Visiting Canada

[Bluejay]

Hi all,

I have dual citizenship, US and Thai. I am currently living in Thailand (since 2004). I left USA with my American passport and entered Thailand with my Thai Passport. I am planing to visit Canada in July of this year.

1) Do I need a visa to enter Canada? 

2) What do I need to do when I get to the immigration at Canadian airport, present them with US or Thai passport?

I will have to leave Thailand with my Thai passport, the Thai immigration officer will stamp out on my Thai passport only, that means there will no stamp out on my USA passport. How do I deal with this situation? Please kindly give me an advise.

BJ

[too true]

Hi all,

I have dual citizenship, US and Thai. I am currently living in Thailand (since 2004). I left USA with my American passport and entered Thailand with my Thai Passport. I am planing to visit Canada in July of this year.

1) Do I need a visa to enter Canada? 

2) What do I need to do when I get to the immigration at Canadian airport, present them with US or Thai passport?

I will have to leave Thailand with my Thai passport, the Thai immigration officer will stamp out on my Thai passport only, that means there will no stamp out on my USA passport. How do I deal with this situation? Please kindly give me an advise.

BJ

You don't need a visa to go to Canada on an American passort. I don't think you'd even get on the plane if you tried to show a Thai passport with no visa.

Send a note to the Canadian embassy. They'll be able to sort you out.

Good luck

[mikethevigoman]

Hi all,

I have dual citizenship, US and Thai. I am currently living in Thailand (since 2004). I left USA with my American passport and entered Thailand with my Thai Passport. I am planing to visit Canada in July of this year.

1) Do I need a visa to enter Canada?

2) What do I need to do when I get to the immigration at Canadian airport, present them with US or Thai passport?

I will have to leave Thailand with my Thai passport, the Thai immigration officer will stamp out on my Thai passport only, that means there will no stamp out on my USA passport. How do I deal with this situation? Please kindly give me an advise.

BJ

Go on the USA one, much easier and if you want to go stateside you will have no problems, expect a serious grilling with a thai one, and you will need visas, not worse the hassle is it ?

[Bluejay]

Hi all,

I have dual citizenship, US and Thai. I am currently living in Thailand (since 2004). I left USA with my American passport and entered Thailand with my Thai Passport. I am planing to visit Canada in July of this year.

1) Do I need a visa to enter Canada? 

2) What do I need to do when I get to the immigration at Canadian airport, present them with US or Thai passport?

I will have to leave Thailand with my Thai passport, the Thai immigration officer will stamp out on my Thai passport only, that means there will no stamp out on my USA passport. How do I deal with this situation? Please kindly give me an advise.

BJ

[mikethevigoman]

Hi all,

I have dual citizenship, US and Thai. I am currently living in Thailand (since 2004). I left USA with my American passport and entered Thailand with my Thai Passport. I am planing to visit Canada in July of this year.

1) Do I need a visa to enter Canada?

2) What do I need to do when I get to the immigration at Canadian airport, present them with US or Thai passport?

I will have to leave Thailand with my Thai passport, the Thai immigration officer will stamp out on my Thai passport only, that means there will no stamp out on my USA passport. How do I deal with this situation? Please kindly give me an advise.

BJ

Sorry seems i misread it, mmm, so you have to leave here and arrive there on a thai one,. you will need a visa, if you intend only visiting canada then that would be all you need,you could return to thailand on the usa one but it would get messy i feel as you would then have to enter thailand as an american, im sure if you are going stateside and you took both pasports you could get in without a visa as you are as you say a dual citizen, .only my feelings, no guarantee im afraid, its been a few years since i was there and things change,.

[jstumbo]

no problem.

When you checkin in Thailand, show your US passport to the airline staff so that they see you can enter Canada without a visa.

Go through immigration in Thailand and stamp out on your Thai passport.

When you arrive in Canada use your US passport to enter Canada, no visa required. The fact that you do not have an exit stamp from Thailand will not matter. Same way when you left the US using the US passport and used you Thai passport to enter Thailand.

Dual nationals do this all the time.

Edited February 4, 2008 by jstumbo

[Bluejay]

Thank you everyone....BJ