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Visiting the US from Canada

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#1 ·
I am planning on visiting a friend over next winter, from September to March. I know I will need ties to Canada to prove to border control or whoever that I will be returning to Canada. Is a return ticket enough? Or should I have something else.
Also, what about my cell phone? Can I suspend it, or can I use it? I'm planning on calling the phone company tomorrow but I'm curious if anyone here knows.
 
#4 ·
5 months -- you will loose your Ontario health plan btw, so make sure you have proper insurance. You need your passport, of course. But proof of ties to Canada? Never heard of that one. Your passport proves you are Canadian. Keep the original in a very safe place while in the US. If you are in one city for most of the time, maybe a bank deposit box. Keep a photocopy of the main picture page with COPY written on it -- keep that one with you everywhere you go, perhaps with the name of the bank where the original is.

If you are concerned, you should contact the Canadian Embassy in Ottawa and they can fill you in with more details.
 
#6 ·
I think the Ontario Health plan expires far sooner than 5 months (I can't count from Sept to March apparently) -- I think it's something like 60 or 90 days, but even if you go for only 2 weeks, you should have medical insurance for the States. You can get in a bad situation really fast. Call a travel agent and ask what plans you should look at. When MDH was in the States ALOT I had a blue cross plan for him that wasn't too wildly expensive.
 
#9 ·
I wouldnt think I need a visa if I'm visiting.
I don't have any family, except my daughter who was placed for adoption. She's the only reason I didnt leave ontario almost 2 yrs ago. But other than that, no property, but I do have bank accounts. I'm not sure if I'd be able to access them in the states, so maybe that would be a tie if I can't. I will probably have my stuff in paid storage, so that could be a tie too right?
Does anyone know about ctb though?
 
#11 ·
When you enter America they want proof that you will return to your home country, not try and stay illegally once you are there. That is the whole ties to your home country thing. A reason to leave, basicly...
A passport is more of a form of identification, which also holds the conditions of your stay in America. Holding a passport does not give you the right to enter a country.

I know that America's Visa waiver program is only good for 90 days, any stay longer than that requires a tourist Visa (or another type of Visa if you are eligible). It may be different for Canadian's, being that the two country's are so close, but definatly look into it. Because they will turn you away at the border if things arent in order.
 
#13 ·
Sounds like you will have fun in the states! contact Canadian Custom and they will let you know how many days you are allowed to be gone for. The only big issue you are going to deal with, is health care. You have to prove you reside in Canada for so many days a year or they drop your health care and you become and an Alien US resident. How old are you(you under 18?)??

As for your cell phone, depending on the company you are with, there are some great US-Canada plans. My current phone allows me to us a US sim card in my phone which means I get a local number here when I fly down (6-7 times a year). The other issue is travel insurance. I don't know of a travel insurance that covers you for more than 30 days at a time; that means you have to set foot in Canada at least 24 hours every 30 days, and you can't screw around with those days because if you were to need them, they WILL check. You are going to have to do a lot of research on that one. I had to do a lot of phoning around.

I fly back and forth from across the boarder all the time. My mom tho a Canadian Resident, lives and works in the US but makes regular trips back home to maintain her healthcare and Canadian Resident status.
 
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