i am visiting canada and i want to cross the border to visit us, is that possible ?
2007-04-17 11:46:47 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Canada ➔ Other - Canada
It depends.
If your country is part of the visa waiver program, then yes, you probably can without any problem. Otherwise, no ... you would first have to apply for a tourist visa.
http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/without/without_1990.html
2007-04-17 11:50:54 · answer #1 · answered by Pichi 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
All you do when they ask the citizenship is say, "I'm Canadian, and she/he is American". Hand them your passports. I'm not sure what they do with them in the booth, but they'll look at them. Depending on what day you go, they might open your trunk and look around. If you are traveling with a cooler they'll probably open it to make sure you don't have any meat or fruit. The whole time your talking to the customs agent should only take a minute or two. They don't do a complete background check on every person, but if something comes up on their computer then they might pull you over into secondary, where you would just talk with another customs agent a little longer. Good luck! :)
2016-05-17 10:44:04 · answer #2 · answered by carolann 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check with the us visa section:
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2007-04-18 17:25:03 · answer #3 · answered by roundater 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends ENTIRELY on your citizenship:
http://www.unitedstatesvisas.gov/visiting.html
2007-04-17 14:05:21 · answer #4 · answered by car l 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. If you are driving, train, or walking across you can go ahead.
(you can travel from UK to Europe can't you?)
2007-04-17 11:56:23 · answer #5 · answered by firehorsetwo 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋