Q&A Categories Archives: Travel Related FAQ

I hold a travel document from Canada I’m a perment residence of Canada, IM a citizen of Nicaragua, do I need a visa to enter usa for vacation.

Yes, you need a visa. Your citizenship determines whether or not you need a visa, not your permanent residence status.

I am a protected person in Canada holding a travel document, As per UAE embassy they dont accept such document and i want to go and visit my family. The question is, when can i get my original passport ? so ill be able go and visit, knowing that i didnt get my PR yet.

You may get your passport back when you get your PR Card but it could be later as well.

I have British passport and a residency card in canada and would like to travel to Florida by car what do I need to do This?

You need as ESTA (visa waiver) to travel to the United States. You can apply for one here.

IV BEEN A PR SINCE MAY 2012, IV BEEN TRAVELLING AROUND THE GLOBE WITH NO ISSUES, OF COURSE I NEVER GO TO MY HOME COUNTRY, BUT HERES A QUESTION, I WANT TO PROPOSE TO MY GIRL IN THE UK, NOW IN THE PAST WHEN I JUST HAD MY STATELESS PERSONS DOCUMENT AND MY UNITED NATIONS TRAVEL DOCUMENT, I WAS REFUSED VISA ,PLUS I DIDNT HAVE A SOLID JOB THEN, NOW IV BEEN WITH MY COMPANY FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR, I HAVE STUBS TO SHOW FLOW OF INCOME, LETTER FROM MY EMPLOYER, MY BENEFITS ETC, ANY WORDS ON HOW TO GO ABOUT GETTING MY HOLIDAY VISA, I PLAN TO BE THERE JUST FOR A WEEKEND.

You can definitely try again. You should provide all of that information you mentioned as part of your visa application. Show the PR Card too, thought that will likely not help to the extent that you hope. It’s the refugee travel document which is probably the issue.

Canadian embassy or consulate in dubai

Abu Dhabi Trade Towers
(Abu Dhabi Mall)
West Tower, 9th Floor
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
2-694-0300

19th Floor
Jumeirah Emirates Towers
Sheikh Zayed Road
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
4-404-8444

I am from Pakistan and became Permanent Resident of Canada almost a year ago through refugee protected person program. I was delivered my home country’s passport together when they issued me PR card. My passport is still valid till September 2018. I intend to travel Denmark to get married to Pakistani girl who is coming to Denmark from Pakistan to marry me. I spoke with an Immigration officer in immigration office couple months back and he told me that I can use my home country passport to travel overseas since its valid. I just want to reconfirm whether it will be safe to use my Pakistani passport to travel to Europe or elsewhere other than Pakistan? My second question is that when someone applies for travel document, does he surrender his/her home country’s passport?

As long as your passport is valid, you can travel. You will need a visa to travel to Denmark but, otherwise, there shouldn’t be any issues.

Since you received your passport back, you do not need a travel document. If you do want to apply for one, you will have to surrender your passport. You will then have to check with Denmark as to whether or not you need a visa with that travel document.

I am sponsoring my spouse from Ukraine to come to Canada. I was wondering, when she gets here, what I need to do to be able to visit the USA with her. Since our honeymoon might be somewhere in the states, I want to be able to travel without there being any problems.

Your wife will need to apply for a US visa. She can do it from Ukraine or from Canada after she arrives. Visas are usually multiple entry and valid for a long period of time.

I currently hold a valid PR card. I am interested in travelling to the Dominican Republic. I was wondering whether a valid Refugee Travel Document would suffice, along with my PR card. According to the DR embassy, an entry visa is given, to those holding a PR card, but a valid passport is required. Would the Refugee Travel Document replace the required passport?

You should contact the Embassy of the DR in Ottawa to confirm that you can use your Refugee Travel Document to go to the DR. It’s up to them. (Don’t ask your airline as they may not know.)

I applied for a travel document after i received my PR card on 15th March 2016…it has been rejected..i want to know the reason

If you were not informed in writing as to the reasons why your Canadian Refugee Travel Document application was rejected, you can try calling Passport Canada at 1-800-567-6868 to see if you can find out what you did wrong.

Alternatively, you can file an Access to Information request to see if you can get access to the file notes.