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Posted date : May 29, 2025

Only $50/mo! Unlimited Talk & Text! 100GB Data! CAN-USA-MEX! Introducing the CSA’s new wireless member benefit! We’re thrilled to announce Rogers Wireless as the newest addition to the CSA’s member benefits – a perfect match for our members’ cross-border snowbird lifestyles. Whether chasing the sun in the U.S. or exploring abroad, like Mexico, Rogers will […]

Posted date : Apr 10, 2025

The Canadian Snowbird Association (CSA) appreciates the opportunity to provide comments on the Interim Final Rule on “Alien Registration Form and Evidence of Registration” as released by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Posted date : Sep 14, 2023

Did CANADIAN SNOWBIRDS ever find out if you can leave your RV in the U.S. year-round? Or do you have to bring it home after six months?

Posted date : May 5, 2020

Are the insurance companies going to cover COVID-19 treatment if we fall ill…….or are they going to insist that we return to Canada?

Posted date : Sep 20, 2019

U.S. Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott introduced the Canadian Snowbirds Act, legislation that would allow some Canadian citizens to spend up to eight months a year vacationing in the United States, two months longer than they are allowed to stay now.

Posted date : Nov 13, 2017

I would like some clarification on how long we can stay in the United States. I live in Ontario. Some people tell me six months, while others say seven months. I also heard that our Ontario health coverage expires if we are out of the province for more than six month. Is this true? Your […]

Posted date : Nov 13, 2017

How many months are we allowed to stay in the U.S. coming from Ontario? I have heard six and seven months. Thanks, C. Edmonds Milton, ON Response: Ed: This is the most-asked question we get; the U.S. allows you to stay in the U.S. for a maximum of six months. Not 182 days or 183 […]

Posted date : Nov 13, 2017

Dear Bird Talk, I would like to know how it affects us Canadians if we stay down in the USA for more than the 183 days. William in BC Response: Ed.: Currently, when a Canadian is admitted into the U.S. as a visitor, it is under a verbal B-2 Visitor’s Visa. You are permitted to […]

Posted date : Nov 13, 2017

Dear Bird Talk, I appreciate the excellent service my wife and I obtain from our private insurance with Medipac for coverage during our winter stay in Florida. However, we are also grateful for the fact that back home in Canada, we are also protected on a daily basis by our public system of health care, […]

Posted date : Nov 6, 2017

Can anyone comment on what happens if you overstay your 182 days in the U.S.? I understand that the IRS can consider you taxable on worldwide income, but do they contact you? Has anyone had this happen to them? If it’s over by a few days, are they still going to make an effort to […]