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CSA TRAVEL INFORMATION GUIDE
3. Canadian permanent residents from countries that are on the U.S. visa waiver
program.
If you are a Canadian permanent resident (not a Canadian citizen) whose country of origin is one of
the set of designated visa waiver countries, you are currently allowed to enter the U.S. as a tourist for
up to ninety (90) days per trip. You do not need a paper entry visa but must have a valid passport.
You will also need your new Canadian Permanent Resident Card (also known as the PR Card or Maple
Leaf Card) to re-enter Canada at the end of your ninety day visit.
At the time of printing, and subject to change without notice, the list of U.S. visa waiver countries
included:
Andorra
France
Latvia
Portugal
Austria
Germany
Liechtenstein
San Marino
Australia
Greece
Lithuania
Singapore
Belgium
Hungary
Luxembourg
Slovakia
Brunei
Iceland
Malta
Slovenia
Czech Republic
Ireland
Monaco
Spain
Denmark
Italy
Netherlands
Sweden
Estonia
Japan
New Zealand
Switzerland
Finland
Republic of Korea Norway
and…
United Kingdom (for citizens with the unrestricted right of permanent abode in England, Scotland,
Wales, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man).
Please refer to the separate section entitled “US-VISIT Does It Apply to Me” for additional information.
Following the United States’ lead, countries around the world are gradually moving to a new
enhanced “e-passport” that contains a microchip to reduce the chance of counterfeiting. Depending
from which country your current passport was issued, as well as its date of issue, you may or may not
need to obtain an entry visa to visit the United States. Always check with U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) prior to commencing your trip.
4. Canadian permanent residents from all other countries.
If you are a Canadian permanent resident (not a Canadian citizen) whose country of origin is
not
one of the visa waiver countries, you are currently allowed to enter the U.S. as a tourist only with a
passport and with a formal entry visa issued at a U.S. embassy. You will also need your new Canadian
Permanent Resident Card (also known as the PR Card or Maple Leaf Card) to re-enter Canada at the
end of your visit. Please note: as a non-Canadian citizen, as well as not being from a country on the
U.S. visa waiver list, your maximum length of stay could be shorter than ninety days, and other entry
restrictions could be imposed.
While a Canadian citizen may apply for an extension to the six month maximum stay rule, permanent
residents from visa waiver countries cannot extend, adjust or change their status while still in the U.S.
Please refer to the separate section entitled “U.S.-VISIT Does it Apply to Me” for additional
information.