Any Landed Immigrants out there? Travel docs question.

[vickiea]

I am a British Citizen living in Canada. I have permanent residence status (will be a citizen soon) - along with my PR Card, and I travel with a British passport.

I am wondering if anyone can verify that the British passport and the Canadian Permanet Residence card are all I need to travel to the US. I want to make sure I don't need a visa. I have done some searching on the web and I am getting mixed info, and I am having a hard time dating the info to know what is current.

Any one can offer any help?

Thanks
Vickie

 

[myasmum]

Do you have a Canadian drivers lisence? As I think that along with the PR card shouldnt be a problem as all you really need to drive into the US is that from what I remember BUT why not call the US Consulate here in Canada and you can get the exact info IF no one knows 100% sure here

Good Luck.

 

[ducklite]

No Visa is needed for stays of less than a certain amount of time (6 months I think) for Canadian or British citizens traveling to the US. Welcome!

Anne

 

[nelljay1973]

I can answer this as an Australian living in Canada..though I am now a Citizen. As long as you have your PR card (which is used more for re-entering Canada) and your passport you will be fine. In all my travel through the US to get back to Australia for visits the only thing you need to make sure of is that you fill in the correct card on the airplane. As I boarded in Halifax with my husband who is Canadian, guess they sometimes just assume that you are Canadian even though they see a different passport it must not register with them as I made the mistake only once of completing the wrong form to have customs and immigrations officer in the US pull the "you need a visa waiver form blah blah blah". So when on the plane or when booking in..stress to them that you need a waiver form and that you are a UK citizen!

With the correct form filled out all will be good!

 

[disneykins]

I'm in the same boat, British citizen with permanent residence status living in Canada. When you drive across the border you have to go into customs and get a "visa waiver", its a small green card (not THE green card to work in US), I think its called an "I-95". Costs you $6 US cash only. They scan your index finger and take a picture. Lineup can sometimes take half an hour or more. When you leave the US you must hand it in to Canada Customs to send to US customs so they know you have left the country. If you dont return it they will think you are still in the country and 2 years from now when you go back they will want to know why you never left the US. It happened to me last week, just said I forgot to hand it in. Red tape is so much fun since 9/11.
Best idea is get Canadian citizenship, I'm applying next week.
Tony