Travelling from USA to Canada back to USA any problems

gman99 wrote:

I'm UK citizen..

Hope you're white and do not have any ties to the middle east....recently a
Canadian citizen with a Canadian passport was travelling back to Canada via
the US, he was deported to Syria although he was / is a Canadian citizen.
He was promptly tortured by the Syrians...took almost a year to get back to
Canada.


Was it the RCMP or CSIS that alerted the US authorities to his probable
terrorist links? Nex

On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 16:17:48 -0000, "Ben Organ"
wrote:

Would I need to let the border control know of the places I intend to stay?

They may ask but they don't generally care even if they do ask.

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"Ben Organ" wrote:

I will be travelling from San Francisco north to Portland, Seattle, into
Vancouver, round the Canadian Rockies for 2 weeks, then train across to
Toronto, to Montreal, then back into USA to New York and finally flying down
to Houston.

The whole trip lasts 70 days

Am I likely to encounter any problems re. VISAs, immigration etc since I am
leaving the US and then re-entering a few weeks later?

That depends. Which nation's passport do you carry?

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"Ben Organ" wrote:

"gman99" wrote in message
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"Ben Organ" wrote:
I will be travelling from San Francisco north to Portland, Seattle, into
Vancouver, round the Canadian Rockies for 2 weeks, then train across to
Toronto, to Montreal, then back into USA to New York and finally flying
down to Houston.

The whole trip lasts 70 days

Am I likely to encounter any problems re. VISAs, immigration etc since I
am leaving the US and then re-entering a few weeks later?

Regards

You don't need anything except a valid ID to cross the border. A passport
is a good idea though. No visa's required (if you are a US citizen). If
you're not a US citizen you might be deported to Syria or anywhere else
for
that matter (and that's before you get to Canada)...

I'm UK citizen..

In which case, you should have no problem.

"Keith Willshaw" wrote in message
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"Ben Organ" wrote in message
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"Keith Willshaw" wrote in message
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"Ben Organ" wrote in message
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I will be travelling from San Francisco north to Portland, Seattle,
into
Vancouver, round the Canadian Rockies for 2 weeks, then train across
to
Toronto, to Montreal, then back into USA to New York and finally
flying
down
to Houston.

The whole trip lasts 70 days

Am I likely to encounter any problems re. VISAs, immigration etc
since
I
am
leaving the US and then re-entering a few weeks later?


No, as along as you are within the 90 days permitted by the visa
waiver
form
you'll be OK. Do NOT hand in the Green stub when you first cross
in to Canada, you'll need it to get back in to the US

What Green stub?


The one stapled into your passport when you enter the USA
under the visa waiver program. This has to be surrendered
when you finally leave the US to ensure that the record shows you
left within the 90 day period allowed.


I see - the airline give us this right?

Keith

"gman99" wrote in message
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"Ben Organ" wrote:
"gman99" wrote in message
...

I'm UK citizen..

Hope you're white and do not have any ties to the middle
east....recently
a
Canadian citizen with a Canadian passport was travelling back to
Canada
via
the US, he was deported to Syria although he was / is a Canadian
citizen. He was promptly tortured by the Syrians...took almost a year
to get back
to
Canada.

Yes white and of English/Irish descent.

Would I need to let the border control know of the places I intend to
stay?

Are you coming from the US or UK ?

From UK to US to Canada to US to UK

If UK you should have no trouble coming
into Canada. We even have a reciprical Health Care agreement I beleive.
You
only need to state the nature of your trip...business or pleasure. Once
you
say pleasure you should be pretty much in the clear. They'll likely ask
how
long you intend on staying...all the regular BS.

Ben Organ wrote:
"Keith Willshaw" wrote:
What Green stub?

The one stapled into your passport when you enter the USA under the visa
waiver program. This has to be surrendered when you finally leave the US
to ensure that the record shows you left within the 90 day period
allowed.

I see - the airline give us this right?

Yes.

miguel
--
Hit The Road! Photos and tales from around the world: http://travel.u.nu

You might want to look at the following page - it has a bunch of "official"
canadian government information and (I think) a FAQ and contact information.

If you are a Uk citizen then you won't need a visa entering Canada. Check with
the US Embassy in London on something like a "multiple entry visa" for the USA
because you seem to be entering and leaving the USA two times while on the North
American side of the Atlantic. Your "circle trip" is done by LOTS of travellers
every year.

http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/menu-en.asp

Ken
Winnipeg, Canada

Ben Organ wrote:

I will be travelling from San Francisco north to Portland, Seattle, into
Vancouver, round the Canadian Rockies for 2 weeks, then train across to
Toronto, to Montreal, then back into USA to New York and finally flying down
to Houston.

The whole trip lasts 70 days

Am I likely to encounter any problems re. VISAs, immigration etc since I am
leaving the US and then re-entering a few weeks later?

(gman99) wrote in
:


I'm UK citizen..

Hope you're white and do not have any ties to the middle
east....recently a Canadian citizen with a Canadian passport was
travelling back to Canada via the US, he was deported to Syria
although he was / is a Canadian citizen.

To be fair, he was also a Syrian citizen. Traveling as a dual
national -- especially if you're a citizen of Niceland and Nastytonia
-- can always be a bit hazardous, since any country that's not one of
your countries of citizenship can treat you as a citizen of whichever
country they feel like. None of which is very nice, of course, or
excuses anything. But I haaaates inaccurate statements, I do.

And I thought he was tortured by Jordanians or Egyptians?

If the UK is your only nationality, you'll be fine.

--
Jim Battista
A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.

"Ben Organ" wrote in message
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The one stapled into your passport when you enter the USA
under the visa waiver program. This has to be surrendered
when you finally leave the US to ensure that the record shows you
left within the 90 day period allowed.


I see - the airline give us this right?


The airline gives you the form to fill in. The US immigration official
keeps most of it, stamps your passport and fixes the stub into
it. The airline takes out the stub when you check in for your
return flight.

Keith