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| Down town Vancouver |
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| Gardenia house at Larkin Drive, UBC |
Applying for a visa to Canada
Holding an Indonesian passport is not easy. Anytime we want to go abroad outside the Southeast Asian countries, we have to apply for a visa. This summer 2014, I applied for a visa to visit my family in Canada. It was not too hard because I asked a travel agent to organize my application through the Canadian Embassy in Jakarta. I just need to prepare the following documents:
1. My Passport (of course)
2. Kartu Keluarga (Family Registration card)
3. KTP (which I did not have yet at that time due to the lateness of the E-KTP which never arrive)
4. Photograph must be standard
5. Print out of the air-ticket (can be booked at Anta Tour)
6. Bank book showing your financial balance
7. Sponsor letter from Canada (in this case my husband issue a letter from me)
8. An invitation letter from any institution showing that I will present a paper at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, Canada.
9. A letter from Udayana University to guarantee that I will be back to Bali or not illegally work in Canada
10. Than some cash depending on the kind of visa you apply for. In my case I paid IDR 1,570,000 for multiple entry visa which is good for a year.
After all the requirements are complete, the travel agent then send all those documents to Jakarta to be proceded at the Canadian Embassy.
It took about two weeks to get it done. It was a good way to apply for a visa using the travel agent or other services because we do not need to deal directly with the Embassy or the consulate, but we have to pay extra fee for their services.
I was scheduled to give a talk on at the UBC in June 17, but due to the lateness of my visa, I could't leave for Canada till June 23, therefore they rescheduled my talk for June 26 on Thursday at 12:30 at the Asian Center, UBC.
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| What a pretty place to be during the summer |
I hope the above information is useful for you if you need to apply for a visa to Canada someday. Good luck, guys! I hope that you all have no problem in applying for any visa to Canada. Wishing you all the best from Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Note: The following is the list of the Southeast Asian countries where we can get Visa On Arrival (VoA).
Countries
Country
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Area (km2)
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Population
(2012)
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Density
(/km2)
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GDP (nominal),
USD (2012)
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GDP (nominal) per
capita, USD (2012)[7]
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HDI (2012)
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Capital
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5,765
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434,320
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74
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16,852,000,000
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$38,801
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0.885
|
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181,035
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15,254,000
|
84
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14,246,000,000
|
$934
|
0.543
|
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14,874
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1,119,000
|
74
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4,214,000,000
|
$1,066
|
0.567
|
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1,904,569
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244,468,000
|
127
|
894,854,000,000
|
$3,660
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0.629
|
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236,800
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6,376,000
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28
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9,269,000,000
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$1,454
|
0.543
|
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329,847
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29,038,000
|
87
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305,826,000,000
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$10,579
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0.769
|
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676,000
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63,672,000
|
92
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54,049,000,000
|
$849
|
0.498
|
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300,000
|
101,392,320
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320
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250,436,000,000
|
$2,462
|
0.654
|
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724
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5,366,000
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7,285
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267,941,000,000
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$49,936
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0.895
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513,120
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64,460,000
|
125
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376,989,000,000
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$6,572
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0.690
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331,210
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90,388,000
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270
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137,681,000,000
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$1,523
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0.617
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