China Romance
All About China => Visas, Immigration and Emigration => Topic started by: mustfocus on November 04, 2010, 04:32:28 am
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Ok, one of the topics the group discussed while we were waiting for the dumplings was the subject of taking trips down south. ;D For some of the people, the trip would be made soon. I was tasked to check with one of my co-workers who is co-incidentally from China. Although he's a Canadian citizen now, he does make frequent trips to the US to visit friends and relatives.
After speaking to him, I've found out that a Canadian PR does need a visa (Form DS-160) to enter the US unless the country you're from is a VISA waiver country (China is not). You will also most likely need to go for an interview as well as applying for the VISA...
Link: http://www.consular.canada.usembassy.gov/usa_visa.asp#pleasure (http://www.consular.canada.usembassy.gov/usa_visa.asp#pleasure)
From what I can see, there's still a lot of digging around you'll need to do. I kept finding snippets of information here and there that would lead me to more questions. :o Anyway, here's the main page from the US embassy for Canadians... http://www.consular.canada.usembassy.gov/canada.asp (http://www.consular.canada.usembassy.gov/canada.asp)
Not the news that some of you wanted to hear, but at least it gives you a start. I'll update this as time permits (there are quite a few of us who will most likely need this info in the future)
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Thanks In-Jaul. Any idea as to the waiting time & fee ??
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My friend Yang is in Canada on a working visa. It expires in February. She recently applied for and received a tourist visa to the USA. It's good for one year. It didn't seem to be all that difficult for her, but maybe she's special some how.
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As one of my friends is so fond of saying (paraphrasing here)...
"Join the dark side Mike... we have a better health plan..." :o
(And the chinese food isn't half bad either. 8) )
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Ah , Mustfocus , just like Martin , Mike will have his own in home chef , and except for the weight I seem to be putting on [ I call it Winter fat ] the meals over the last 10 months have been bloody yummy , not to mention the dumplings , regards Sujuan and Robert .
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That's true Robert... but until she gets here, he's still got to eat...
Although to be honest, I haven't stopped in Mike's neck of the woods in a few years... should stop by and re-aquaint myself with some of the eateries around there instead of hiding in Chinatown north...