Urgent what's meaning of visa vh1 can
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I will share an experience with the VAC in Bangkok for a Thai citizen who applied for a Canadian transit visa. VH-1 (visa reads: "VH-1"; person: ONE; category: ONE; something else (illegible in photo): AO7) for the outbound flight (BKK-PEK-YUL-HAV) and had no problem. Quick and easy. It was granted with a validity of 6 months. Then the return flight changed and necessitated transiting through Canada again. I contacted the VAC to see if we needed a second transit visa. I assumed that category=ONE might mean only one transit. I couldn't see anything else that indicated only one transit.
VAC in Bangkok wrote back to say that the VH-1 the Thai citizen already had could be used for the return also if it happened before the expiration date. I asked what "ONE" meant and didn't get a clear answer. So we applied for a second VH-1 and the Canadian Embassy in Bangkok also granted this. Very fast. All of this is for travel in April 2020. I believe the Thai pax is covered both ways, but as we are traveling together, we will try to find out if we needed the second visa or not. Will post any findings here.
***QUESTION*** Upon arrival in YYZ, there is a 4.5 layover before the onward flight YYZ-ICN, for which he will have a boarding pass and luggage tags. Thai pax wants to know if he can go outside the terminal to smoke. I am assuming that if he were to present his passport to Canadian immigration, they would say he can't leave the sterile area of the airport., even though they will be able to see his boarding pass for the next flight. Any thoughts on this? Any discretionary authority? Remotely possibly he would be allowed outside to go to the smoking area? I will be accompanying pax from HAV-YYZ, and then continuing on to IAD myself.
Thanks for any information!
VAC in Bangkok wrote back to say that the VH-1 the Thai citizen already had could be used for the return also if it happened before the expiration date. I asked what "ONE" meant and didn't get a clear answer. So we applied for a second VH-1 and the Canadian Embassy in Bangkok also granted this. Very fast. All of this is for travel in April 2020. I believe the Thai pax is covered both ways, but as we are traveling together, we will try to find out if we needed the second visa or not. Will post any findings here.
***QUESTION*** Upon arrival in YYZ, there is a 4.5 layover before the onward flight YYZ-ICN, for which he will have a boarding pass and luggage tags. Thai pax wants to know if he can go outside the terminal to smoke. I am assuming that if he were to present his passport to Canadian immigration, they would say he can't leave the sterile area of the airport., even though they will be able to see his boarding pass for the next flight. Any thoughts on this? Any discretionary authority? Remotely possibly he would be allowed outside to go to the smoking area? I will be accompanying pax from HAV-YYZ, and then continuing on to IAD myself.
Thanks for any information!
Hi
1. As you can stay in Canada for 48 hours with a transit visa, he should be allowed to leave the sterile area for a smoke. He should note that it would have to be quick, as he would have to clear security again to get to his onward flight. Which could take time if it is busy.
1. As you can stay in Canada for 48 hours with a transit visa, he should be allowed to leave the sterile area for a smoke. He should note that it would have to be quick, as he would have to clear security again to get to his onward flight. Which could take time if it is busy.