Puerto Rico

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Destination optional

Entry date optional

Conditions apply

Visa-free, stay set by the visa

How long you may stay is set by your visa.

Entry rule for 12 September 2026 Source checked 20 August 2026

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The exemption does not apply to Canadian citizens seeking admission in nonimmigrant categories E, K, S, or V.

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Canada passport → Puerto Rico
Entry date: 2026-09-12

Visa-free, stay set by the visa
You can travel without arranging a visa.
How long you may stay is set by your visa.

Conditions:
- The exemption does not apply to Canadian citizens seeking admission in nonimmigrant categories E, K, S, or V.

Source: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-8/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-212/section-212.1
Source checked: 2026-08-20
Data snapshot: 2026-09-10

This establishes the recorded entry rule and stay allowance, not admission, work permission, residence rights or a tax position.
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Official wording

A visa is generally not required for Canadian citizens, except those Canadians that fall under nonimmigrant visa categories E, K, S, or V as provided in paragraphs (h), (l), and (m) of this section and 22 CFR 41.2.

Aevamo’s reading

Section 212.1 is the DHS regulation that imposes the visa-and-passport requirement on each arriving nonimmigrant alien and then enumerates the classes that do not have to present a visa. The VWP list and the 212(f) proclamations operate as exceptions or overlays on that command; they do not replace it.

The Canadian-citizen paragraph is the lettered exception that takes this issuer off the opening visa command for ordinary visitors; E, K, S and V are other nonimmigrant classes, not tourism.

Source details

Source checked: 20 August 2026
Data snapshot: 10 September 2026
Publisher: This content is from the eCFR and is authoritative but unofficial.
Reference ID: cfr-212-1

How the documents behind this regime are dated

eCFR Title 8 displayed as of 2026-08-18, last amended 2026-08-11; DHS VWP page last updated 2025-05-02; Proclamation 10998 effective 2026-01-01; Palau Compact Pub. L. 99-658 (1986-11-14).

Puerto Rico follows United States

US territory; US visa policy applies

(38) The term "United States", except as otherwise specifically herein provided, when used in a geographical sense, means the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands of the United States, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

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What this answer covers Limits & assumptions

Work and residence rights are separate from this check. This is the entry rule and the length of stay the instrument grants. It is not a decision about you: the officer at the border decides admission, and we do not evaluate the purpose of your trip, your passport's remaining validity, an onward ticket, funds, insurance or health requirements.

The rule is one instrument covering 1 places, so this answer is the same for United States .

Informational planning, not legal or immigration advice. The source is linked so you can check our reading.