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Posted date : Apr 13, 2024

CSA Member Advisory – The Canada Border Services Agency and the Canadian Snowbird Association are encouraging Canadians who have spent the winter abroad to plan ahead for a smooth return to Canada this spring. These are the top travel tips to know before arriving at the border…

Posted date : Dec 19, 2023

My sister insists that you must declare your vacation home in Arizona that is used by only you in the winter months as foreign property on your tax return under Revenue Canada Guidelines. Do you have the Revenue Canada guideline that states this?

Posted date : May 10, 2023

Winter visitors to Arizona often travel to Mexico for dental work. Are medical emergencies, such as excessive bleeding/blood loss from extractions, covered by Medipac?

Posted date : Mar 15, 2023

The Canada Border Services Agency and the Canadian Snowbird Association are encouraging Canadians who have spent the winter abroad, to plan ahead for a smooth return to Canada this spring.

Posted date : Jan 13, 2023

I am taking an 11-night Alaskan cruise which departs from Vancouver, visits several Alaskan ports and then returns back to Vancouver. I plan to get off of the ship for a few hours at four of the Alaskan ports. Do any of these days count as time spent in the U.S. by the IRS or the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency?

Posted date : Jun 13, 2022

CSA Member Advisory – Effective 12:01 a.m. ET on June 12, 2022, the U.S. government will no longer require air travellers to obtain a pre-departure COVID-19 test within a day of their departure flights.

Posted date : Sep 8, 2021

I am writing to request that the Government of Canada work with the World Health Organization (WHO) to update its guidance to ensure that mixed dosing of COVID-19 vaccines is internationally recognized as full vaccination against COVID-19.

Posted date : Aug 4, 2021

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik and Congressman Peter Welch (D-VT) introduced the Canadian Snowbird Visa Act, bipartisan legislation to extend the amount of time Canadians who own or lease a home in the United States can visit by two months.

Posted date : Jul 23, 2021

I just was informed today that the border is closed once again until June 21 [Now it has been extended again until July 21]. My wife and I recently crossed the border into Canada by land after a two-week visit to our home in Sun Lakes, Arizona. We had been away for more than 13 months …

Posted date : Jul 23, 2021

Is the CSA even aware of the Form I-94, as I never see any articles or questions about it? This form states how long a Canadian can spend in the U.S. and, every time I cross the border, people set it for only 90 days! It is so frustrating! Last time I asked a border security person to make it April 1, and he said that he had “no clue what I was talking about”!?