http://www.immigration.com/newsletter1/canadavisaexept.html
DOS Is Planning To End Non-Immigrant Visa Exemption For Citizens Of British Commonwealth Countries
According to Antoinette Marwitz, the new U.S. Consul General in Toronto, the State Department is planning to change
its regulations at 22 CFR 41.2(b) to require "aliens resident in Canada?having a common nationality with nationals of
Canada" to obtain nonimmigrant visas to enter the United States. These individuals, who are citizens of British
Commonwealth countries, are currently exempt from the nonimmigrant visa requirements, as well as from passport
requirements if they are entering the U.S. from a Western Hemisphere country. Presumably, the passport exemption also
would be eliminated, as would the exemption for such nationals resident in Bermuda.
DOS Is Planning To End Non-Immigrant Visa Exemption For Citizens Of British Commonwealth Countries
According to Antoinette Marwitz, the new U.S. Consul General in Toronto, the State Department is planning to change
its regulations at 22 CFR 41.2(b) to require "aliens resident in Canada?having a common nationality with nationals of
Canada" to obtain nonimmigrant visas to enter the United States. These individuals, who are citizens of British
Commonwealth countries, are currently exempt from the nonimmigrant visa requirements, as well as from passport
requirements if they are entering the U.S. from a Western Hemisphere country. Presumably, the passport exemption also
would be eliminated, as would the exemption for such nationals resident in Bermuda.