New Registration Affecting Canadian Snowbirds In U.S.

There have been several changes in US immigration policy under the new Trump administration, including changes to filing and registrations that affect Canadian snowbirds vacationing in the United States. In March of this year, Yana Timokhova, Altro LLP attorney, wrote a blog on our website anticipating the implications of the Executive Order, the details of which are now clear.

Wolfsdorf Rosenthal LLP, immigration attorneys in California, recently wrote an excellent article on the registration requirements that the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (UCIS) have implemented as of April 11, 2025. The article explains that for non-US citizens over the age of 14 who plan to stay in the US for longer than 30 days, they must be fingerprinted and register with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) before the 30 days is up. Legal guardians will need to register children under the age of 14, and reregister within 30 days after their 14 th birthday.