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Posted date : Nov 6, 2017

Dear Bird Talk, We are planning on going to Mexico next Jan. leaving from the U.S. We will be there for 31 days. Can we take those days off and use them for an Alaskan cruise in the summer of 2016? Sandy Jean-Louis Manotick, ON Response: Ed.: Absolutely! An absence from the U.S. for more […]

Posted date : Nov 6, 2017

Dear Bird Talk, I am spending five months in Florida each year and wish to take a two-week vacation in Mexico. Is this deducted from my 182-day limit? Anthony Simpson Tiny, ON Response: Ed.: No! Only days in the United States will count, unless you leave from the U.S. in the middle of your five-month […]

Posted date : Nov 6, 2017

Dear Bird Talk, I just read a blog that indicated that CSA says that we can stay for 183 days + 30 days if we own property and are over 55. Is this correct? Terry Olson Kamloops, BC Response: Ed.: This is very wrong! There is a lot of misinformation in the blogosphere. You are […]

Posted date : May 13, 2024

CSA Member Advisory – The U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently announced that they will be updating regulations on the importation of dogs into the United States…

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 : Aug 2, 2023

Has anyone ever questioned the U.S. government about why we have to include days on which we come
home for Christmas – trips away from the U.S…..

Posted date : May 10, 2023

I arrived in the U.S. on Oct 28, 2022 and will arrive back in Canada on April 4, 2023. While in the U.S., I took a 15-day Panama Canal cruise departing from L.A. and arriving back in Miami….

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 : May 11, 2022

I am not sure if Canadians are fully aware that if you are not a U.S. citizen and decide to sell real estate property in the U.S., 15% of the selling price will be deducted from your proceeds and sent to the IRS within 20 days after closing. …

Posted date : May 11, 2022

We are planning a cruise departing from San Diego and sailing for five days at sea and then sailing around the Hawaiian Islands for another six days before departing for foreign ports. Would the U.S. Department of Homeland Security calculate the days at sea as being “in the U.S.”?