{"question":{"passport":"ROU","destination":"CAN","entryDate":"2026-09-12"},"dateBasis":"reference-date","status":"conditional","headline":"Travel authorisation, 6 months","requirement":{"kind":"eta","message":"Before you travel: you need a travel authorisation."},"stay":{"kind":"MONTHS","maxMonths":6,"phrasing":"You may stay up to 6 months."},"conditions":[{"kind":"BIOMETRIC_PASSPORT","text":"A foreign national who is a citizen of Romania is exempt from the requirement to obtain a temporary resident visa if they hold a machine-readable passport that contains a contactless integrated circuit chip and that is issued by Romania"}],"caveat":null,"source":{"documentId":"irpr-s190","url":"https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/sor-2002-227/section-190.html","passage":"(2.1) A foreign national who is a citizen of Romania is exempt from the requirement to obtain a temporary resident visa if they hold a machine-readable passport that contains a contactless integrated circuit chip and that is issued by Romania.","explanation":"s.190(2.1) exempts a Romanian citizen who holds a machine-readable passport with a contactless chip; as a visa-exempt air traveller s.7.1(1) then requires an eTA.","publisher":"Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations … Regulations are current to 2026-06-17 and last amended on 2026-06-12."},"checkedAt":"2026-08-26","snapshotAsOf":"2026-09-10","dataVersion":"4f66864a7d4f8a08b6c8c7e446d7f16addcd9303","upcomingChange":null,"alternatives":[],"scope":{"covers":["recorded entry requirement","recorded stay allowance"],"notEstablished":["personal admission decision","work permission","residence rights","tax position","individual eligibility for every condition"],"passportType":"ordinary"}}