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加拿大联邦公民及移民部宣布，2009年7月30日实施、原定试行一年的中国旅客免中转签证试验计划(China Transit Trial)，已经决定延长试验期，直至2012年9月30日止。
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是否可在加拿大停留？

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Google了一下: 限制条件还不少, 停留肯定是不可以的, 只在温哥华可以, 还要有美签及马上出发的机票, 中国的护照只限6个城市
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9 ^6 Y9 K( \( v8 m<TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD>Canada Transit Without Visa Program

Wednesday, 5 August 2009
$ f2 G6 G7 D. j6 aCitizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC), in cooperation with the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), has announced the formalization of the Transit Without Visa (TWOV) program at Vancouver International Airport into a national program.

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The TWOV Program, will allow certain foreign nationals with valid United States visas, travelling to and from the United States, to transit Canada without a Canadian visa.
; }. O1 ~0 J  U, \4 q6 ?The objective of the TWOV Program is to facilitate the movement of bona fide travellers transiting Canada while maintaining the security of Canadians and the integrity of Canada's immigration and refugee protection programs.

The TWOV Program applies only to nationals of the following four countries:

• Indonesia
  
• The Philippines
  
• Taiwan
  
• Thailand
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• China* (on a trial basis as described below)
  

In order to be eligible to travel under the TWOV Program, nationals of these countries must:
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• be in possession of a valid United States visa;
  
• be in possession of a valid passport issued by the authorities of a participating country;
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• hold a confirmed onward ticket for a connecting flight that departs Canada immediately (foreign nationals transiting Canada under the TWOV Program may not seek entry to Canada as a temporary resident);
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• be arriving in Canada on an airline that has an up-to-date TWOV Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with CIC and the CBSA; and
  
• be transiting through an approved Canadian airport.
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The following airlines have an up-to-date TWOV MOU with CIC and the CBSA, and are therefore eligible to carry TWOV passengers:

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• Cathay Pacific Airways
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• China Airlines
  
• Philippine Airlines
  

Currently, only the Vancouver International Airport has United States in transit preclearance facilities and an up-to-date TWOV MOU with CIC and the CBSA. As such, it is presently the only Canadian airport that is eligible to receive TWOV flights.
CIC, in cooperation with the CBSA, is also introducing a limited one-year China Transit Trial at the Vancouver International Airport as of July 30, 2009. Similar to the TWOV Program, the China Transit Trial will allow Chinese nationals with valid United States visas travelling to and from the United States, to transit the Vancouver International Airport without a Canadian visa.
# ~% e2 n8 j0 iThis one year trial is limited to the airlines currently participating in the TWOV Program and the Vancouver International Airport. In addition, Chinese nationals participating in the TWOV Program must have as their last embarkation point one of the following six cities:
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• Beijing;
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• Hong Kong;
  
• Shanghai;
  
• Guangzhou;
  
• Manila; or
  
• Taipei.
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