SOURCE-BACKED ANSWER
What documents and steps are needed for Visitor visa for Canada?
Passport, travel-purpose, funds, ties, travel-history and country-specific evidence controlled by the current visitor-visa instructions. Confirm each current form and personalized checklist control on www.canada.ca.
Practical order
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Confirm that a visitor visa—not an eTA or another document—is the entry document associated with your passport and travel method.
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Read the current eligibility, identity, funds, purpose-of-travel, ties and return requirements on the official visitor-visa pages.
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Open the document list for your country or territory and gather the passport, travel history, financial and purpose evidence that applies.
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Create your own IRCC account and answer the online questions using your real travel purpose and complete history.
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Upload readable files, review every form and explanation, and pay the visitor-visa and biometrics fees directly to IRCC when required.
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Submit the application yourself, complete biometrics or a medical exam only when instructed, and monitor the account for messages.
It does not determine eligibility, predict a decision or submit anything for you.