Hi, I recently booked a cruise (princess) trip to west caribbean, but so
far no one from the cruise company can tell me whether I need visas for
those countries to be visited. Could any one help me out on this ? Thanks a
lot !!
BTW, I am not a U.S. citizen, nor permanent resident. I have Taiwan
passport.
Your help will be greatly appreciated.
David
Kurt Ullman
19-04-2004, 10:43 AM
In article <GXpgc.8338$hw5.7595@attbi_s53>, "David Chang" <chang_dj@yahoo.com>
wrote:
>Hi, I recently booked a cruise (princess) trip to west caribbean, but so
>far no one from the cruise company can tell me whether I need visas for
>those countries to be visited. Could any one help me out on this ? Thanks a
>lot !!
>
>BTW, I am not a U.S. citizen, nor permanent resident. I have Taiwan
>passport.
>
You would need to contact the countries themselves. I would probably start
with the embassies of the countries either in DC or New York City (The UN
embassies would at least know who to send you to for more information).
There is a listing of consulates and embassies of other countries in the
US at http://usembassy.state.gov/.
I would probably also check in with your local office of Immigration
just to make sure there is nothing specific you have to do to get READMITTED
to the US. I don't konw how the US does it (being an American citizen), but I
do know that some countries require a re-entry visa if you leave and come
back, even if you are only gone a couple days.
--
"Nurses in hospitals, like NCOs in any military unit, really
ran things, after all, and it was a foolish doctor who crossed them."
-Tom Clancy *Without Remorse*
SP Cook
22-04-2004, 09:37 PM
"David Chang" <chang_dj@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> Hi, I recently booked a cruise (princess) trip to west caribbean, but so
> far no one from the cruise company can tell me whether I need visas for
> those countries to be visited. Could any one help me out on this ? Thanks a
> lot !!
>
> BTW, I am not a U.S. citizen, nor permanent resident. I have Taiwan
> passport.
>
1 - You should contact the embassy of the countries involved,
remembering that islands that are still colonies of European powers,
like France, the UK, and Holland are covered by those countries
embassies.
2 - You should make certain of your re-entry status to the USA. The
general procedure is that the ship knows of all of the non-US citizens
on the ship and all of them must meet with US ICE on board the ship
and then are taken through the system first, before the general (ultra
light) inspection is openned for everyone.
