CL65 CAPT REPORTS NOSE GEAR WILL NOT RETRACT ON DEPARTURE. AFTER UNEVENTFUL LANDING REPORTER TAXIES ON TO RAMP WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL.

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IT WAS DAY 1; FIRST LEG OF A 4 DAY TRIP. THIS WAS THE FO'S SECOND IOE TRIP; FIRST LEG WITH ME. I WAS THE PF. AFTER ROTATION; THE FO RAISED THE GEAR. WE RECEIVED A MASTER WARNING AND ASSOCIATED CHIMES; GEAR DISAGREE AND NOSE DOOR WARNING MESSAGES. WE CONTINUED THE DEP AS NORMAL. ONCE TIME PERMITTED; I NOTIFIED ATC OF OUR SITUATION THEN CALLED FOR THE QRH CHKLIST. WE WERE GIVEN VECTORS TO THE N OF THE ARPT TO COMPLETE OUR TASKS. I XFERRED THE CTLS TO THE FO ONCE STABILIZED ON ALT AND HDG. I CONTACTED DISPATCH AND MAINT TO TELL THEM OF THE SITUATION. I INFORMED THEM THAT I WOULD BE DECLARING AN EMER AS AN EXTRA PRECAUTION DUE TO THE OVERWT LNDG AND THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING NO NOSEWHEEL STEERING UPON LNDG. MAINT MADE A CONFIDENT COMMENT THAT IT WAS LIKELY A NOSE GEAR PIN. I AGREED BUT PLANNED FOR WORST CASE SCENARIO. I BRIEFED THE FLT ATTENDANT THEN THE PAX; APOLOGIZING FOR THE INCONVENIENCE FOR THE AIR RETURN. I LET THEM KNOW THAT WE WOULD BE UNABLE TO MAKE IT TO OUR DEST WITH THE GEAR DOWN DUE TO WIND RESISTANCE AND FUEL. I INFORMED ATC THAT WE WERE READY FOR THE APCH. IT WAS AN UNEVENTFUL LNDG. I MADE SURE TO TOUCH DOWN AT LESS THAN 300 FPM DUE TO THE OVERWT SITUATION. WE LANDED AND EXITED AT THE END. WE HAD 3 GREEN THROUGHOUT THE APCH AND LNDG. THE NOSEWHEEL STEERING SEEMED FINE ON THE GND. WE TURNED L OFF OF THE RWY AND HELD SHORT OF RWY XXL. TWR CLRED US ACROSS XXL AND TOLD US TO CONTACT GND. WE HAD A BUSY ENVIRONMENT IN THE COCKPIT. WE CONTACTED GND AND WERE ASKED WHAT RAMP? WE SAID THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE A GATE AND WERE CLRED STRAIGHT AHEAD INTO RAMP #2 WITH A B717 GIVING WAY TO US. I QUICKLY TAXIED INTO RAMP #2 AND STOPPED JUST PAST RAMP #2 N SIDE LINE. THERE WERE NO ACFT AROUND OR READYING TO PUSH. I QUICKLY SWITCHED OVER TO RAMP FREQ; CONTACTED THEM; AND TOLD THEM OF OUR EMER. THE RAMP CTLR LECTURED ME ABOUT KNOWING THAT I NEEDED TO CONTACT HIM BEFORE ENTERING THE RAMP. I AGREED AND STATED APOLOGETICALLY THAT I WOULD FILL OUT A RPT. I HAD BEEN CLRED INTO A RAMP ONCE BEFORE WHEN DECLARING EMERS BY TWR AND WAS SOMEWHAT OVER-TASKED AND GOT RUSHED. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT I MISHEARD THE GND CLRNC. IF THIS WAS THE CASE THEN THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: 1) WOULD BE HIGH WORKLOAD AND 2) ALLOWING MYSELF TO RUSH.