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Bird Talk response

Posted date : Sep 14, 2023

During your visit to the United States, you may visit Canada or Mexico for up to 30 days and re-enter the United States, if you re-enter within the timeframe…

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How long can I stay

Posted date : Dec 16, 2021

I continue to get conflicting opinions about how long I can safely stay in the U.S. One opinion is no more than 183 consecutive days or 183 days cumulative in a calendar year and the other opinion is 183 days per year, but calculated at 100% of current year days + 1/3 of the year prior days and 1/6 of the two years’ prior days…

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Issue 121

Posted date : Dec 16, 2021

CSANews Issue 121 – Winter 2021 Edition | In this Issue :- BORDER’S OPEN! AMERICA WELCOMES SNOWBIRDS BACK; CARIBBEAN GEMS; TIMELESS WISDOM; NEW TECHNOLOGY

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Canada Border issues

Posted date : May 15, 2021

Inside the cover of our passport you’ll find this…and the Canadian government has NOT voted on any changes. ….

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Land-Border Crossing if Married to an American Homeowner

Posted date : May 15, 2021

I am a Canadian snowbird. In 2016, I married an American citizen who owns her own home in Florida. Typically, we spend five months at her home in Florida and the remainder of the year at my home in Ontario…

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U.S. Immigration Laws for Snowbirds

Posted date : Sep 21, 2020

We are snowbirds who spent the winters in California. We have tracked our days in the U.S. very carefully and every year, we file Form 8840….

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U.S. border agents

Posted date : May 14, 2019

I don’t know this for sure, but I heard of a Canadian going over the U.S. border and being asked by the agent what he thought of the U.S. president. Again, I don’t know what the response was, but the Canadian citizen has been barred from the U.S. for five years. I am going over […]

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Cruise question

Posted date : May 14, 2019

We flew from Toronto to Honolulu to board a Holland America cruise ship on the same day. Thirty-three days later, we arrived in Auckland, NZ. We flew back to Toronto via a San Francisco connection. How many of these days are considered being in the U.S. against our 182-day U.S. allotment. Does it make a […]

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Confiscating cellphones at the border

Posted date : May 14, 2019

A friend of mine just sent me an e-mail stating that U.S. border guards now have the authority to request your cellphone and its password. If you refuse, the border guards can confiscate the phone for up to five days. Is there any truth to this? Ian Walker Ottawa, ON Response : Ed.: Yes! Actually, […]

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30-day home period

Posted date : May 13, 2019

I have heard that if we leave the U.S. during our calendar year, we have to be clear of the U.S. for at least a 30-day period, otherwise those days away are still included in our U.S. day count. Is this true? Barry Woods Penticton, BC Response : Yes, it is true. This rule is […]

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