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WarGamer

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14. That's not what it said.

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #2)

Sat Jul 19, 2025, 03:14 PM

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Canadians don't need a VISA to enter the USA.

But a Russian, for example...

There is no VISA-FREE travel between the US and Russia or vice versa.

So for this non immigrant visa there wwould be a charge, similar to what most other countries in the world charge.

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