Visa Requirements for Permanent Resident Aliens of the Commonwealth and Ireland Residing in Canada

Public Announcement Concerning Visa Requirements for Permanent Resident Aliens of the Commonwealth and Ireland (Landed Immigrants) Residing in Canada:

Beginning March 17, 2003, except as noted below, all landed immigrants in Canada seeking to enter the United States as non-immigrants must possess a valid passport and non-immigrant visa in order to enter. This requirement will apply to citizens of the following Commonwealth countries who were formerly exempt from visa requirements:

Antigua & Barbuda, Grenada, Namibia, South Africa, Australia, Guyana, Nauru, Sri Lanka, Bahamas, India, New Zealand, Swaziland, Bangladesh, Ireland, Nigeria, Tanzania,
Barbados, Jamaica, Pakistan, Tonga, Belize, Kenya, Papua New Guinea, Trinidad & Tobago, Botswana, Kiribat, Samoa, Tuvalu,
Brunei, Lesotho, St. Kitts & Nevis, Uganda, Cameroon, Malawi, St. Lucia, United Kingdom (its colonies, territories, and dependencies), Cyprus, Malaysia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Vanuatu, Dominica, Maldives, Seychelles, Zambia,
Fiji, Malta, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, Gambia, Mauritius, Singapore, Ghana, Mozambique, Solomon Islands.

Please note: 1) Hong Kong nationals holding either British National Overseas or Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passports will require visas. 2) The countries in bold italics participate in the Visa Waiver Program. Citizens of those countries are not required to possess visas if they are traveling for business or tourism and their stay will be less than 90 days. Non-Commonwealth landed immigrants who are citizens of countries participating in the Visa Waiver Program are unaffected by this regulation change.