Canadians still get 6 months in US?
Sep 20th 2002, 10:33 am
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Canadians still get 6 months in US?
Hello: I am about to fly to California from Vancouver, Canada. I hope to stay 6 months visiting relatives.
1. Do the border officials still give an automatic 6 months to Canadians?
2. Am I better off just saying I want to stay 6 weeks and hope to get 6 months?
3. Or would it be better to say I want to visit relatives for 4 months and risk close questioning and raising their suspicions?
Many thanks from anyone who can help .
1. Do the border officials still give an automatic 6 months to Canadians?
2. Am I better off just saying I want to stay 6 weeks and hope to get 6 months?
3. Or would it be better to say I want to visit relatives for 4 months and risk close questioning and raising their suspicions?
Many thanks from anyone who can help .
Sep 20th 2002, 4:09 pm
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Re: Canadians still get 6 months in US?
bigbird wrote:
> Hello: I am about to fly to California from Vancouver, Canada. I hope
> to stay 6 months visiting relatives.
> 1. Do the border officials still give an automatic 6 months to
> Canadians?
> 2. Am I better off just saying I want to stay 6 weeks and hope to
> get 6 months?
> 3. Or would it be better to say I want to visit relatives for 4 months
> and risk close questioning and raising their suspicions?
> Many thanks from anyone who can help .
Rule 1
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Never lie to the INS
Rule 2
------
Go back to Rule 1
You should give a reasonable estimate of the time you expect to spend in
the US. Bear in mind that the maximum stay you can request without a
recorded entry is 6 months. Bear in mind also that the longer you ask
for, the more likely they will want you to prove that you have a
residence in Canada that you have no intention of abandoning. This is
provable with a lease or deed to a home, with utility bills, and a
letter from an employer of school indicating that you are expected back.
> Hello: I am about to fly to California from Vancouver, Canada. I hope
> to stay 6 months visiting relatives.
> 1. Do the border officials still give an automatic 6 months to
> Canadians?
> 2. Am I better off just saying I want to stay 6 weeks and hope to
> get 6 months?
> 3. Or would it be better to say I want to visit relatives for 4 months
> and risk close questioning and raising their suspicions?
> Many thanks from anyone who can help .
Rule 1
------
Never lie to the INS
Rule 2
------
Go back to Rule 1
You should give a reasonable estimate of the time you expect to spend in
the US. Bear in mind that the maximum stay you can request without a
recorded entry is 6 months. Bear in mind also that the longer you ask
for, the more likely they will want you to prove that you have a
residence in Canada that you have no intention of abandoning. This is
provable with a lease or deed to a home, with utility bills, and a
letter from an employer of school indicating that you are expected back.
