[pct-l] Canadian hiker

Mathieu Gilbert wilbrod at gmail.com
Thu Feb 25 19:58:08 CST 2016


Hi Sarah,

You don't need a visa to enter the USA for however long up to at least 6
months (we spent last winter there and stayed just under 180 days). I
wouldn't want to spend more than 6 months in a year there either as the IRS
(the USA version of the CRA) will deem you to be a resident and may be
asking you to file an income tax return there... basically might not be
worth the potential trouble. But if you do want to stay longer, I know of
german couple who were able to extend their stay past the 6 months but I
don't know if it applies to Canadians.

We used travelcuts for our insurance last year. It's a pretty basic one
with $1,000,000 coverage. We chose it because it's one of the few insurance
company who would cover recreational sport climbing. There's a broker in
town that we will be giving a call for sure as we will not be climbing this
time around and coverage for hiking should be much easier to find.

Here's the link to travelcuts and they do cover hiking.
https://buy.travelinsurance.ca/TravelInsurance.aspx?pid=vuwrezu3&lang=en&C=1&checkCookie=true

Their policy:
https://buy.travelinsurance.ca/PARTNERS/Travelcuts/X066PL-0915.pdf

Cheers!

Matt


2016-02-25 13:06 GMT-07:00 Sarah Egan <sarahegan at shaw.ca>:

> I know many of you are wrapped up in last minute plans for this year's
> trip (yay!) but I'm hoping there might be a Canadian out there who can
> share some info about travel documents for my 2017 trip.
>
> I am a Canadian resident residing in BC and am wondering what documents I
> need in order to stay in the US for the length of time it will take me to
> hike the trail (presumably mid-April to end of September?).  Do I need to
> obtain a VISA?  Other documents?  This is the first time I will be spending
> this length of time in the US so have no previous experience.  I searched
> the pct-l archives concerning this subject but didn't find anything so far.
> Also if a Canadian can weigh in on their opinion of the best travel
> insurance (coverage, cost, usability etc). I would greatly appreciate it
> too!
> And for all you 2016 hikers, HAVE FUN, play safe, HYOH and I'm very
> excited to hear about all your adventures!!!!!!
>
> Sarah :)
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