Can a Canadian Travel to the USA twice, less than 180 days each time?How soon can I re-enter the USA having stayed for 90 days under the Visa Waiver Program?Schengen multivisa - duration each 180 days or total?Overstayed my USA visa for less than six months and was denied reentryCan I visit the USA twice in a year with an ESTACan a non-EU spouse of EU citizen not resident in EU travel in the EU more than three months?If USA B-1 visa stamping is done for 6 months, can we stay more than 90 days on business trip?Staying in the Schengen area more than 90 daysHow long to I have to wait to re-enter US as a Canadian?Any limits to Single Entry Tourist Visas per year? (Thailand)UK Tourist Visa- Enquiry

What is going on with 'gets(stdin)' on the site coderbyte?

Does the Linux kernel need a file system to run?

Calculating total slots

Biological Blimps: Propulsion

Why should universal income be universal?

Is this toilet slogan correct usage of the English language?

Why does AES have exactly 10 rounds for a 128-bit key, 12 for 192 bits and 14 for a 256-bit key size?

Quoting Keynes in a lecture

The IT department bottlenecks progress, how should I handle this?

How do you make your own symbol when Detexify fails?

Is there a way to get `mathscr' with lower case letters in pdfLaTeX?

What is the highest possible scrabble score for placing a single tile

What exact color does ozone gas have?

Limits and Infinite Integration by Parts

How do I delete all blank lines in a buffer?

What are some good ways to treat frozen vegetables such that they behave like fresh vegetables when stir frying them?

How should I respond when I lied about my education and the company finds out through background check?

Did arcade monitors have same pixel aspect ratio as TV sets?

Is aluminum electrical wire used on aircraft?

This is why we puzzle

Can disgust be a key component of horror?

PTIJ: Haman's bad computer

What if you are holding an Iron Flask with a demon inside and walk into Antimagic Field?

Using substitution ciphers to generate new alphabets in a novel



Can a Canadian Travel to the USA twice, less than 180 days each time?


How soon can I re-enter the USA having stayed for 90 days under the Visa Waiver Program?Schengen multivisa - duration each 180 days or total?Overstayed my USA visa for less than six months and was denied reentryCan I visit the USA twice in a year with an ESTACan a non-EU spouse of EU citizen not resident in EU travel in the EU more than three months?If USA B-1 visa stamping is done for 6 months, can we stay more than 90 days on business trip?Staying in the Schengen area more than 90 daysHow long to I have to wait to re-enter US as a Canadian?Any limits to Single Entry Tourist Visas per year? (Thailand)UK Tourist Visa- Enquiry













1















I plan to travel to the USA for less than 180 days in 2019. I will return to Canada for Christmas and New Years, then return to the USA for approx 4 months and for sure less than 180 days.



Can I do this? I've seen online 180 per calendar year (which would make this plan ok) and in other places per 12 month rolling period (which would make it not ok.)










share|improve this question









New contributor




Tristan Forward is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.




















  • What you need to be cognizant of, when doing longer stays, is that there comes a point when the IRS starts considering you a resident for tax purposes. This is generally not a concern for short trips.

    – Roddy of the Frozen Peas
    9 mins ago















1















I plan to travel to the USA for less than 180 days in 2019. I will return to Canada for Christmas and New Years, then return to the USA for approx 4 months and for sure less than 180 days.



Can I do this? I've seen online 180 per calendar year (which would make this plan ok) and in other places per 12 month rolling period (which would make it not ok.)










share|improve this question









New contributor




Tristan Forward is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.




















  • What you need to be cognizant of, when doing longer stays, is that there comes a point when the IRS starts considering you a resident for tax purposes. This is generally not a concern for short trips.

    – Roddy of the Frozen Peas
    9 mins ago













1












1








1








I plan to travel to the USA for less than 180 days in 2019. I will return to Canada for Christmas and New Years, then return to the USA for approx 4 months and for sure less than 180 days.



Can I do this? I've seen online 180 per calendar year (which would make this plan ok) and in other places per 12 month rolling period (which would make it not ok.)










share|improve this question









New contributor




Tristan Forward is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.












I plan to travel to the USA for less than 180 days in 2019. I will return to Canada for Christmas and New Years, then return to the USA for approx 4 months and for sure less than 180 days.



Can I do this? I've seen online 180 per calendar year (which would make this plan ok) and in other places per 12 month rolling period (which would make it not ok.)







visas usa canadian-citizens repeat-visits






share|improve this question









New contributor




Tristan Forward is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.











share|improve this question









New contributor




Tristan Forward is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.









share|improve this question




share|improve this question








edited 1 hour ago









Traveller

10k11742




10k11742






New contributor




Tristan Forward is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.









asked 2 hours ago









Tristan ForwardTristan Forward

1061




1061




New contributor




Tristan Forward is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.





New contributor





Tristan Forward is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.






Tristan Forward is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.












  • What you need to be cognizant of, when doing longer stays, is that there comes a point when the IRS starts considering you a resident for tax purposes. This is generally not a concern for short trips.

    – Roddy of the Frozen Peas
    9 mins ago

















  • What you need to be cognizant of, when doing longer stays, is that there comes a point when the IRS starts considering you a resident for tax purposes. This is generally not a concern for short trips.

    – Roddy of the Frozen Peas
    9 mins ago
















What you need to be cognizant of, when doing longer stays, is that there comes a point when the IRS starts considering you a resident for tax purposes. This is generally not a concern for short trips.

– Roddy of the Frozen Peas
9 mins ago





What you need to be cognizant of, when doing longer stays, is that there comes a point when the IRS starts considering you a resident for tax purposes. This is generally not a concern for short trips.

– Roddy of the Frozen Peas
9 mins ago










2 Answers
2






active

oldest

votes


















3














US immigration law generally allows people entering in B-1 or B-2 status (which includes Canadian visitors without visas) to enter for up to six months per visit. There is a lot of misinformation out there about this.



Rather than having a strict requirement of no more than six months out of some longer time period, the US gives immigration officers the discretion to refuse entry, or sometimes to grant admission for a shorter period than six months, if they find that a visitor does not satisfy the conditions of admission as a visitor (for example, if they think you're actually living in the US and making occasional visa runs to Canada).



Canadians (and others) who spend a lot of time in the US also have to worry about US tax law, because spending more than a certain amount of time in the US makes one a US resident for income tax purposes (regardless of immigration status). Such a person must report their entire worldwide income and figure their income tax accordingly.



The answer to your question, therefore, is yes, you can do this, if the officer allows you to re-enter. If the time between your visits is very short, because the officer might decide to consider the length of the two visits together.



In any event, do pay attention to the substantial presence test and the closer connection exception.






share|improve this answer






























    1














    There is no specific rule, rather, you shouldn't be trying to live in the US by successive visits. If you visit the US for five months, leave for three weeks, and then try to return it is likely that the border guard will consider that you are trying to immigrate by default and deny you entry.



    I'm not saying this can't be done, but you're going to need an extremely compelling story on your second visit.






    share|improve this answer






















      Your Answer








      StackExchange.ready(function()
      var channelOptions =
      tags: "".split(" "),
      id: "273"
      ;
      initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);

      StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function()
      // Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
      if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled)
      StackExchange.using("snippets", function()
      createEditor();
      );

      else
      createEditor();

      );

      function createEditor()
      StackExchange.prepareEditor(
      heartbeatType: 'answer',
      autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
      convertImagesToLinks: false,
      noModals: true,
      showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
      reputationToPostImages: null,
      bindNavPrevention: true,
      postfix: "",
      imageUploader:
      brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
      contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
      allowUrls: true
      ,
      noCode: true, onDemand: true,
      discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
      ,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
      );



      );






      Tristan Forward is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.









      draft saved

      draft discarded


















      StackExchange.ready(
      function ()
      StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2ftravel.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f134359%2fcan-a-canadian-travel-to-the-usa-twice-less-than-180-days-each-time%23new-answer', 'question_page');

      );

      Post as a guest















      Required, but never shown

























      2 Answers
      2






      active

      oldest

      votes








      2 Answers
      2






      active

      oldest

      votes









      active

      oldest

      votes






      active

      oldest

      votes









      3














      US immigration law generally allows people entering in B-1 or B-2 status (which includes Canadian visitors without visas) to enter for up to six months per visit. There is a lot of misinformation out there about this.



      Rather than having a strict requirement of no more than six months out of some longer time period, the US gives immigration officers the discretion to refuse entry, or sometimes to grant admission for a shorter period than six months, if they find that a visitor does not satisfy the conditions of admission as a visitor (for example, if they think you're actually living in the US and making occasional visa runs to Canada).



      Canadians (and others) who spend a lot of time in the US also have to worry about US tax law, because spending more than a certain amount of time in the US makes one a US resident for income tax purposes (regardless of immigration status). Such a person must report their entire worldwide income and figure their income tax accordingly.



      The answer to your question, therefore, is yes, you can do this, if the officer allows you to re-enter. If the time between your visits is very short, because the officer might decide to consider the length of the two visits together.



      In any event, do pay attention to the substantial presence test and the closer connection exception.






      share|improve this answer



























        3














        US immigration law generally allows people entering in B-1 or B-2 status (which includes Canadian visitors without visas) to enter for up to six months per visit. There is a lot of misinformation out there about this.



        Rather than having a strict requirement of no more than six months out of some longer time period, the US gives immigration officers the discretion to refuse entry, or sometimes to grant admission for a shorter period than six months, if they find that a visitor does not satisfy the conditions of admission as a visitor (for example, if they think you're actually living in the US and making occasional visa runs to Canada).



        Canadians (and others) who spend a lot of time in the US also have to worry about US tax law, because spending more than a certain amount of time in the US makes one a US resident for income tax purposes (regardless of immigration status). Such a person must report their entire worldwide income and figure their income tax accordingly.



        The answer to your question, therefore, is yes, you can do this, if the officer allows you to re-enter. If the time between your visits is very short, because the officer might decide to consider the length of the two visits together.



        In any event, do pay attention to the substantial presence test and the closer connection exception.






        share|improve this answer

























          3












          3








          3







          US immigration law generally allows people entering in B-1 or B-2 status (which includes Canadian visitors without visas) to enter for up to six months per visit. There is a lot of misinformation out there about this.



          Rather than having a strict requirement of no more than six months out of some longer time period, the US gives immigration officers the discretion to refuse entry, or sometimes to grant admission for a shorter period than six months, if they find that a visitor does not satisfy the conditions of admission as a visitor (for example, if they think you're actually living in the US and making occasional visa runs to Canada).



          Canadians (and others) who spend a lot of time in the US also have to worry about US tax law, because spending more than a certain amount of time in the US makes one a US resident for income tax purposes (regardless of immigration status). Such a person must report their entire worldwide income and figure their income tax accordingly.



          The answer to your question, therefore, is yes, you can do this, if the officer allows you to re-enter. If the time between your visits is very short, because the officer might decide to consider the length of the two visits together.



          In any event, do pay attention to the substantial presence test and the closer connection exception.






          share|improve this answer













          US immigration law generally allows people entering in B-1 or B-2 status (which includes Canadian visitors without visas) to enter for up to six months per visit. There is a lot of misinformation out there about this.



          Rather than having a strict requirement of no more than six months out of some longer time period, the US gives immigration officers the discretion to refuse entry, or sometimes to grant admission for a shorter period than six months, if they find that a visitor does not satisfy the conditions of admission as a visitor (for example, if they think you're actually living in the US and making occasional visa runs to Canada).



          Canadians (and others) who spend a lot of time in the US also have to worry about US tax law, because spending more than a certain amount of time in the US makes one a US resident for income tax purposes (regardless of immigration status). Such a person must report their entire worldwide income and figure their income tax accordingly.



          The answer to your question, therefore, is yes, you can do this, if the officer allows you to re-enter. If the time between your visits is very short, because the officer might decide to consider the length of the two visits together.



          In any event, do pay attention to the substantial presence test and the closer connection exception.







          share|improve this answer












          share|improve this answer



          share|improve this answer










          answered 1 hour ago









          phoogphoog

          74.4k12160243




          74.4k12160243























              1














              There is no specific rule, rather, you shouldn't be trying to live in the US by successive visits. If you visit the US for five months, leave for three weeks, and then try to return it is likely that the border guard will consider that you are trying to immigrate by default and deny you entry.



              I'm not saying this can't be done, but you're going to need an extremely compelling story on your second visit.






              share|improve this answer



























                1














                There is no specific rule, rather, you shouldn't be trying to live in the US by successive visits. If you visit the US for five months, leave for three weeks, and then try to return it is likely that the border guard will consider that you are trying to immigrate by default and deny you entry.



                I'm not saying this can't be done, but you're going to need an extremely compelling story on your second visit.






                share|improve this answer

























                  1












                  1








                  1







                  There is no specific rule, rather, you shouldn't be trying to live in the US by successive visits. If you visit the US for five months, leave for three weeks, and then try to return it is likely that the border guard will consider that you are trying to immigrate by default and deny you entry.



                  I'm not saying this can't be done, but you're going to need an extremely compelling story on your second visit.






                  share|improve this answer













                  There is no specific rule, rather, you shouldn't be trying to live in the US by successive visits. If you visit the US for five months, leave for three weeks, and then try to return it is likely that the border guard will consider that you are trying to immigrate by default and deny you entry.



                  I'm not saying this can't be done, but you're going to need an extremely compelling story on your second visit.







                  share|improve this answer












                  share|improve this answer



                  share|improve this answer










                  answered 1 hour ago









                  Redd HerringRedd Herring

                  990413




                  990413




















                      Tristan Forward is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.









                      draft saved

                      draft discarded


















                      Tristan Forward is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.












                      Tristan Forward is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.











                      Tristan Forward is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.














                      Thanks for contributing an answer to Travel Stack Exchange!


                      • Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!

                      But avoid


                      • Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.

                      • Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.

                      To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.




                      draft saved


                      draft discarded














                      StackExchange.ready(
                      function ()
                      StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2ftravel.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f134359%2fcan-a-canadian-travel-to-the-usa-twice-less-than-180-days-each-time%23new-answer', 'question_page');

                      );

                      Post as a guest















                      Required, but never shown





















































                      Required, but never shown














                      Required, but never shown












                      Required, but never shown







                      Required, but never shown

































                      Required, but never shown














                      Required, but never shown












                      Required, but never shown







                      Required, but never shown







                      Popular posts from this blog

                      कुँवर स्रोत दिक्चालन सूची"कुँवर""राणा कुँवरके वंशावली"

                      Why is a white electrical wire connected to 2 black wires?How to wire a light fixture with 3 white wires in box?How should I wire a ceiling fan when there's only three wires in the box?Two white, two black, two ground, and red wire in ceiling box connected to switchWhy is there a white wire connected to multiple black wires in my light box?How to wire a light with two white wires and one black wireReplace light switch connected to a power outlet with dimmer - two black wires to one black and redHow to wire a light with multiple black/white/green wires from the ceiling?Ceiling box has 2 black and white wires but fan/ light only has 1 of eachWhy neutral wire connected to load wire?Switch with 2 black, 2 white, 2 ground and 1 red wire connected to ceiling light and a receptacle?

                      चैत्य भूमि चित्र दीर्घा सन्दर्भ बाहरी कडियाँ दिक्चालन सूची"Chaitya Bhoomi""Chaitya Bhoomi: Statue of Equality in India""Dadar Chaitya Bhoomi: Statue of Equality in India""Ambedkar memorial: Centre okays transfer of Indu Mill land"चैत्यभमि