MartyConnelly
martyconnelly at shaw.ca
Wed Jun 20 18:33:20 CDT 2007
Had a roomate go through this years back for something similar. You get an I-192 waiver form, to avoid all the hassles. How do you think all those hockey and football players cross the border? Prior to 9/11 you might have got away with a pardon record. The waiver application package can be obtained from any U.S. immigration office. It requires a personal statement, information forms, and fingerprints for both Canada and the U.S. Adjudication may take several months. If approved, an initial multiple-entry waiver will be granted, usually for six months. Eventually you get a permanent one. Extensions require new fingerprints if the previous prints are more than a year old. Cost is around $300, You can pick up forms US Customs at TO airport or if they have downtown consulate. Arthur Fuller wrote: >I don't think you USA folks need a passport to get into Canada. I think it >only works the other way around. And in cases like mine, even a passport and >a pardon don't help. I haven't so much as sped in 30 years, but that doesn't >count. Apparently I am a threat. (You know, that kind of feels cool. I never >thought of myself as a threat to anyone or anything before, but now that I >do, I kind of like it. It makes me feel sort of sexy. LOL.) > > >On 6/20/07, Charlotte Foust <cfoust at infostatsystems.com> wrote: > > >>Wow, that sounds like fun! (The conference that is ;->) I don't have a >>passport yet, so make it next year, please! >> >>Charlotte Foust >> >> >> -- Marty Connelly Victoria, B.C. Canada