BajaNomad

U.S. To Lose $1.6B As Mexican Vacationers Choose Canada

GypsyJan - 4-3-2017 at 08:09 PM

From Forbes

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexandratalty/2017/03/30/mexic...

luv2fish - 4-3-2017 at 11:01 PM

Quote: Originally posted by GypsyJan  
From Forbes

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexandratalty/2017/03/30/mexic...


But how much will be saved by Mexicans not overstaying their visas, and giving birth and going on public assistance? I think it was 2 weeks ago that 4 Chinese immigrants were popped in a trunk at San ysidro. Turns out the woman were pregnant and the "coyote" was the son of Pepe Aguilar.

thebeckster - 4-5-2017 at 06:59 PM

No kidding! The US will be saving billions on public assistance, medical, public schools! Let the Canadians have them...they have an over loaded social medical system as it is!

chuckie - 4-6-2017 at 03:58 AM

OMIGOD!

BigBearRider - 4-6-2017 at 06:11 AM

Quote: Originally posted by thebeckster  
No kidding! The US will be saving billions on public assistance, medical, public schools! Let the Canadians have them...they have an over loaded social medical system as it is!


I think you are confusing issues. This is about "vacationers" not coming to the US. They don't use "billions on public assistance, medical, public schools."

These are Mexican tourists who have the money to get a visa approved, and who come to visit, shop, see sights, and then go back to their lives in Mexico.

There's a vetting process to get a visa (that does not yet include "'much worse than water boarding." I suspect very few overstay their visas and become a public charge.

I know that in the case of my wife's family members from Poland, we had to provide a personal guarantee that we would be personally and financially responsible for them and that they wouldn't become a personal charge. I don't know if there is a similar thing for Mexico, but it wouldn't surprise me.

wilderone - 4-6-2017 at 09:36 AM

Then there's this:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mexico-visa-immigration-cana...

The no-visa rules are not specific to the purpose of crossing the border, i.e., a Mexican on vacation, rather, crossing the border generally.

Sweetwater - 4-6-2017 at 11:07 AM

Canada is in interesting territory at the moment. They are in the midst of a huge housing bubble that will pop at some point. They are attracting quite a bit of foreign investors and continuing to rip open those tar sands. Their currency is not strong. There is a concerted effort to bring in tourists, I've received my free Canadian parks pass in the mail and will consider a trip north this summer. Still wondering how long that real estate bubble will continue to inflate.

The Downside to Going North

MrBillM - 4-6-2017 at 06:22 PM

The problem with vacationing in Canada is that the whole damned country is filled with Canadians.

KurtG - 4-7-2017 at 07:21 AM

Quote: Originally posted by MrBillM  
The problem with vacationing in Canada is that the whole damned country is filled with Canadians.


My experience is that they are mostly harmless.

Martyman - 4-7-2017 at 10:12 AM

Quote: Originally posted by Sweetwater  
I've received my free Canadian parks pass in the mail and will consider a trip north this summer. .


How do I get my free Canadian Park Pass?

luv2fish - 4-8-2017 at 01:16 AM

Quote: Originally posted by BigBearRider  
Quote: Originally posted by thebeckster  
No kidding! The US will be saving billions on public assistance, medical, public schools! Let the Canadians have them...they have an over loaded social medical system as it is!


I think you are confusing issues. This is about "vacationers" not coming to the US. They don't use "billions on public assistance, medical, public schools."

These are Mexican tourists who have the money to get a visa approved, and who come to visit, shop, see sights, and then go back to their lives in Mexico.

There's a vetting process to get a visa (that does not yet include "'much worse than water boarding." I suspect very few overstay their visas and become a public charge.

I know that in the case of my wife's family members from Poland, we had to provide a personal guarantee that we would be personally and financially responsible for them and that they wouldn't become a personal charge. I don't know if there is a similar thing for Mexico, but it wouldn't surprise me. [/



http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/02/03/homeland-sec...

Hook - 4-8-2017 at 06:49 AM

Oh, the irony of Mexicans heading towards Canada, while half the Canadians are desperate to spend six months OUTSIDE of Canada every year. High taxes, high costs of good and services and LOW temperatures will do that to you.

Hey, someone's got to pay for all those "free" park passes and "free" medical care.

BajaMama - 4-12-2017 at 01:01 PM

I find it interesting that a few posts go right to the hateful bigotry of what Breitbart tells us Mexicans are. Like it isn't even possible a Mexican citizen could afford to travel for vacation. Seriously people, some Mexicans come here to work but they go home when they can. Many of the illegal border ... never mind, deaf ears. My band wagon is too big.

motoged - 4-12-2017 at 06:34 PM

Quote: Originally posted by MrBillM  
The problem with vacationing in Canada is that the whole damned country is filled with Canadians.


Yep, but the upside is they are farther away from you...pretty good trade-off....eh!