fine&jadwin
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My question is can I visit Canada without a visa if my green card approved, passport stamped but the actual card has not arrived?
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Green card holder visits Canada : is it enough to be stamped ?
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140_takes_4ever
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Shouldn't be a problem, but do check with Canadian border patrol.
saching_usa
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Not a problem at all, I visited Canada this month with just the passport stamped, crossed the border twice, no problem at all. They just ask you stuff like ;How long will you be here', ' Whats the purpose of visit' and thats it .. Its really cool.
AATA_NAHIN
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No need for card.
You are fine with passport stamp. I visited Canada recently through Washington border and no questions asked.
You are fine with passport stamp. I visited Canada recently through Washington border and no questions asked.
140_takes_4ever
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Mexico requires citizens of certain countries to get visa's despite PR.
http://www.sre.gob.mx/sanfrancisco/ for more info.
http://www.sre.gob.mx/sanfrancisco/ for more info.
notxer said:no you need to get an enema too....
next time try searching the prevous posts for such obvious answers
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fine&jadwin
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Thank you, freeviews,
And thanks to all who answered.
Actually I did search the forum before posing the question. However I was in France at that time and I had very limited (and quite often interrupted) internet access, so I was not able to reach the Canadian immigration sites at that time. The issue with the entry to Canada does not seem to be obvious to me: I know the friends who had problems convincing a European airline officials in Paris (Air France ?) that they were allowed to enter Canada
without a visa. My friends were told by those officials that they would be allowed to enter Canada if only they first go to the US (in other words a green card holder does not need a visa if he/she goes directly from the US to Canada but, in the eyes of those airline officials coming from France to Canada was another mattrer). My gut feeling is that the airline officials were wrong but I have yet to find a definite answer...
As for the blatant vulgarity coming from the notxer- I am not suprised. This is not the first time, unfortunately...
The guy is waiting since 2002, but unlike many other 2002 people he chooses to vent his axiety in a pathetic manner.
And thanks to all who answered.
Actually I did search the forum before posing the question. However I was in France at that time and I had very limited (and quite often interrupted) internet access, so I was not able to reach the Canadian immigration sites at that time. The issue with the entry to Canada does not seem to be obvious to me: I know the friends who had problems convincing a European airline officials in Paris (Air France ?) that they were allowed to enter Canada
without a visa. My friends were told by those officials that they would be allowed to enter Canada if only they first go to the US (in other words a green card holder does not need a visa if he/she goes directly from the US to Canada but, in the eyes of those airline officials coming from France to Canada was another mattrer). My gut feeling is that the airline officials were wrong but I have yet to find a definite answer...
As for the blatant vulgarity coming from the notxer- I am not suprised. This is not the first time, unfortunately...
The guy is waiting since 2002, but unlike many other 2002 people he chooses to vent his axiety in a pathetic manner.
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140_takes_4ever
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fine&jadwin,
Hard luck with the airline officials, but it might help if you take a print out of the relavent page from the Canadian consulate, and carry the number of the visa section of the consulate when you check in for the flight. I have noticed that at CDG airport, the officials are notoriously obtuse and extremely unhelpful. But going loaded with information, you might intimidate them, or atleast provide them with other sources of information they can check up on.
Good luck!
Hard luck with the airline officials, but it might help if you take a print out of the relavent page from the Canadian consulate, and carry the number of the visa section of the consulate when you check in for the flight. I have noticed that at CDG airport, the officials are notoriously obtuse and extremely unhelpful. But going loaded with information, you might intimidate them, or atleast provide them with other sources of information they can check up on.
Good luck!
Looks like the Indian nationals with PR, need not have tourist visa for Mexico.
http://www.sre.gob.mx/sanfrancisco/
REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN NATIONALITIES TO APPLY FOR A TOURIST VISA TO ENTER MEXICO
As of September 14, 2001, the citizens of the following countries willing to travel to Mexico for any reason, with a temporary visa in the United States, (with no green card) will require previous approval from the Mexican Immigration Authority (Instituto Nacional de Migración), in order to be able to enter Mexico. These countries are:
INDIA
http://www.sre.gob.mx/sanfrancisco/
REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN NATIONALITIES TO APPLY FOR A TOURIST VISA TO ENTER MEXICO
As of September 14, 2001, the citizens of the following countries willing to travel to Mexico for any reason, with a temporary visa in the United States, (with no green card) will require previous approval from the Mexican Immigration Authority (Instituto Nacional de Migración), in order to be able to enter Mexico. These countries are:
INDIA
fine&jadwin
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I am not sure that this is the case.
What I get from the quote is that the guys with the temporary visas will have to be approved by a special authority in Mexico, and not by the Consulate (and that this approval will take more time).
May be I am wrong who knows...
What I get from the quote is that the guys with the temporary visas will have to be approved by a special authority in Mexico, and not by the Consulate (and that this approval will take more time).
May be I am wrong who knows...
z/OS V1.4 said:Looks like the Indian nationals with PR, need not have tourist visa for Mexico.
http://www.sre.gob.mx/sanfrancisco/
REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN NATIONALITIES TO APPLY FOR A TOURIST VISA TO ENTER MEXICO
As of September 14, 2001, the citizens of the following countries willing to travel to Mexico for any reason, with a temporary visa in the United States, (with no green card) will require previous approval from the Mexican Immigration Authority (Instituto Nacional de Migración), in order to be able to enter Mexico. These countries are:
INDIA
On the other hand...
On the other hand, I came across this on the web site of the Mexican Consulate in LA:
http://portal.sre.gob.mx/losangeles/images/stories/residentes.jpg
(Nationals of any country who are PRs of USA or Canada do not need a visa if traveling to MX as tourists from US or CA.)
Starting at http://www.sre.gob.mx/losangeles/ then select "servicios consulares" then visas, then the large button 2nd from the bottom for US/CA PRs.
This page of the consular section of the MX embassy in Washington DC seems to agree:
http://portal.sre.gob.mx/was_eng/index.php?option=displaypage&Itemid=55&op=page&SubMenu=
This *may* be dated information, or an example of the confusing and contradictory nformation typical of government agencies of most countries. Please do not rely on it!
Oy Ve! (ga)
140_takes_4ever said:Mexico requires citizens of certain countries to get visa's despite PR.
http://www.sre.gob.mx/sanfrancisco/ for more info.
On the other hand, I came across this on the web site of the Mexican Consulate in LA:
http://portal.sre.gob.mx/losangeles/images/stories/residentes.jpg
(Nationals of any country who are PRs of USA or Canada do not need a visa if traveling to MX as tourists from US or CA.)
Starting at http://www.sre.gob.mx/losangeles/ then select "servicios consulares" then visas, then the large button 2nd from the bottom for US/CA PRs.
This page of the consular section of the MX embassy in Washington DC seems to agree:
http://portal.sre.gob.mx/was_eng/index.php?option=displaypage&Itemid=55&op=page&SubMenu=
This *may* be dated information, or an example of the confusing and contradictory nformation typical of government agencies of most countries. Please do not rely on it!
Oy Ve! (ga)
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