Visa exempt unsureness

[TylerE]

Many people do not require a visa to visit Canada. These include:

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citizens of British dependent territories who derive their citizenship through birth, descent, registration or naturalization in one of the British dependent territories of Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn, St. Helena or the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Can anyone clarify what citizenship this is referring to? I'm a resident of the Cayman Islands and a few friends are vacationing in Canada near the beginning of April this year. The problem is I have my Caymanian passport but not my British one. The British passport is available to anyone with a Caymanian passport that applies for it, and I would do that just to be sure, but the process takes roughly 4-8 weeks and I would most likely miss the trip. Would I be turned away without proof of my citizenship to Britain even though I'm a citizen of one of its dependent territories?

[Leon]

Many people do not require a visa to visit Canada. These include:

.....
citizens of British dependent territories who derive their citizenship through birth, descent, registration or naturalization in one of the British dependent territories of Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn, St. Helena or the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Can anyone clarify what citizenship this is referring to? I'm a resident of the Cayman Islands and a few friends are vacationing in Canada near the beginning of April this year. The problem is I have my Caymanian passport but not my British one. The British passport is available to anyone with a Caymanian passport that applies for it, and I would do that just to be sure, but the process takes roughly 4-8 weeks and I would most likely miss the trip. Would I be turned away without proof of my citizenship to Britain even though I'm a citizen of one of its dependent territories?

It looks to me that it's enough that you are a citizen of the Cayman Islands.  You can ask the visa office in Kingston to make sure: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/offices/missions/kingston.asp

[toby]

I think it is more complicated than meets the eye.

Check out this website, an invaluable reference for visa requirements.

http://skyteam.com/about/travelhelp/travelinfo.html

I inputted some of your personal information, and got to this page:

http://www.timaticweb.com/cgi-bin/tim_website_client.cgi?SpecData=1&VISA=&HEALTH=&page=both&NA=KY&AR=00&TR=US&DE=CA&VT=KY&EM=KY&PASSTYPES=PASS&user=SKYWEB&subuser=SKYWEB1

It appears that if you must transit through the USA, that will be a sticking point.  Try to simplify your life by flying non-stop to Canada.  But even Canada seems to require more than a simple Cayman passport; Canada wants to see some certification from Britain. It's explained in the website.

Good luck.

[TylerE]

Thanks a lot for the replies, guys. The passport does have a section about being a British Overseas Territories citizen so that's encouraging. I'll give the Visa Center in Kingston a call tomorrow morning and if all goes well, look for a direct flight to Canada. Thanks a bunch.