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How do we become Snowbirds? We have a home in Florida but are planning to retire this fall. How long can we stay in the USA as Canadians. We have a cottage we can use in the Summer months. Thankyou
Hello Ms Laporte. Your question is welcome. I have decided in response to it to add a page to the site to provide answers for you, and for the many folks like you that wish to become Snowbirds for half the year. That page is here: https://canadian-snowbird.com/canada-and-usa-can-we-spend-half-a-year-in-each/ and is just now under develoopment.
Recently we applied for a Home Trust VISA charge card. Home Trust uses the Visa International exchange rate. They do not charge that extra fee on top of the exchange rate that is the usual Canadian bank practice. They also give you 1% cash back. Home Trust does not charge a fee for this card. When we checked our bank’s… Read more »