Canadians staying in US over 30 days will have to register

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Foreign nationals planning to be in the U.S. for more than 30 days will soon have to register with American authorities.   The new requirement is part of U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Protecting the American People Against Invasion” executive order, which he signed in January.   Neetu Garcha explains the new rules, when they start, what part of the policy Canadians will be exempt from following and why critics are calling the changes unnecessary and confusing.  For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/11074444/canadians-travel-us-registration-rules-explained/  Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on X HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #GlobalNews

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00:00The U.S. is set to enforce a new visitor registration rule on April 11th, which could impact thousands

00:07of Canadians. Those planning to stay for longer than 30 days will be required to register

00:12with U.S. authorities.

00:14There is no registration form and there is no process yet. The Department of Homeland

00:18Security has said that that's coming. It's not out yet.

00:21If travellers fail to log their details with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, they could

00:26face an up to $5,000 fine or be detained for up to six months, according to the U.S.

00:32Office of the Federal Register.

00:33For Canadian snowbirds, they're the ones who are most alarmed. A lot of them are confused

00:37and quite frankly, they're scared.

00:39The U.S. Department of Homeland Security telling Global News, Canadian members of the Nexus

00:44program or those under the Visa Waiver Program will not be impacted. It would also not apply

00:49to Indigenous people who meet certain conditions. Whether Canadians would be exempt from fingerprint

00:55requirements is not clear.

00:57But what a Canadian could do to avoid being called in to register like this is to ask

01:03for an I-94 when they do travel.

01:06Canadians with an electronic I-94 document, which most get automatically when flying to

01:11the U.S., don't need to register. Canadians can prepare by checking their I-94 status

01:16online.

01:17I'm not surprised. I think this was consistent with Trump's anti-immigration, but also the

01:22tariff policies.

01:24And like those tariff policies, these experts say the new rules could change on a dime.

01:29This new registration rule could just be another reason for Canadians already feeling disillusioned

01:35by the economic tensions to stay away from the U.S.

01:39Neetu Garcha, Global News, Vancouver.

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