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Border Crossing, Canada to U.S.
I expect that most Canadians who spend much time in the U.S. already know that the U.S. (like most other countries) has a 6 month limit on how long a "visitor" may stay in the country.
We try to abide by this by planning our trips such that our total days work out to less than 180 days in any 365 day period.
It has been our practice in recent years to leave our trailer in the south while we go home for Christmas. On our return to the U.S. after 6 weeks in Canada, the U.S. border official told us that we would have to include the 6 weeks we were in Canada as part of our allowed time in the U.S. because we left out trailer in the U.S., and had every intention of returning to it.
We are wondering if any other Canadians have encountered anything like this while crossing the border. If this is a correct interpretation of the regulations, then we will have to re-jig our travel plans. If anyone knows anything more about this, we would certainly like to hear from them.
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