rvcruiser
Toronto, Canada
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Any Canadian fulltimers still travelling in the southern U.S.?
How long do you stay in Florida\Texas\Arizona?
Where do you go when you get back to Canada?
Stay in one place for the summer or travel around?
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Cool Canuck
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I only know of one Canadian full timer and they summer around Lemington, ON. Anything out of Country for 6 mo. starts creating issues with Provincial Health Plans and, if its in the US, the IRS.
We are considering trying this for a couple of years, therefore, I have an interest myself. We already spend 5 mo. down south.
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mayo30
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Friends of ours spend the summer just south of Calgary in a private park and the maximum in Yuma,fly home once a month because of medical insurance and a past stroke.
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Tothill
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There is an RV park outside of Victoria that caters to full timers. Many of the tenants head South in the Winter (less than 6 months), then come back to the island for the Summer.
We have friends who have not given up their sticks and bricks, but spend the winter in their 5er down south (in a RV park) and most their summer boating.
Vancouver Island is a great place to spend the winter, there are quite a few full timers that no longer go to the USA due to health issues, and spend the winter here.
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netjam
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I am an Albertan who is starting my 6th year fulltime. The 6 month thing is not great so we see snow before heading south and when arriving home in the spring. We travel while in Canada but Alberta Health really wants you to spend 6 months/yr in Alberta. (OHIP gives you 7 months away) You can get an exemption but its a hassle. The CSA (Canadian Snowbird Assoc) has a great publication that outlines all the rules concerning time away from your home province, US regs on visiting the USA etc.
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Flyboy320
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This magazine has an interesting article on page 11 of the Apr 2012 edition. http://foreveryoungbc.com/
Apparently the Canadian and US govt`s are working on a Canadian Retiree Visa that would allow Canadians to stay in the USA for 8 vs 6 mo. Canadian Snowbird Assoc is also involved in the process.
I know personally that I`m in favour. Would make owning a place in the US more viable.
Hope it all works out.
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mayo30
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Flyboy320 wrote:This magazine has an interesting article on page 11 of the Apr 2012 edition. http://foreveryoungbc.com/
Apparently the Canadian and US govt`s are working on a Canadian Retiree Visa that would allow Canadians to stay in the USA for 8 vs 6 mo. Canadian Snowbird Assoc is also involved in the process.
I know personally that I`m in favour. Would make owning a place in the US more viable.
Hope it all works out.
How will this solve the OAS,CPP,health insurance and income tax in both countries that governments are loath to give up?Staying longer by visa is one thing,health insurance regs. are provincial
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PackerBacker
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mayo30 wrote:Flyboy320 wrote:This magazine has an interesting article on page 11 of the Apr 2012 edition. http://foreveryoungbc.com/
Apparently the Canadian and US govt`s are working on a Canadian Retiree Visa that would allow Canadians to stay in the USA for 8 vs 6 mo. Canadian Snowbird Assoc is also involved in the process.
I know personally that I`m in favour. Would make owning a place in the US more viable.
Hope it all works out.
How will this solve the OAS,CPP,health insurance and income tax in both countries that governments are loath to give up?Staying longer by visa is one thing,health insurance regs. are provincial
I don't think it will. We will still be stuck with potentially losing health care benefits if we out of country more than six months out of a twelve month period.
For many of us who spend a lot of time in the US, we need to watch the days going by.
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Flyboy320
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For me , I would buy health care to cover the situation.
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Jim Shoe
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My folks used to spend winters camping near the Cape, shortly after Canada started their new health care plans. (Late 70's, early 80's?) The Canadians were all coming south to get "elective" surgery because the waiting list was so long up north. A bad knee was "elective" in Canada and had quite a waiting list. If its your knee, it isn't really elective.
I understand that most of the delay has been resolved by now.
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