International Travel FAQ | ADEA

All U.S. residents will need to have a sound passport to enter Canada. A vacationer visa shouldn’t be required for stays underneath 180 days. 

Learn extra from the U.S. State Department.

Passports can take as much as 8 weeks for traditional processing and as much as 3 weeks for expedited processing, excluding mail time.

We strongly suggest checking your passport standing as quickly as attainable to permit sufficient time for renewal or application if wanted. We suggest beginning the applying course of as quickly as attainable:

Beginning May 7, 2025, you’ll not be capable of use a non-REAL ID-compliant driver’s license or state ID to board a home flight.

If you don’t improve your license or state ID, you should use a passport or considered one of these different acceptable forms of identification to fly.

Learn extra about REAL ID.

When returning to the United States from Canada, vacationers should undergo U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on the level of entry. Montréal–Trudeau International Airport (YUL) affords direct U.S. preclearance for a lot of flights.

U.S. Preclearance

U.S. Preclearance at YUL means you full all customs and immigration inspections earlier than boarding your flight to the United States, so that you arrive as a home passenger.

Mobile Passport Control

The Mobile Passport Control app is a free, official app licensed by CBP that helps expedite your entry again into the United States.

What It Does:

• It permits U.S. residents and Canadian guests to submit their passport and customs declaration information earlier than arrival.
• It quickens processing at taking part airports and a few seaports.
• It allows you to skip the standard paper customs declaration type.

How to Use MPC:

• Download the official Mobile Passport Control app from the Apple App Store or Google Play.
• Fill in your passport info and reply the customs declaration questions.
• Receive an digital receipt (QR code) to current to CBP officers at designated lanes.
• This is accepted at many main U.S. airports however not all. Please test in case your arrival airport helps it.

Additional Tips for Returning Travelers

• Have your paperwork prepared: These paperwork embody passport, boarding passes and any required visas.
• Declare all gadgets: Be truthful about items, presents and forex.
• Know your duty-free allowances: Typically, the allowance is $800 per individual for U.S. residents getting back from Canada.
• COVID-19: Check the newest U.S. entry necessities, together with testing or vaccination guidelines. (These can change.)

U.S. Green Card holders (lawful everlasting resident) don’t want to use for an eTA. U.S. Green Card holders had been exempted from the eTA requirement as of April 26, 2022.

However, you do want to hold:

• A legitimate passport out of your nation of citizenship or a suitable journey doc.
• Your Green Card (or different legitimate proof of U.S. everlasting resident standing).

For extra info, go to the Canadian government webpage about eTAs.

International vacationers may have a visa and an Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA).

In addition to a sound passport, some worldwide attendees outdoors the U.S. might require a visa.

The Canadian authorities recommends checking visa processing times upfront, as processing durations differ by utility.

If you’ve already utilized, you may check your application status for updates.

To keep away from delays, attendees are strongly inspired to use at the very least 12 weeks earlier than departure to make sure their visa is processed in time for the occasion.

 After you apply for a visa:

All vacationers coming into Canada from outdoors the United States and Mexico want an eTA.

If you maintain a passport or are touring from a rustic for which Canada requires a visa, you might request a visa letter from ADEA as soon as your registration is paid in full.

Non–U.S.–primarily based registrants are suggested to connect a replica of their occasion registration affirmation electronic mail to their visa utility. Please be reminded that any attachment of supplemental paperwork to your visa utility doesn’t assure that your utility will probably be permitted.

We strongly encourage you to stick to the visa utility necessities as outlined on the Canadian government’s travel website.