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Scheduling an appointment for Biometric Enrolment is optional – walk-in clients are always welcome to submit their biometrics without a prior appointment. Note however that a planned visit with a preferred time slot via an appointment at the Visa Application Centre guarantees prompt service, thus eliminating longer waiting time resulting in inconvenience. You can schedule an appointment at the nearest Visa Application Centre, either through the VAC website or by calling the call center at +971 4 2055881

Temporary resident visa, study and work permit applicants’ study and work permit applicants only need to give biometrics once every 10 years; and those who already provided biometrics also benefit from this initiative

However, permanent residence applicants will need to give biometrics with each application

If you have applied for a temporary resident visa, study or work permit in the past and are unsure if the biometrics have been provided, Please refer to the IRCC website (Canada.gc.ca/biometrics), and Find out if your biometrics are still valid

Refer to the IRCC website for a list of visa-required countries for temporary residents: entry requirements

For the purposes of biometric collection, nationality is based on the nationality you have declared in question number 6 (*Citizenship) on the IRCC application form

Applicants who have submitted an application online to IRCC must present a Biometric Instruction Letter to enrol their biometrics. To find out more about biometrics visit the IRCC website

Applicants applying in person at a VAC do not need to present a Biometric Instruction Letter

Nationals from Europe, Africa and the Middle East and those who are already biometrics required from Asia and the Americas only need to provide biometrics once every 10 years for temporary resident visa, study or work permit applications. However these permanent resident applicants will need to give biometrics regardless of whether they gave biometrics in the past

Biometrics will be collected using a quick, discreet and non-intrusive process that captures a facial image with a digital camera and a 10-digit fingerprint scan with an electronic fingerprint capture device

Please Click Here for more information’s if you are required to enrol Biometrics

STEPS TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT

Step 1

Click on Schedule an Appointment

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Step 2

Appear at the Visa Application Centre in person.

Find your closest CVAC

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Step 3

Make sure you bring

Your passport

Your Biometric Instruction Letter from the Government of Canada, if you have submitted an application online to IRCC

Additional documentation, if applicable –To find out more please click here

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