the date of birth your gender your country or territory of birth
city or town of birth date of issue of your passport the date it was issued the expiring date
then for your personal details so if you are from if you have two citizenships right
so already it's showing me here that i am a citizen of the barbados so if you have to
you are just going to click on here and you choose the other one and add it also here you can insert
extra rows if you have multiple so for marital status you're going to choose if you're married
in the drop down menu choose married legally separated before so for this demo i'm using
a single never married so have you ever applied to obtain so for this one i'm gonna say if it's
a yes for you you choose yes if no you choose no employment information so here you see a drop down
menu and you're going to choose what fits you for this demo i'm using sales and service occupations
um select the best option that describes your job so in the drop down menu um you're gonna sorry um
name of employer or school as appropriate rather so um you're gonna choose the name
of your employer and you're gonna choose um your job title on this one after you've choosing your
occupation you choose your job title and then the country of your employer and then the city since
when you've been working there then contact information how they're going to reach you
then english or french the email address remember again in the powerpoint presentation i said that
you're gonna be needing um your email address so that they can reach out to you once it's
approved right so you re-enter your email and then here you're gonna put your residential address
information so for this demo i just used a random number here your street your street address
um your city uh and then your country and then uh it's gonna ask you a couple questions here do
you know when you're gonna travel to canada if you choose yes for an example then you're gonna
be able to like put uh when do you plan to travel to canada you're gonna choose all these dates but
it's always recommended uh to make sure that you get your eta before you decide uh to book your
flight right so we're gonna stick to no and then it's gonna actually a couple background questions
have you ever been refused visa um a visa permit so in the drop down menu you're just going to
choose a yes or no depending on what works for you have you ever been uh committed been arrested or
charged all these good questions here you answered them um and then finally do you have any of these
conditions if you do you choose the one if you don't none of the above um if you have any um
additional details for your application then you're gonna add that here after you've done that
you are going to click on the uh i agree consent and then signature of applicant you're gonna fill
your full name it says to sign enter your name as it appears on your passport once you do that and
that's exactly how to fill out their application you are going to proceed to pay your payment right
like i said it's gonna be a five dollar payment as you can see here um it's showing you summary
of fees for the name on your passport and then you are gonna transmit it's gonna be a seven dollar
pay you're gonna transmit once you click on that it's telling you what to do you're going to choose
whatever you want put your information down here and then pay and this is a simple way on
how to apply for an eta uh to come to canada thank you guys for watching and bye for now