Timeline for Do you need to have a visa or visa free passport for every port of call when departing on a Carribean cruise?
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| Oct 29, 2018 at 23:30 | comment | added | Joey Marianer | As a green card holder living in Seattle, I never saw an immigration officer getting off cruise ships in either Canada or Mexico. I expect they either have some arrangement with the cruise line or some specific law for cruise ships (e.g., anyone may enter by sea if they spend less than 12 hours in the country or something like that). | |
| Oct 29, 2018 at 15:43 | comment | added | David Richerby | @BruceWayne Though TafT's anwer suggests that a simplified procedure may be in place with some tour operators. In that case, though, they would likely have no legal way to prevent you disembarking at a port where you had no visa, in which case the cruise company may be held liable for bringing in people who are refused entry, just like an airline would. | |
| Oct 29, 2018 at 15:41 | comment | added | David Richerby | @BruceWayne Typically, when you enter a country, you must present yourself to an immigration officer unless there is some reason you don't need to. A common reason for not needing to is that many countries allow airside transit between international flights. However, when a ship arrives in a port, passengers are required, I believe, to go through immigration, regardless of whether they intend to go ashore or stay on the ship (which is in the territorial waters of the country, not out on the open sea). | |
| Oct 29, 2018 at 14:44 | comment | added | BruceWayne | I would emphasize "You will not be allowed on board unless you meet all the requirements for all the countries, even if you don't plan to leave the ship. ". That's news to me, and a little counter intuitive. | |
| Oct 29, 2018 at 4:23 | history | answered | Joey Marianer | CC BY-SA 4.0 |