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Posted date : Dec 20, 2023

With reference to Sandi Elliot asking Bird Talk about selling your U.S. home and moving some of the belongings that you acquired while living in the U.S. back to Canada.

Posted date : Dec 20, 2023

As a followup to the email in the fall edition’s Bird Talk about leaving a Canadian-registered RV (or boat) in the U.S. for a long period, even more important is the six-month rule. We were planning to leave our B.C.-

Posted date : Sep 14, 2023

I have chatted recently with several military and RCMP retirees about the change of health-care providers, from Sun Life to Canada Life. There is yet much confusion and frustration regarding the overall transition…

Posted date : Aug 2, 2023

In your spring 2023 edition, in the Bird Talk section, there was a question from Mr. William Gordon who
wanted to know if there were any capital gains to be repaid following the sale of their mobile home on
leased land…

Posted date : May 10, 2023

I’m hoping that you can answer a question that many, if not most, snowbirds have. Netflix is working on eliminating the number of accounts that have free riders….

Posted date : Jan 13, 2023

I would like to address your response to Jeff from Calgary regarding a U.S. will. We were also in the process of updating our wills and our lawyer recommended that we have a U.S. will…..

Posted date : May 11, 2022

CSANews Issue 122 – Spring 2022 Edition | In this Issue :- BIRDWATCHING ON VACATION, POLITICS AND YOUR PORTFOLIO, Birdtalk

Posted date : Jul 23, 2021

To all those who didn’t heed the directions of the Canadian government and left the country anyway − you were warned that it is a changing environment and that rules could change when you are away, as the pandemic changes. The spring Bird Talk only had letters from the group that are complaining about the quarantine and testing requirements…..

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”!?

Posted date : Jul 23, 2021

I’m writing to find out what I’m missing, based on the below excerpt from the 2020 Form 8840. It specifically states on page 3, that: “… you will not be treated as a U.S. resident for 2020…