This bill creates a new visa category allowing Canadian retirees to spend extended time in the United States as temporary visitors. To qualify, applicants must be at least 50 years old, maintain Canadian citizenship and a residence in Canada, own or rent a U.S. home, pass standard immigration background checks, and demonstrate financial self-sufficiency by pledging not to seek government benefits or assistance. Eligible Canadians can stay up to 240 days within any 365-day period, and their spouses can join them under the same conditions. The bill clarifies that owning U.S. property won't be held against applicants as evidence they intend to immigrate permanently, and it grants the Secretary of Homeland Security sole discretion to approve or deny admissions. The legislation also amends tax law to ensure these Canadian visitors maintain nonresident alien tax status for U.S. income tax purposes. The bill contains no specific funding allocations or implementation timelines.
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