Do Canadian PR cardholders need visas for tourism to Caribbean?

[lotsaquestions]

Hi everyone,

My question relates to travel advice: Does anyone know if Maple card (Canadian PR card) holders need a visa to travel to Caribbean countries as a tourist?

Thanks in advance for any advice you can give.

 

[PMM]

Hi

Hi everyone,

My question relates to travel advice: Does anyone know if Maple card (Canadian PR card) holders need a visa to travel to Caribbean countries as a tourist?

Thanks in advance for any advice you can give.

If you required a visitor visa before you were a PR, you would most likely require one after becoming a PR. You would have to check each countries web site for the that information.

PMM

 

[imigrate]

There are a few Caribbean country that allows Canadian PR holder to enter without visa.
I know for sure as PR holder you can visit Mexico without needing a visa.
I visited Mexico in 2006 as PR and did not need visa. Normally people from my country would require visa.

I do recommend to check each country's entry requirements to determine whether you need visa or not.

 

[toby]

This website can save you a lot of hunting.

http://skyteam.com/about/travelhelp/travelinfo.html

Holding a Canadian PR visa can indeed get you into a lot of countries (visa at the border) that were formerly denied (you needed a consular visa). The immediate border visas are not always as long as a Canadian citizen would get, but certainly adequate for a holiday. Example: I get an automatic 90-day visa into Costa Rica, but my PR wife would get only 30 days.

However, having a Canadian PR doesn't always make a difference. It seems PRs still need a consular visa to visit (or transit through) the USA. Same with Panama.

So, if you're visiting the Caribbean, avoid the USA.

Use the website for preliminary research, then confirm with the embassy of that country to be sure. Better to take that last step than arrive at the border only to find the website was wrong, and you cannot enter after all. And as a final precaution, take whatever emails you get from the embassy to the airport with you, in case the airline employee doesn't want to let you on the plane without a consular visa (the airline is reponsible if you must be returrned to Canada where the border officer denies you entry to the destination country).