April 11th Deadline

Starting on April 11, 2025 Foreign Citizens (including Canadians) 14 years and older who stay in the United States for more than 30 days at a time will have to create an Online Account with the US Citizenship and Immigration Services, make an appointment and then go in to give their fingerprints and other requirements taken.

They will then have to carry their documents with them at all times in case they are randomly stopped anywhere across the United States.

This includes the 1 Million Canadian Snowbirds (who enter the United States and stay for up to 6 months during Winter.)

While Other Nationalities coming to the US without needing an American Visa can stay in the country for up to 90 days and have to register with Electronic System for Travel Authorization or ESTA and pay $21 before they travel to the US and then are fingerprinted at the US Land, Sea and Air Borders under the United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology or US-VISIT Canadian Citizens, who have never been required a Visa to enter the United States for up to 6 months, also do not have to get an ESTA or do US-VISIT.

Those that do not have to register under this new rule are: US Permanent Residents (Green Card Holders), Nonimmigrants issued a Paper or Electronic I-94 or I-94W, those issued with either an American Immigrant or Nonimmigrant Visa.