Do we need to make changes to the eTA (Canada)?

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A new Canadian eTA is only required if the original eTA expires (or is cancelled by the government), or a passport other than the one associated with the original eTA is used for travel.

Period of validity

12.05 (1) An electronic travel authorization is valid for a period of five years from the day on which it is issued to the applicant or until the earliest of the following days, if they occur before the end of that period:

  • (a) the day on which the applicant’s passport or other travel document, in respect of which the electronic travel authorization was issued, expires,

  • (b) the day on which the electronic travel authorization is cancelled,

  • (c) the day on which a new electronic travel authorization, in respect of the same passport or the same travel document, is issued to the applicant, or

  • (d) the day on which the country or authority referred to in paragraph 190(1)(a) that issued the passport or other travel document in respect of which the electronic travel authorization was issued is no longer referred to in that paragraph.


One may want to apply for a new eTA, but is not required to, if information related to their admissibility (e.g. criminal convictions) changes if they would like to get their admissibility reassessed before flying to Canada. In all cases, an admissibility determination may be carried out at the border.

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