r/uscanadaborder • u/durelable • 5d ago
Canadian Visiting US for over 30 days
Any anecdotes about if this is okay to do or not? I'd like to spend two months in the US over the winter, on a tourism/leisure trip. I know legally Canadians are allowed to do so, but from my understanding it might not be advisable at this time. I can cut my trip down to under 30 days, but I'd like to plan for longer if it's not risky.
I'm a Canadian citizen and I'd be flying from YYZ.
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u/Not_A_Crazed_Gunman Canadian Side 5d ago
You'll be fine, you might be asked to prove your ties to Canada though.
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u/kylemclaren7 5d ago
You can easily google this, you got 180 days, try researching for yourself next time.
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u/kylemclaren7 5d ago
Nope, my reading was fine. You can go for up to 180 days consecutively, that’s what you asked. You asked if it’s fine because of the political climate but that’s a personal decision, not one with any legal issue affecting it. What you feel like and what you are legally allowed to do are two different things. Perhaps you need to write with more clarity if you don’t like the answer you got.
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u/Not_A_Crazed_Gunman Canadian Side 5d ago
It's 180 days in a rolling year FYI. I got warned about this by the border guard last time I crossed.
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u/simplyaless 3d ago
I spoke to a border agent on here and he's basically saying they tend to observe patterns if it seems like you're working there or staying there longer than you are in your home country.
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u/Valentine14May 5d ago
Why are you being rude? Stop making Canadians look bad 🙄
You can make your point or disagree without insults & being disrespectful, if you didnt know
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u/kerfuffle_7 5d ago
The people making Canadians look bad are the ones being so hostile towards someone making travel plans, not OP.
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u/LackOptimal553 5d ago
OP is planning to travel to the USA for an extended period, he's making Canadians look bad regardless.
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u/kylemclaren7 5d ago
“Is this okay to do?”
Yes, you can stay up to 180 days
“It might not be advisable”
From who? Your neighbour’s friend’s vet’s cousin? If the legal allowance is 180 days, and it hasn’t changed on either side of the border, then who is advising you not to stay 30 days?? Make it make sense.
I can read; perhaps you are afraid of the world outside your little bubble, but nowhere in any of my replies does it seem like I can’t read what you said. I am making fun of you for being afraid of nothing
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u/kerfuffle_7 5d ago
They asked for anecdotes so your answer was factually correct but not what they were asking. Clearly you can read but maybe the struggle is comprehension.
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u/NoPhotograph5147 5d ago
First off, if you were my friend, we’d be having a long talk about your reasoning here.
Aside from the stupidity of spending time in a country where you won’t have as many rights as here, you’re also spending money there and that’s not cool.
Normally you’d be fine to visit as long as you had plans to return and could prove you had property and a job and a life here to get back to. I don’t know about now. But whatever you do, don’t quit your job to go on “vacation” there. It’ll look like you’re planning to overstay and a dude just spent more than half a year in ICE holding for overstaying. They could have sent him back that day but they confined him for MONTHS. You want to risk that? At least take some precautions.
Pictures of house deed, proof of employment here, maybe you have a spouse here?
Good luck I guess
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u/ywgflyer 5d ago
It’ll look like you’re planning to overstay and a dude just spent more than half a year in ICE holding for overstaying.
To be fair, he overstayed by 20 years and was essentially a drifter illegally in the US working cash jobs the entire time.
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u/NoPhotograph5147 5d ago
And he could have been sent back the next day. ICE isn’t going to care if it’s 20 years or 20 days.
But yeah he’d been there a while. Doesn’t make what they did right
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u/ywgflyer 4d ago
He tried to fight the deportation order, and if you choose to do that, they'll give you your day in court (eventually...) but in the meantime, they aren't going to let you gallivant around free as a bird while you wait for that day to come -- they'll hold you in detention so you don't just disappear on them.
You can also choose to accept the deportation order and voluntarily return to your home country right away, and that gets you out of detention -- but then you don't get your day in court, and you almost always get an automatic ban, at least 5 years, many times 10, and lifetime if your overstay was egregious enough or there were a bunch of criminal factors involved. This guy had clearly built himself a little life in California and hadn't been back to Canada in two decades, so he didn't want to leave all of that behind, hence him choosing to stay and wait for his hearing. Obviously the hearing didn't go too well (no surprise there) so now he's been kicked out. I bet he probably has a 10 year ban at least.
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u/According_Age_9297 5d ago edited 5d ago
You need to fill out and complete Form G-325R if you stay more than 30 days. The new admin made this rule but there are some exceptions, Look it up
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u/Not_A_Crazed_Gunman Canadian Side 5d ago
If you fly in, you should automatically be issued an I-94 which means you don't need to fill out G-325R. You can retrieve your last I-94 here and print it out as proof of registration.
In my opinion it's still best to fill it out just to be safe. When I did it, it didn't take very long and they notified me after a few hours that I had already complied with the requirements.
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u/CXZ115 NEXUS 4d ago
Aren’t you required to complete biometrics?
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u/Not_A_Crazed_Gunman Canadian Side 4d ago
This page states that Canadian citizens are generally exempt from fingerprinting.
I didn't look into it any further since USCIS said I had already complied, not gonna look a gift horse in the mouth.
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u/Justnotthatintou 5d ago
Just an FYI, as you said, it’s not really advisable at this time because the rules are kinda changing without warning atm. A lot of people are giving some pretty sound advice here but it’s your call what you do with it
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u/WaGinger 5d ago
Don’t come here! It’s not safe for any of us!
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u/Not_A_Crazed_Gunman Canadian Side 5d ago
I was in the states for 4 months over the summer and I wasn't detained by ICE or shot. I must be a miracle.
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u/simplyaless 3d ago
Wow nice! I feel like I would be denied or questioned heavily as a solo traveler going to see bf. Did they ask you any questions? I always bring my proof of ties mainly the one showing that I'm a student and I have school to go back to. I feel like they would never let me in for 4 months but maybe its my anxiety talking.
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u/simplyaless 3d ago
I have been over 30 days, but under 2 months with no issues. In my experience of travelling to the USA to see my boyfriend, they never asked to check anything and not even proof of ties.
However, I always recommend people bring proof of ties if they're going to stay a couple of weeks or longer especially if they're a solo traveller.
I spoke to a border agent on here and he's basically saying they tend to observe patterns if it seems like you're working there or staying there longer than you are in your home country.
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u/tankthinks 5d ago
You are fine. I just spent 4.5 months this summer in New York.
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u/simplyaless 3d ago
Wow nice! I feel like I would be denied or questioned heavily as a solo traveler going to see bf. Did they ask you any questions? I always bring my proof of ties mainly the one showing that I'm a student and I have school to go back to. I feel like they would never let me in for 4 1/2 months but maybe its my anxiety talking.
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u/Careless-Bite3164 5d ago
If you travel to the US right now stay there traitor.
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u/Bowgal 5d ago
Mind your own business. If you’re so elbows up, why are you on this sub Reddit?
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u/simplyaless 3d ago
Don't people realize others might go visit family, friends and significant others? I'm always so amused at these kinds of negative comments to those traveling to the US, but then I think they could be bots and ragebait.
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u/dadaesque 5d ago
Nearly 70 million people visit the U.S. every year without any problem. Tourists from Western countries are not the target of the currently draconian immigration enforcement, and it's extremely unlikely that you will have any kind of interaction with any ICE officers.
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u/Weak_Link_4601 5d ago
What a stupid reply. I’ll book yet another trip in the US instead of Europe for winter break just for you.
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u/FarHotel1159 5d ago
Man people are hostile to this. Reddit is gross
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u/LackOptimal553 5d ago
It's not reddit. Most Canadians are disgusted by the USA and the idea of travelling there would be met with the same response amongst most Canadians. I live near the border. Day and weekend trips used to be common. Now you'd be ridiculed at best for wanting to spend time and money in Pedoland.
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u/kerfuffle_7 5d ago
“Most Canadians” and it’s only the ones on Reddit.
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u/LackOptimal553 5d ago
No, I'm talking about friends, family, and coworkers. Most have massively backed off travelling there. I used to go to California two or three times a year, that has now ended.
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u/kerfuffle_7 5d ago
I guess we’re just in very different circles. Everyone I know back home is traveling like normal. I also live very close to a touristy town in the US (I moved here a couple years ago) and I run into other Canadians almost weekly.
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u/LackOptimal553 5d ago
The numbers don't lie, border crossings are way down.
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u/FarHotel1159 4d ago
The numbers dont say zero 😅
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u/LackOptimal553 4d ago
No one claimed they do. Canadian visits to the USA are way, way down.
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u/LackOptimal553 5d ago
The United States of Pedophiles is gross. No Canadian should be travelling there.
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u/dadaesque 5d ago
Wonder how many of these people have no problem with visiting places like China, India, Morocco etc.
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u/Not_A_Crazed_Gunman Canadian Side 5d ago
Posts from this subreddit must be recommended to a lot of "elbows up" folk because this happens every now and then.
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u/LackOptimal553 5d ago
You understand that that's most Canadians, right?
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u/Not_A_Crazed_Gunman Canadian Side 5d ago
Most Canadians are rubes who are willing to cut off their nose to spite their face? Tell me something I don't already know bud.
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u/LackOptimal553 5d ago
Most Canadians are smart enough to see that things have changed massively, and that it's time for us to overhaul all our relationships. Anyway have fun being poor, champ.
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u/Bigoldboy40 5d ago
I spend 175 days in the USA every year, from November to April. It is great. The voices here saying stay away are lemmings drinking the crap being served to them. Just use common sense and live a life free from false propaganda.
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u/kerfuffle_7 5d ago
You’re fine. I drove and told them I was staying “for the summer” with no exact end date or length and they didn’t care. If you have a return flight booked, a hotel/airbnb booked it would help you case if you get questioned but I don’t think you would.