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My Canadian friend wants to road-trip to California (the trip will be about 2 weeks or less). Does he need a visa, or any special permit?

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  • by allbyend on July 18th, 2005

    allbyend

    This is from the U.S. department of state (http://www.travel.state.gov/visa/temp/without/without_1260.html):

    Canada

    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.

    The short answer is yes. Hope your friend has a good time in the Golden State and tell them to be careful on the freeways.

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