1stime88 Posted June 9, 2015 #1 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Are US Permanent Residents (have a green card) who are not born in the USA, allowed to cruise to the Caribbean countries (Mexico, Belize, Honduras)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sauer-kraut Posted June 9, 2015 #2 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Are US Permanent Residents (have a green card) who are not born in the USA, allowed to cruise to the Caribbean countries (Mexico, Belize, Honduras)? I would ask the Dept. of State AND check each of the embassy webpages for the other countries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philob Posted June 9, 2015 #3 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Are US Permanent Residents (have a green card) who are not born in the USA, allowed to cruise to the Caribbean countries (Mexico, Belize, Honduras)? My MIL holds a US green card and is a PR-China citizen. We went to Mexico via NCL earlier this year with no issues. She was required to have her valid PRC passport and green card and present them at embark and debark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klfrodo Posted June 10, 2015 #4 Share Posted June 10, 2015 That would be a yes,,,IF they have a current and valid passport from their home country. Now that is only for re entry back into the U.S. It's very possible that a citizen from country ABC would be required to have a Visa to visit country XYZ. That's something you would have to look into more by visiting a Visa web site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philob Posted June 10, 2015 #5 Share Posted June 10, 2015 As klfrodo says, it would be dependent on the green card holder's country of citizenship if a visa is needed. MIL would have been required to have a visa from certain Caribbean countries regardless of whether she had a green card or not. For that reason we chose a Mexico only cruise: http://consulmex.sre.gob.mx/sanfrancisco/index.php/visas-traveling-to-mexico Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1stime88 Posted June 11, 2015 Author #6 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Thank you for the responses! Anyone else have an experience as a permanent resident going on a closed loop cruise? It seems a visa is not required for Mexico, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Belize for permanent residents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floridiana Posted June 12, 2015 #7 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Again, you need to bring your passport and green card to reenter the USA. Other countries are not interested in your green card unless they have specific reasons, maybe an agreement with the USA and your passport country. If I were you, I would check each cruise country's consular website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njhorseman Posted June 12, 2015 #8 Share Posted June 12, 2015 (edited) Again, you need to bring your passport and green card to reenter the USA. Other countries are not interested in your green card unless they have specific reasons, maybe an agreement with the USA and your passport country. If I were you, I would check each cruise country's consular website. That's incorrect. The US does not require LPRs (green card holders) to have anything more than their green card to travel. It's the countries that you'll be traveling to that determine whether you need a passport, and in certain cases even a visa. By the way, one has to check their cruise line's requirements as well. Some cruise lines, in particular luxury cruise lines, require all passengers to hold a passport, even if government regulations permit travel with some alternative documentation. From CBP: https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/1139/~/documents-needed-to-take-a-cruise ...If you are a Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR) of the U.S., the U.S. government does not require you to have a passport for any travel, including air, land or sea travel, however, you are even more likely to be required by your destination country to have one. A Caribbean island that does not require a U.S. Citizen to have a passport may require a U.S. LPR to have one, and a visa as well... Edited June 12, 2015 by njhorseman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aramis1932 Posted June 12, 2015 #9 Share Posted June 12, 2015 (edited) I had to show my passport along with my green card to customs/immigration upon arriving back to Fort Lauderdale from a cruise. Edited June 12, 2015 by Aramis1932 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pugsley1992 Posted June 13, 2015 #10 Share Posted June 13, 2015 My husband is a US permanent resident with a Nigerian passport. We have never had any issues cruising to any ports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieOmni Posted June 14, 2015 #11 Share Posted June 14, 2015 I only needed my green card for Carnival. I take my passport anyway (just in case) but Green Card was enough, out of Galveston. I'm Australian so YMMV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notentirelynormal Posted June 14, 2015 #12 Share Posted June 14, 2015 I think the OP would get better answers if they told what country the cruiser is from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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