How long Canadian Citizens stay in States WITHOUT a Visa?

The thing with this whole 183-day rule is that I had loads of Canadian neighbours when I lived in Florida, and they all stayed way longer per year than that. They'd go back for a few days and then re-enter. There was even a story on NBC news about retirees in BC all buying places in Washington the other night.

Under State law you usually have 30 or 60 days to get a DL. I suppose if you're a "seasonal" resident you don't qualify but it sounds idiotically complicated to me. I'm sure from talking to my neighbours that they were resident in Florida for tax purposes.

Anyway I suppose when I retire I'll find out because I'm not putting up with this weather when I'm an old geezer!

The real key point though is that if you maintain your Canadian DL or an address, the CRA consider you to be resident for tax purposes, and that is the real problem. You can't just buy a condo in BC, have a house in the US, spend most of your time in the US and just pay tax there.

Reba that made no sense at all to me UGH (gave me a headache trying to figure that out) :O) anyways, i stayed this year(2007)for a total of 7 and a half months in 2 trips. when do u suggest i try to enter again?

I wouldn't even hazard a guess.

By the way, if you are planning to volunteer, intern, or do an unpaid apprenticeship you need a visa called an M (apparently) and from the experience that a cousin of mine had recently, this info was not easy to obtain from any US gov't website.
Just a heads up!

Allyssa

I remember seeing something about it at the USCIS website. It is an M visa, for religious missionaries and volunteers.

Just to clarify, Canadians are visa-exempt. Canadians don't get visas with the exception of E-2, K-1, K-3, K and E derivatives and all immigrant visas. (IVs).

Does the same regulations apply if you are aboriginal canadian. Since the JAY treaty, states that a north american indian cannot be denied at the P.O.E ?

Steve
Canada and the uSA have what we call a reciprocal agreement on tax . You do not have to pay tax in both countries. You submit a tax return in the country where you earn the $ and also in the other country. Let's say you earn $ in usa you will submit and pay usa taxes but you will be issued a 'tax credit' which you send with your Can tax form and you will be exempt from tax in Can on that usa$. and vice versa. My daughter is a CMA
and she found this out for me.

visa options

hmm but how can they see how long you stayed? is there any way they keep track. might sound like a stupid question sowwy!

when you cross the border and they scan your passport or your ID, there is record of your entry and exit.

tctc, sorry, I don't have an aswer for you. I'd suggest you speak with an immigration lawyer who may have more knowledge.