加对美即将实行新的边境安全政策表示不满

爆自粉JU

搞不清楚这篇文章，是加拿大的“公民”，还是“移民”（持绿卡者）受影响？谁能说明确一点？谢谢！

毛毛

It is misleading. The new rules will only impact the immigrants come from Common Wealthy Countries.
Canadian citizen won't be affected and immigrants of China will still need the visa.

falsepresident

If Canada still refuses to check immigrants security background carefully (currently, let everyone landing Canada to be Canadian, called "Canadian Independence"), sooner or later, all Canadian citizens will be required to apply for an USA visa in order to visit USA.  ---- That is the best way to provent talent Canadians from leaving Canada.

Why? who know how many terrorists who are planning to kill Americans hide in Canada, just because the "Generous" of the Canadian politcians accept everyone rushing into Canada?

dagege

Written by CBC News Online staff
U.S. tightens visa requirements to cover Commonwealth
Last Updated Fri, 31 Jan 2003 22:12:51
OTTAWA - The United States is going ahead with new travel rules for more than half a million immigrants living in Canada.


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Beginning March 17, landed immigrants from more than 50 Commonwealth countries will need a visa to enter the United States. Right now they can cross the border as freely as Canadian citizens.
But the U.S. government says the new visa requirement is needed to increase security and target people from countries with a high rate of document fraud and abuse.

People from more than 50 Commonwealth countries and the Republic of Ireland will lose the privilege of entering the United States from Canada without a visa. Those countries include India, Pakistan and Singapore.

Leslie Gerson, who is in charge of U.S. consular affairs for Canada, says the change is largely to make U.S. entry requirements the same for citizens of those countries, regardless of where they're from.

"It had been under consideration for some while, I think perhaps the events of Sept. 11 encouraged folks to go forward with it a bit more rapidly," she said.

The U.S. government document proclaiming the new rule says it reflects the high security risk of people coming from countries where document fraud and abuse is high.

In November, Foreign Affairs Minister Bill Graham said he'd encourage the U.S. to back off the new visa rule.

Canada itself requires visas from many commonwealth countries, such as South Africa and Nigeria. But for as many as 600,000 landed immigrants in Canada, visiting the U.S. after March 17 will become more complicated.

The visa will cost $100 US and take up to two months to process.