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Originally Posted by jimworcs
Phx,
I have read your entry and links and cannot find anywhere were it says a Transit Visa is needed for Canada for the route proposed. My reading of it is that the passenger must be able to provide sufficient documentation to prove intended destination and sufficient funds to get there. Where exactly does it say you need a transit visa?
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When you plug in all of the required information and click "Get Information" the passport and visa requirements are displayed in two sections. The first is "Passport and Visa Information: Transit" and the second is "Passport and Visa Information: Destinations." If you select an Argentinian citizen embarking in Argentina, transiting Canada, with a destination of the UK it clearly states under the first section ""Passport and Visa Information: Transit - Canada (CA); Information: Normal Passports - Visa Required."
Furthermore, there is this information from the
official government website of Citizenship and Immigration Canada:
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Countries and territories whose citizens require visas in order to enter Canada as visitors
Citizens of the following countries and territories require a Visa to VISIT or TRANSIT Canada:
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Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Argentina
Armenia
Azerbaijan
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This confirms that the TimaticWeb information is current and correct.
And for future reference, a Google search using the following key words, "transiting united states visa requirements" will produce a
link to this US State Department web page providing all of the information one would need. A few clicks and one would see that Argentina is currently not a participant in the
US Visa Waiver Program and therefore would require a visa even if only transiting a US airport with an immediate departure to another country.
All of the above information took me all of 15-20 minutes to track down on the internet. Just think if a certain individual had simply taken the same amount of time to do the same they probably would have been in the UK by now!