Will my status in Canada mean that I can enter or work in the USA?

Permanent residents of Canada must obtain proper authorization to enter or work in the USA, unless an exemption is obtained.

Citizens of Canada are not required to obtain visas to enter the USA, and may be eligible to be employed in Canada under the provisions of the NAFTA Agreement.

Canadian permanent residents with citizenship of the following countries, do not need passport visas to enter the USA:

Antigua	Brunei	India	Maldives	St. Kitts and Nevis	Sri Lanka	Uganda
Australia	Cyprus	Ireland	Malta	St. Lucia	Swaziland	Vanuatu
Bahamas	Dominica	Jamaica	Mauritius	St. Vincent	Tanzania	Western
Bangladesh	Fiji	Kenya	Nauru	Seychelles	Tonga	Samoa
Barbados	Gambia	Kiribati	New Zealand	Sierra Leone	Trinidad/ Tobago	Zambia
Belize	Ghana	Lesotho	Nigeria	Singapore	UK (including its colonies, territories, and dependencies, such as Hong Kong or Bermuda)	Zimbabwe
Bermuda (British subjects)	Grenada	Malawi	Pakistan	Solomon Islands
Botswana	Guyana	Malaysia	Papua New Guinea	South Africa	Tuvalu

* Preliminary information