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Posted date : Nov 4, 2017

Dear Bird Talk, Like many snowbirds, we do our banking online while in Florida. While away from home, we use Kathy’s debit card information to access our company and personal bank accounts but, last winter, we discovered that her card was about to expire while we were away. It had a November expiry date. According […]

Posted date : Nov 4, 2017

Dear Bird Talk, I recently found out about the 180-day time permitted in the U.S. We are Canadian citizens who own property in the U.S. and we spend an average of about six months per year (three winter, three summer). However, we were unaware of this Form 8840 Closer Connection to Canada until two weeks […]

Posted date : Nov 4, 2017

Dear Bird Talk, In your always informative Editor’s notes in the Summer 2013 issue, you mentioned that snowbird visitors are not allowed to work in the U.S. Is this different than for any other Canadian? For example, what about Canadians who give the occasional speech or lead a workshop at a conference in the U.S., […]

Posted date : Nov 4, 2017

Dear Bird Talk, I read with interest the Bird Talk in Summer 2013 issue of CSA News; in particular, page 9. I receive acknowledgement for my annual filings (of Form 8840) by making sure my filing is done with an AR “Advice of Receipt Registered International” which I purchase at my local Canada Post office […]

Posted date : Nov 4, 2017

Dear Bird Talk, I have read with interest your previous exchanges on the difficulty of obtaining a U.S. $ bank credit card. Last summer, the solution seemed to be to get a U.S. tax ID number. That option won’t work anymore, as the IRS will not issue one unless you will be filing a U.S. […]

Posted date : Nov 4, 2017

Dear Bird Talk: We are all aware that the letter “C” (as in C.S.A) stands for “CANADIAN”, and as such I would like to comment on the remarks appearing in the summer issue of C.S.A. News regarding last winter’s Extravaganza at South Padre Island, Texas. Firstly-In South Texas you are not referred to as a […]

Posted date : Nov 4, 2017

Dear Bird Talk, I have just finished reading your CSANews summer 2005 issue. I enjoy reading all issues. In regards to “Tips to avoid identity theft”, I would like to share with you an experience I had. I wrote a cheque for an account but forgot to sign it. When I received my cancelled cheques […]

Posted date : Nov 4, 2017

Dear Bird Talk, I immigrated to Canada some 40 years ago from Johannesburg, South Africa and it is with great interest that I read the article from CSANews issue 67 (summer 2008). While Mr. Garrison is correct in extolling the many attractions of South Africa, he neglected to mention the one fundamental fact of South […]

Posted date : Nov 4, 2017

Dear Bird Talk, Re: Summer 1999 issue, page 11. I also had the same problems as Kenneth Ramsay. A teller in St. Pete’s, Florida told me, a Canadian money order could bounce like a cheque. I explained that I’d paid cash at the bank for them. I had to use the machine for cash. Fortunately, […]

Posted date : Nov 4, 2017

Dear Bird Talk, Thank you for publishing my letter under Bird Talk in the summer 2009 issue of CSANews. I hope it will be of some help to the members. However, I have a followup. I am happy to advise that CIBC was successful in their investigation with the Chase Bank and that the $397 […]