{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"CA","name":"Canada","slug":"canada"},"destination":{"code":"SD","name":"Sudan"},"status":"visa_required","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-25","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"canadian-ordinary-passport-sudan-advance-visitor-visa","title":"Canadian ordinary passports: advance Sudan tourist visa","summary":"Current Canadian Government guidance specifies a tourist visa for a Regular Canadian passport and directs a visa application at least two months before intended travel. This establishes advance, not arrival, issuance timing.","status":"visa_required","conditions":["Ordinary Canadian passport and short tourist visit only; Canadian guidance separately warns that official-travel passports can have different rules.","Apply before travel: the Government of Canada directs at least two months between the visa application and intended travel and says visas are not automatic.","Sudan requires foreigner registration after arrival; that registration is not treated as the visa issuance route."],"sourceIds":["canada-sudan-regular-passport-tourist-visa-pretravel-2026"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"canada-sudan-regular-passport-tourist-visa-pretravel-2026","title":"Sudan travel advice and advisories","url":"https://travel.gc.ca/destinations/sudan","publisher":"Government of Canada","jurisdiction":"Canada","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-25"}]}