Next year I'm going to be studying in Canada, and as well as visiting cities in Canada, I'd like to be able to visit the States a bit whilst I'm there. Only thing is, how does that work with visas? I'll have a one year study visa for Canada, but will that grant me access to the States with a British passport? I remember when I was in the States a few years back, we crossed the border into Canada by car just fine, however we then had a US visa, and the Canadians don't require one for visits under 6 months or so with a UK passport. Would I need to get a US visa? This would only be for short weekend trips, if that makes any difference.
I'm pretty sure having a passport makes you okay for anything. And we need a passport to cross now from Canada to USghettoperson wrote:
Next year I'm going to be studying in Canada, and as well as visiting cities in Canada, I'd like to be able to visit the States a bit whilst I'm there. Only thing is, how does that work with visas? I'll have a one year study visa for Canada, but will that grant me access to the States with a British passport? I remember when I was in the States a few years back, we crossed the border into Canada by car just fine, however we then had a US visa, and the Canadians don't require one for visits under 6 months or so with a UK passport. Would I need to get a US visa? This would only be for short weekend trips, if that makes any difference.
And what university are you going to here!?
Brock.
I wouldn't go at to Canada at all. Just study in the States.ghettoperson wrote:
Next year I'm going to be studying in Canada, and as well as visiting cities in Canada, I'd like to be able to visit the States a bit whilst I'm there. Only thing is, how does that work with visas? I'll have a one year study visa for Canada, but will that grant me access to the States with a British passport? I remember when I was in the States a few years back, we crossed the border into Canada by car just fine, however we then had a US visa, and the Canadians don't require one for visits under 6 months or so with a UK passport. Would I need to get a US visa? This would only be for short weekend trips, if that makes any difference.
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"If you can walk and talk you can go to Brock"ghettoperson wrote:
Brock.
Pretty small university, my friend goes there and he likes it a lot. Just be used to small towns though lol
Haha, yeah apparently it isn't the best uni in the world, but decent enough. I don't really care, I'm doing it for the experience rather than the brand name school. My first and second choices was full (UBC and UofT). My current school is tiny so it doesn't bother me that much (>5000 people)Winston_Churchill wrote:
"If you can walk and talk you can go to Brock"ghettoperson wrote:
Brock.
Pretty small university, my friend goes there and he likes it a lot. Just be used to small towns though lol
Oh sweet, according to the British Airways site I don't need a visa to visit the US if I have an e-passport, which I do, and I just need to get travel authorisation from the Department of State before I fly.
Yeah I know, all the universities here have little sayings like that, its not a bad school at all. I'm actually at U of T and its pretty sweet, you'll have to come to the big city some time for some clubbing experienceghettoperson wrote:
Haha, yeah apparently it isn't the best uni in the world, but decent enough. I don't really care, I'm doing it for the experience rather than the brand name school. My first and second choices was full (UBC and UofT). My current school is tiny so it doesn't bother me that much (>5000 people)Winston_Churchill wrote:
"If you can walk and talk you can go to Brock"ghettoperson wrote:
Brock.
Pretty small university, my friend goes there and he likes it a lot. Just be used to small towns though lol
Yeah definitely, I'll be working over the summer so I can afford plenty of plane tickets + hotels.
Plane tickets? To go where?
New York, DC, maybe Vancouver. I'll take the train/bus where possible though.
Sweet, check your facebookghettoperson wrote:
New York, DC, maybe Vancouver. I'll take the train/bus where possible though.
When I spent the summer in the US back in 99 I bought an 'Eastern Rail Pass' with Amtrak - unlimited train travel for two weeks from Chicago east as far as Boston/New York/DC/Miami/etc. Recommended.ghettoperson wrote:
New York, DC, maybe Vancouver. I'll take the train/bus where possible though.
He'll be living in Canada though, likely wont have many 2 week periods to go traveling. University students get 50% off train tickets in Ontario (possibly Canada, not sure)CameronPoe wrote:
When I spent the summer in the US back in 99 I bought an 'Eastern Rail Pass' with Amtrak - unlimited train travel for two weeks from Chicago east as far as Boston/New York/DC/Miami/etc. Recommended.ghettoperson wrote:
New York, DC, maybe Vancouver. I'll take the train/bus where possible though.
That sounds brilliant.CameronPoe wrote:
When I spent the summer in the US back in 99 I bought an 'Eastern Rail Pass' with Amtrak - unlimited train travel for two weeks from Chicago east as far as Boston/New York/DC/Miami/etc. Recommended.ghettoperson wrote:
New York, DC, maybe Vancouver. I'll take the train/bus where possible though.
Cost much? Are travel times good/bad?
Whoa... Can't believe these forums are still kicking.
Oooh nice. That won't particularly help me with weekend trips, but I'm there for a whole year, so I'll definitely take advantage of that over Christmas/other vacations.CameronPoe wrote:
When I spent the summer in the US back in 99 I bought an 'Eastern Rail Pass' with Amtrak - unlimited train travel for two weeks from Chicago east as far as Boston/New York/DC/Miami/etc. Recommended.ghettoperson wrote:
New York, DC, maybe Vancouver. I'll take the train/bus where possible though.
Damn, Greyhound says it's 10 hours from St.Catharines to New York, and it appears to cost the same as a plane fare. Flying it is!
Visiting NY in USA while studying at Brock in Canada as a Brit.
My state was founded by Batman. Your opinion is invalid.
Amtrak sucks balls.Flecco wrote:
That sounds brilliant.CameronPoe wrote:
When I spent the summer in the US back in 99 I bought an 'Eastern Rail Pass' with Amtrak - unlimited train travel for two weeks from Chicago east as far as Boston/New York/DC/Miami/etc. Recommended.ghettoperson wrote:
New York, DC, maybe Vancouver. I'll take the train/bus where possible though.
Cost much? Are travel times good/bad?
And not in a good way.
Greyhound sucks balls.
And not in a good way.
Best bet is to rent a car and drive...particularly if you're going to be staying in the NE US (DC and north).
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I can't drive, and wouldn't rental + gas be more than a plane ticket?FEOS wrote:
Amtrak sucks balls.Flecco wrote:
That sounds brilliant.CameronPoe wrote:
When I spent the summer in the US back in 99 I bought an 'Eastern Rail Pass' with Amtrak - unlimited train travel for two weeks from Chicago east as far as Boston/New York/DC/Miami/etc. Recommended.
Cost much? Are travel times good/bad?
And not in a good way.
Greyhound sucks balls.
And not in a good way.
Best bet is to rent a car and drive...particularly if you're going to be staying in the NE US (DC and north).
Heh, Greyhound has a bad rep here.ghettoperson wrote:
Damn, Greyhound says it's 10 hours from St.Catharines to New York, and it appears to cost the same as a plane fare. Flying it is!
Probably because of the guy who got decapitated on one last year and the other guy who shot one up or something recently
If I recall correctly it was about $200 or so, which was a lot for me at the time as an impoverished student. Travel times were handy for avoiding another nights accommodation cost. I did overnights from Chicago to Niagara and from DC to Boston. Very handy.Flecco wrote:
That sounds brilliant.CameronPoe wrote:
When I spent the summer in the US back in 99 I bought an 'Eastern Rail Pass' with Amtrak - unlimited train travel for two weeks from Chicago east as far as Boston/New York/DC/Miami/etc. Recommended.ghettoperson wrote:
New York, DC, maybe Vancouver. I'll take the train/bus where possible though.
Cost much? Are travel times good/bad?
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Over one of your breaks while in North America take a plane in to Boston. From there take the one of the Chinatown buses (Fungwah, Luckystar, amongst others) into New York for $15. These buses will bring you in to Manhattan. You can take similar buses to DC or you can take a ~3-4 hour train ride from Penn Station to Union Station in DC.
http://www.chinatown-bus.com/
https://www.fungwahbus.com/t-schedule.aspx
http://www.luckystarbus.com/
etc. etc. etc.
http://www.chinatown-bus.com/
https://www.fungwahbus.com/t-schedule.aspx
http://www.luckystarbus.com/
etc. etc. etc.
Last edited by Superior Mind (2009-03-01 09:06:03)
Nice one, cheers for that. Looking at flights though, all the cheap ones stop off in New York anyway, so I may as well just fly there and make the opposite journeys.Superior Mind wrote:
Over one of your breaks while in North America take a plane in to Boston. From there take the one of the Chinatown buses (Fungwah, Luckystar, amongst others) into New York for $15. These buses will bring you in to Manhattan. You can take similar buses to DC or you can take a ~3-4 hour train ride from Penn Station to Union Station in DC.
http://www.chinatown-bus.com/
https://www.fungwahbus.com/t-schedule.aspx
http://www.luckystarbus.com/
etc. etc. etc.
Off the top of my head I can't remember how to do it, but it's perfectly possible to do.
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