Citizens of Canada

Citizens of Canada do not need a visa to travel to the U.S. except under certain circumstances. The U.S. State Department summarizes the rules applicable to Citizens of Canada, as follows:

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Currently, Canadian citizens need proof of both their Identity and citizenship in order to apply for entry into the U.S. At present, this identification does not have to be a passport. The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) will require all travelers to the United States to have a valid passport by January 1, 2008, including U.S. and Canadian citizens, in accordance with a Congressionally mandated deadline. The passport requirement will be imposed on arrivals by air and sea in advance of January 1, 2008. This earlier deadline will be published in the Federal Register later this year, but we anticipate passports will be required for airport and seaport arrivals into the United States in early 2007.

Citizens of Canada traveling to the U.S. do not require a nonimmigrant visa, except for the purposes as described below.

• Foreign government officials (A), officials and employees of international organizations (G) and NATO officials, representatives and employees assigned to the U.S. as needed to facilitate their travel
• Treaty traders (E-1)
• Treaty investors (E-2)
• Fiance/es (K-1)
• Children of fiancées (K-2)
• U.S. citizen's foreign citizen spouse, who is traveling to the U.S. to complete the process of immigration (K-3).
• Children of a foreign citizen spouse (K-4) described above
• Spouses of lawful permanent residents (V-1) traveling to the U.S. to reside here while they wait for the final completion of their immigration process
• Children of spouses of lawful permanent residents (V-2) described above

Permanent residents (aka landed immigrants) of Canada must have a nonimmigrant visa unless the permanent resident is a national of a country that participates in the Visa Waiver Program (VWP), meets the VWP requirements, and is seeking to enter the U.S. for 90 days or less under that program.