For people who are looking to immigrate to Canada, one of the most importa and vital steps is to make an appoime with the Canadian Embassy. This process may seem difficult, but by knowing the necessary steps and tips, it can be done easily. Since there is no Canadian embassy in Iran, applicas must travel to neighboring couries to submit their visa application. In this article, we will examine the steps and time required to make an appoime with the Canadian Embassy in Istanbul.
How to make an appoime with the Canadian embassy?
If we wa to briefly and clearly answer the question of how to get a visa from the Canadian Embassy, we must meion two main methods:
Online appoime of the Canadian Embassy in Istanbul
If you decide to apply for a Canadian visa in person, you should note that since there is no Canadian embassy in Iran, you need to travel to one of the accredited Canadian agencies in neighboring couries. First, you must deliver the documes you need to the agency and fill out the releva forms carefully. After completing these steps, on the date and time that has already been determined, you must go to one of the Vok ceers and do the fingerpriing process.
Note that before going to the fingerpriing ceer, you must pay the amou related to this process and prese the receipt to the agency. After completing these steps, you should wait for your visa confirmation email. This process may take some time, so patience is importa.
Visit the Canadian Embassy in person to make an appoime
In this method, you first go to the VFS Global website and create an accou for yourself. After creating an accou, upload the necessary documes and as a result, the embassy will issue you a unique tracking code. Then, based on the coury in which you wa to do the fingerpriing process, you select your desired VOC office and pay the visa and fingerpriing fees online. One of the advaages of this method is that if there are defects in the documes, you will have the opportunity to correct them and you will only travel to the destination coury for fingerpriing.
What people do not need fingerpriing?
- People who are less than 14 and more than 80 years old.
- Applicas who have an immigra visa.
- Those who already reside in Canada.
- Governme employees and people or diplomats
How long does the Canadian embassy take?
Considering that there is no Canadian embassy in Iran, all people who apply for a Canadian visa must travel to one of the neighboring couries and book an appoime at the embassy there. Cities such as Ankara, Istanbul, Yerevan, Dubai and Abu Dhabi are known as the main destinations for this process. After traveling to one of these destinations, you can submit your visa application to the embassy.
The length of time it takes to get a Canadian Embassy appoime depends on a number of factors, including the number of applicas and congestion. Therefore, it is not possible to estimate the exact time to receive the embassy appoime. Under normal circumstances, the time of the Canadian Embassy usually lasts between 7 and 10 working days (about 14 days).


Also, if you use the services of Farnaz Fayaz Bakhsh Immigration Institute, the process of getting a visa includes differe steps; From scheduling an embassy appoime to preparing documes, translating them, doing fingerpriing, ierviews and Canadian passport pickup services. This eire process can take between 1 and 3 mohs, so accurate and sufficie planning is particularly importa in this regard.
Required documes for the time of the Canadian Embassy
You do not need many documes to book an appoime at the Canadian Embassy. In fact, at the online registration stage or during the in-person visit, you only need to provide the necessary documes. Also, when you make an appoime, you should wait for an email from the embassy. This email is usually se by the case officer and informs you that the initial steps of checking your documes have been completed and now it is time for you to be fingerpried. This process assures you that your documes have been preliminarily reviewed and that everything is on track.
- date of birth
- Email address
- Coact number
Canadian visa applicas must go to one of the VAC ceers to be fingerpried and provide their biometric information. Considering that there is no Canadian embassy in Iran, Iranian citizens must travel to Canada’s represeative offices, known as VOC, to register biometric information and perform the fingerpriing process. These offices are located in couries such as Istanbul, Ankara, Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Yerevan. In the following, we will provide a list of these ceers and their respective addresses so that you can easily refer to them.
- Ankara VAC office address
Kavaklıdere Mahallesi Atatürk Bulvarı no: 154 next to TEB Bank - Istanbul VAC office address
Haciahmet Mah. Kurtulus Deresi Cad. No:29 Beyoglu-Istanbul 34440 - Dubai VAC office address
Office MO2, Mezzanine Floor, Silver Wave Building, Union National Bank Mina Road, Abu Dhabi - Abu Dhabi VAC office address
25th floor, Shining Tower, Khalidiya Street, Abu Dhabi - Yerevan VAC office address
10 Vazgen Sargsyan – Yerevan – Armenia



