List of countries Not requiring VISA for US GC holders.
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Sky_Drow said:
Tough luck. There is no such site. You have to look up each country's sites.
However.... I have to say this... several years back when buying flight ticket to travel abroad, I was shown a screen inside the computer program used by travel agents when making reservations. That computer screen had a screen showing information about requirements for countries I was travelling to. The travel agent showed off the program and told me that she could find travel requirements to basically any country. Most travel agents use reservation systems from a company called Sabre. Not very sure if the travel requirements is also inside the Sabre's system. You might want to make a visit to your local travel agent and in the guise of making reservations ask him/her about this. That is the closest you will get to an "official" list.
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JoeF said:
JoeF, it is important to remember that zuleron and sky are not the only persons interested in this question. There would be others reading this post who might think of working in CH after getting GC. It is very important for me to point out the difference to help the board in general. Hope you understand and stop being such a pain on this board.
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Friends, Thank you so much for your inputs..
PhillyKP, Your link does not contain list but all countries are listed and upon few clicks we can find the requirement. This is a good tool which can then be compared with the official and latest respective country website.
Thank you again..
PhillyKP, Your link does not contain list but all countries are listed and upon few clicks we can find the requirement. This is a good tool which can then be compared with the official and latest respective country website.
Thank you again..
Sorry - according to the swiss embassy - visa is not required if the person is a holder of the plastic green card. Otherwise, visa will be required - i.e., in case of I-551 stamping.
Looks like visa is required for most countries except a few tourist spots in the carribbean, canada, and mexico. Switzerland looks like the only country admitting GC holders w/o a visa.
Looks like visa is required for most countries except a few tourist spots in the carribbean, canada, and mexico. Switzerland looks like the only country admitting GC holders w/o a visa.
Swiss Embassy in the USA: http://www.eda.admin.ch/washington_emb/e/home/consular/visas/needvisa.html
U.S. Green Card Holders:
No visa is required for foreigners who have a valid U.S. green card (Permanent Resident Card, form I-551) and a valid national passport for tourism, visits, business or medical treatment for a stay up to 90 days. Both documents (passport and green card) must be valid at least three months after leaving Swiss territory.
Please note that the passport stamp "processed for I-551" is not considered a green card and that general visa requirements would apply in that case.
Visa requirements for Refugees holding a blue Refugee Travel Document or a new green BCIS-issued "Refugee Travel Document" (Form I-571):
A visa is required in all circumstances (tourism, visit, business, transit through an airport, work, study). This rule also applies to Green Card Holders.
Please note: Switzerland does not accept and recognize the white "Permit to Reenter the United States" or the new green BCIS-issued "Permit to Reenter" (Form I-327).
U.S. Green Card Holders:
No visa is required for foreigners who have a valid U.S. green card (Permanent Resident Card, form I-551) and a valid national passport for tourism, visits, business or medical treatment for a stay up to 90 days. Both documents (passport and green card) must be valid at least three months after leaving Swiss territory.
Please note that the passport stamp "processed for I-551" is not considered a green card and that general visa requirements would apply in that case.
Visa requirements for Refugees holding a blue Refugee Travel Document or a new green BCIS-issued "Refugee Travel Document" (Form I-571):
A visa is required in all circumstances (tourism, visit, business, transit through an airport, work, study). This rule also applies to Green Card Holders.
Please note: Switzerland does not accept and recognize the white "Permit to Reenter the United States" or the new green BCIS-issued "Permit to Reenter" (Form I-327).
Coming to think of it - it seems that a visa is not required only to some carribbean tourist spots, canada, mexico and switzerland. If you want to travel to European countries on business, then you are required to get a visa in advance. So having a GC is not a major travel benefit. Being able to travel to only a few countries could tempt us to go all the way - become a US citizen and gain more freedom to travel.
indianh1b said:
Indian h1b bud. Did you plan GC to be able to travel? You did not have to go that far. You could have become citizen of Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan citizens have more countries they could travel freely than Indian citizens.
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JoeF said:
Wrong. GC is routinely checked when you go to Canada and Mexico. Last time I checked, Canada and Mexico are outside US. You are pointing out that GC could be printed by a cheater. But passports could be printed by cheaters. There surely are fake passports around, because you hear law enforcement busting fake passport rackets.
JoeF said:
Duh! And the point you are trying to make is?????
JoeF said:
What EU country my dear joef? You posted earlier that you are Indian from India. Now you are saying you are EU citizen. Are you Bourne?
JoeF said:
Nonsense. Joef, shame on you for indirectly echoing the terrorist sentiments of hate against US citizens. Truth is, terrorist hate civilized world, as we saw in Russia few days back, with the Nepalis killed in Iraq, with the blacks killed in Sudan and with every day killings in Kashmir. Stop this nonsense about claims that US State Department asking its citizens to pretend to be non-citizens. Which left-wing magazine did you read that in? Or did you make up that story?
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