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Canadian living in Dubai - visiting US to see ill parent. Visa Off has put a 3 mnth ban from entering. Can I appeal? Should I apply for a visa
Did he give you any paperwork about a ban? Quoting which section of USA immigration law? If he didn’t (which he likely couldn’t because it doesn’t exist) then there’s no ban. For all intents and ...
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I am traveling with my Canadian girlfriend to Canada for the first time. I am British. What should we do when passing immigration?
I just checked with a Canadian living abroad who has come home for visits and brought his non-Canadian girlfriend with him. They lined up together in the non-Canadian passport line. This enabled him ...
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Can I use my Chinese passport to enter China after I acquired another citizenship?
No, this would be illegal. Voluntarily naturalizing in another country results in automatic loss of Chinese citizenship. You need to contact your local Chinese embassy and obtain the proper visa.
The ...
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Can a person obtain a temporary reduced-cost Canadian passport to go shopping in the USA?
Accordin to the Government of Canada,
The Canadian temporary passport is an eight-page, machine-readable
passport. It is:
issued by a Canadian mission
used for short-term situations
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Can I use my Chinese passport to enter China after I acquired another citizenship?
As Robert Columbia mentioned, voluntarily naturalizing in a foreign country results in automatic loss of Chinese (PRC) citizenship (but not ROC nationality; I'll assume you are talking about the PRC), ...
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How does one get a visa to go to Saudi Arabia?
UPDATE as at September 28, 2019:
Effective today, Saudi Arabia has started issuing tourist visas to the nationals of 49 countries, including Canada (which was the country originally being asked about ...
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Can a person obtain a temporary reduced-cost Canadian passport to go shopping in the USA?
You've misunderstood what a temporary passport is. It's not a short term "passport-lite" that you can get more cheaply and easily than a regular passport. Rather, it's an emergency replacement that ...
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Will Canadian citizens be denied entry to Canada during COVID-19 border closure?
According to this tweet from Public Safety Canada about the border restrictions on non-essential travel across the US-Canada border starting March 21, under "Permitted Travel", it includes:
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Canadian living in Dubai - visiting US to see ill parent. Visa Off has put a 3 mnth ban from entering. Can I appeal? Should I apply for a visa
While most CBP officers are professional and courteous, I've encountered a fair number who were incompetent, disrespectful and outright abusive. They wield a lot of power over you and they know it. ...
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Canadian citizen who is presently in litigation with a US-based company
Personal service of court papers could be made while you're in the USA. However, doing so successfully would require the opposing party to know where you'd be at a particular time, and then to ...
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Can dual US-Canadian citizens travel to the US with an expired US passport but valid Canadian passport?
Strictly speaking they need US passports to enter the US, which includes transit. However, they will be able to board the plane with their Canadian passports since Canadian citizens require neither a ...
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Will staying longer than planned in Japan cause problems?
When you arrive in Japan, you will receive a "Landing Permission" (上陸許可) sticker in your passport, specifying the date of entry, the date it's valid until, and the total duration in days:
(...
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I have a YMA Visa - will Germany let me into the country despite COVID-19?
A Youth Mobility Visa is a D-Visa (i.e. longer-term visa) and therefore does not generally fall under the ban
as opposed to a C-Visa which does
From: Federal Minister Seehofer ordered extensive ...
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Should I use my US or Canadian passport when travelling to Germany?
You should decide whether you want to enter Germany using your Canadian or US passport. Based on what you've told us, there is no reason to prefer one over the other, since US and Canadian citizens ...
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Is a citizen of Canada required to apply for a US visitor visa after visiting Iran?
No. Canada is not part of the Visa Waiver Program; Canadian citizens enter the US without needing visas under a different provision of law. Restrictions to the Visa Waiver Program do not affect ...
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Will I be allowed back in to UK despite a passport stamp as shown?
Your leave-to-enter stamp clearly says something different from what you remember the IO telling you. Exactly how this happened is not really important now (but see below for a hypothesis), because ...
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Will Canadian citizens be denied entry to Canada during COVID-19 border closure?
The messaging is not 100% clear on this. However it appears that Canadian citizens and permanent residents returning home will be considered essential travel and will be admitted. However if you are ...
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Minors holding dual citizenship - using Canadian passport to enter/exit US
US law requires US citizens to use a US passport to enter or leave the United States. There is no penalty on the books for breaking this law, so if you show up in the US without a US passport for your ...
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Can a person obtain a temporary reduced-cost Canadian passport to go shopping in the USA?
If you are a Canadian citizen and you will be driving from Canada to the USA, then according to the US CBP, you do not need a passport to enter the USA.
Instead of a passport, CBP will also accept:
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Husband has dual citizenship Canada & UK. We reside in the UK. Will India let him in?
Most restrictions of this sort are enforced only with respect to the passport that the traveler is traveling with or presents for the visa application. Some are not, however.
Since this restriction ...
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What is my port of entry into India?
What is my port of entry into India for immigration purposes?
From the official Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Immigration link:
On arrival, all passengers are requested to move towards ...
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Consequences of Overstaying visa in Taiwan
Taiwan currently has an amnesty program for foreign nationals who want to overstay their visas.
"Under the program, there will be no mandatory detention, while the maximum penalty will be NT$2,000 (...
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Does a Canadian need a visa to volunteer in Hawaii?
You can only do volunteer work in the US as a visitor if that work is normally done by volunteers. You also cannot do any volunteer activity that benefits a commercial enterprise.
Unless the farm is ...
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Is there a benefit for an American to act like a Canadian when traveling internationally?
It depends on what you mean with 'acting like an American' vs. 'acting like a Canadian'.
Americans are (in)famous in Europe for acting as if they own the world, everybody else lives in a third-world ...
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Rushed passport - does my reason qualify?
Assuming you are a Canadian citizen, Get urgent, express, weekend and statutory holiday emergency passport service in Canada:
We offer urgent and express passport services at certain locations in ...
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I have an active multiple-entry C1 US visa. I also have a Canadian citizenship certificate. Need to travel (not transit) US in 20 days. My options?
Canadian citizens traveling on a Canadian passport do not require a visa to visit the US. If you are now a Canadian citizen, your easiest way forward is to apply for a passport. If you apply at a ...
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Do Canadian Citizens residing in the UK need additional ID apart from Canadian passport to enter the USA?
Canadian citizens never require an ESTA to enter the United States (CBP FAQ). You will in fact find on the ESTA website, should you nevertheless attempt to apply, that Canada is not listed in the "...
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