abrodnik@watdragon.uwaterloo.ca (Andrej Brodnik (Andy)) (04/03/91)
Hi there, I just received the following text from the colleague in Zuerich: [from: CMU] ________________________________________________________________________ The purpose of this message is to inform you of the most recent changes affecting the processing of visitor visas to Canada. Effective April 1, 1991, a fee of $44 (US) per person will be charged for processing an application. The fee for a family will be $87 (US). Following is an updated list of countries whose citizens are exempt from Canadian visitor visas: Andorra, Antigua & Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Botswana, Brunei, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Denmark, Dominica, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles Republic, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Spain, Surinam, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tonga, Tuvalu, United States, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Western Samoa, Zambia, Zimbabwe. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is about the four times the price it was in effective before. Does anybody has more information that about? The next question is what makes other countries less valuable that their citizens have to pay $44 to enter the Canada? Just for comparison, the price of $44 is in Yugoslavia (which happened not to be on this list) about three days average salary. Does that mean that if you are born in YU, you will have less possibility to see Canada? Where did I read, that all people are of same (equal) value from the point of birth (or however it was formulated)? Yes, you are right, for my next trip home, I'll have to add to the cost of my air-ticket additional $87 (for my and my wife's visa). But I am very lucky, since I will not have to pay for my daughter's visa, since she is Canadian!-) Andrej PS: If you would like, you can replace Yugoslavia in the above paragraph with, for example, Poland. But in this case, the visa price is about a week salary (or even more). -- Darren Meister darren@watnow.waterloo.edu ==============================================================================