do permanent resident of america need a visa to travel to canada?

if green card holder of america wants to travel to canada does he need to have a visitor visa for canada or permanent card is enough for him to enter canada?? ihave heard from my friend in america that this is now a new law,ie need to hav a visa to enter canada?? so is this true or no??

There are new restrictions about having a passport to leave the US to go to Mexico, so I assume the same goes for Canada

Just a passport to return to the US.

Are you visiting or planning on moving here? There are specifics for either reason. If visiting, no. If moving, then are you doing so legally? If not, then forget it. Perhaps our government website can be of more help. Just type in Government of Canada into the Yahoo search engine and you will be given the site address where all your questions will be answered.

Yes, the law just change recently and the local U.S. Post Office can help you with that. The rates went up too.

Your friend is correct, the law was amended recently.

Since you are not a full US Citizen you may have to require a visa depending on what country you are a citizen of. I have a list of countries who need visa to enter canada. The law change pertains to US citzens where they require a passport and really pertains to getting back into the US and not entering canada. So if you want to enter canada or mexico for that reason you need your passport of your home country, and your green card so you can get back into the US.

check out the immigration website and there is a phone number you can call for further information.

Read this about visiting Canada:

"VISITOR VISA EXEMPTIONS
Many people do not require a visa to visit Canada. These include:

citizens of Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Botswana, Brunei, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel (National Passport holders only), Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Portugal, Republic of Korea, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, San Marino, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Slovenia, Switzerland, United States, and Western Samoa;


Persons lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence who are in possession of their alien registration card (Green card) or can provide other evidence of permanent residence."

You will need your passport and your permanent residency card to visit Canada.