Canadian PR trying to cross land border to the US

[maverick_bigapple]

Hi All,

Has anyone here that is NOT a US Citizen/Permanent Resident crossed the land border (from Canada) in to the US?

While going through messages posted here, I observed that people on the H1B have been crossing the border. As for me, I hold a valid visitor (B1/B2) visa, and am contemplating on driving to the US to visit my spouse (she’s based in the US, and is a US citizen). While the CBP does permit “essential travel”, I’m not sure if I’d be able to cross the border on a B1/B2.

While I acknowledge that these are difficult times and a lot of us are in challenging situations, I’d appreciate if people refrain from trolling, frivolous commenting, and questioning my intent to travel.


Many thanks!

 

[surbee]

AFAIK, you cannot cross land border on B1/B2. You can take a flight though.

You can call Border officials for more information. They are pretty friendly.

 

[VOBuckeye]

Hi All,

Has anyone here that is NOT a US Citizen/Permanent Resident crossed the land border (from Canada) in to the US?

While going through messages posted here, I observed that people on the H1B have been crossing the border. As for me, I hold a valid visitor (B1/B2) visa, and am contemplating on driving to the US to visit my spouse (she’s based in the US, and is a US citizen). While the CBP does permit “essential travel”, I’m not sure if I’d be able to cross the border on a B1/B2.

While I acknowledge that these are difficult times and a lot of us are in challenging situations, I’d appreciate if people refrain from trolling, frivolous commenting, and questioning my intent to travel.


Many thanks!

I would advise to fly into US if you have a visitor visa, as it will be difficult to cross land border with a visitor visa.

 

[sunnysatya]

I would advise to fly into US if you have a visitor visa, as it will be difficult to cross land border with a visitor visa.

did you make the travel?

i did cross the land border from Windsor to Detroit but it was on H1b visa n it was pretty smooth. they did not ask much questions.

plz post your experience

 

[sowsiv]

did you make the travel?

i did cross the land border from Windsor to Detroit but it was on H1b visa n it was pretty smooth. they did not ask much questions.

plz post your experience

hi can you tell us when was this? did you do it recently?
Thanks

 

[VOBuckeye]

did you make the travel?

i did cross the land border from Windsor to Detroit but it was on H1b visa n it was pretty smooth. they did not ask much questions.

plz post your experience

I cross every week(once or twice) on H1B visa since June 2020 and no issues at all. I use AVR since I'm waiting to go get stamping when they open up consulates. I use the detroit-windsor tunnel.