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From: tjsmedley@watmum.UUCP (Trevor J. Smedley)
Newsgroups: net.travel
Subject: Re: travel thru canada (crossing the US/CANADA border)
Message-ID: <400@watmum.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 10-Feb-86 12:24:09 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 10 12:24:09 1986
Date-Received: Tue, 11-Feb-86 07:41:25 EST
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Reply-To: tjsmedley@watmum.UUCP (Trevor J. Smedley)
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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Summary: 

In article <539@mhuxl.UUCP> smh@mhuxl.UUCP (henning) writes:
>
>> If a visitor is not a Canadian or American citizen,
>> a Visa is required.  We have had visitors from HOLLAND land at the 
>> Detroit airport for convenience and require a Visa to get into Canada.
>
>I think you mean PASSPORT, not visa.  Usually only third-world and
>iron-curtain visitors need Visa's.

Sorry, but you are wrong. Almost everyone needs a VISA to get in to the
USA (except Canadians. I don't know about Mexicans). Two examples are 
Dutch and German citizens (friends of mine). These people do not,
however, need a visa (but do need a passport) to visit Canada.

My suggestion is *always* check with people who definitely know what
they are talking about. I once saw 5 Italians get turned away at the
Finnish border because they thought that they needed only their
identification cards, when in fact they needed passports. The border
was at the end of a 6-hour boat ride, and I doubt that they got the
ride back for free.

Trevor J. Smedley                    University of Waterloo

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