Visa Requirements for Canada

[henren]

I am an Indian citizen working in the US . I am scheduled to sail on the NCL Pearl roundtrip from Seattle on May 31st 2009 . We have port stops in Juneau,Ketchikan,Skagway and Victoria . I am planning to take the Whitepass rail road excursion in Skagway , which I believe touches the Canadian border and also since Victoria is one of our ports , I would like to know the Visa requirements for Canada . Should I get a canadian visitor Visa (which is $75 pp) or is a Canadian Transit Visa (free of charge) good enough ..

 

Any ideas?

[cruiseryyc]

I suggest you contact the closest Canadian consulate to where you live and ask them the question. I think they would be much better qualified to answer than the folks on this forum. The official governement website is http://www.canada.gc.ca, you might find your answer there.

[henren]

I suggest you contact the closest Canadian consulate to where you live and ask them the question. I think they would be much better qualified to answer than the folks on this forum. The official governement website is www.canada.gc.ca, you might find your answer there.

 

Thanks for the response..I live near Seattle and we have a canadian consulate in the downtown area and I can contact them directly..Just thought..I will ask around here , for the people who had travelled before..but as you said , the consulate people should be able to give the accurate information

[Urban trekker]

Here's a link - yes you do need a visa but if you are in the US and have a Green Card it looks like you don't need one

 

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/visas.asp

 

Hope this helps

 

Cheers

 

Dennis

[henren]

Here's a link - yes you do need a visa but if you are in the US and have a Green Card it looks like you don't need one

 

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/visas.asp

 

Hope this helps

 

Cheers

 

Dennis

 

Thanks for the response Dennis, I was aware that I needed a visa , but I wanted to know if just a Transit Visa (which is free of charge) would suffice since in all technicality , I will be just transiting the Canadian ports in my cruise..I will call up the Canadian Consulate in Seattle and confirm with them .

[odblnt]

I don't know what category you fit in for sure, but I do remember that on our cruise on the Pearl there were bags being loaded on the ship at our first stop, Juneau. When I asked, a crew member said that the bags were from passengers who needed a visa and had to go to the Canadian Consulate after the ship left and then catch up, so it is better to know in advance.

[yashbhairavi]

Thanks for the response Dennis, I was aware that I needed a visa , but I wanted to know if just a Transit Visa (which is free of charge) would suffice since in all technicality , I will be just transiting the Canadian ports in my cruise..I will call up the Canadian Consulate in Seattle and confirm with them .

 

Hi - were you able to get an answer from the consulate for this? Our closest consulate is detroit and they don't answer visa questions over the phone (and I'm not about to drive 4 hours to ask them). We're going on a cruise to Alaska with in-laws who are India citizens with a US visitor visa. Our last stop is in Vancouver (where the cuise ends), and we'll be flying out of vancouver 8 hours after the ship docks. I would have though a transit visa would work - can anyone confirm?

 

Thanks!