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04/10/2025

If you’re heading abroad, don’t forget to register with the Registration of Canadians Abroad service. Get important updates in case of an emergency. It’s free and easy!
Sign up here: https://ow.ly/3AP150Vxqor

03/31/2025

I truly can't believe I have to create this post.

Travel Papers
'Show me your papers'

Canadians in the States of America 30 days and longer, MUST have 'evidence of registration', on their personal possession, AT ALL TIMES or be guilty of a misdemeanor, can be detained and will upon conviction for each offense, be fined not to exceed $5,000 or be imprisoned not more than 30 days, OR BOTH.

"Upon entry into the United States, non-U.S. citizens must provide biometrics, such as digital fingerprints and a photograph.

All aliens 14 years of age or older who were not registered and fingerprinted (if required) when applying for a U.S. visa and who remain in the United States for 30 DAYS OR LONGER, must apply for registration and fingerprinting.

"Canadians and other foreign nationals visiting the United States for periods longer than 30 days must be registered with the United States Government. Failure to comply with the registration requirement could result in penalties, fines, and misdemeanor prosecution."

DHS (Department of Homeland Security) will issue evidence of registration, WHICH ALIENS OVER THE AGE OF 18 MUST CARRY AND KEEP IN THEIR PERSONAL POSSESSION AT ALL TIMES."

A new form, G-325R, Biometric Information (Registration), can be completed in an online process by which unregistered aliens may register and comply with the law as required by the INA within 30 days of reaching his or her 14th birthday. All previously registered aliens must apply for re-registration and to be fingerprinted.

Aliens who have not registered include: American Indians born in Canada who entered the United States under section 289 of the INA, and members of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas who entered the United States under the Texas Band of Kickapoo Act, are not required to register.

CANADIAN VISITORS WHO ENTERED THE UNITED STATES AT LAND PORTS OF ENTRY AND WERE NOT ISSUED EVIDENCE OF REGISTRATION.

HOW TO APPLY
As a Canadian, if you HAVE BEEN IN the states of America over 30 days, BE AWARE, you can be legally fined and detained. You are breaking American Laws.

If you apply for registration while remaining IN the States of America, you can be legally detained and fined, up until the point you receive a response to your application. Be aware, you can be legally detained by America up until the point of 'having your papers'.

Your options are:
Step 1: return to Canada immediately
Step 2: while IN Canada, apply for registration, to stay in the States of America for longer than 30 days
Step 3: travel to states of America or cancel travel plans
Step 4: while IN America, understand you can apply to stay in the States of America for longer than 30 days, but will be in breach of the law AT 30 days AND CAN BE LEGALLY DETAINED, even if you've followed directions, stayed and applied. Your American RESPONSE and Travel PAPERS must be in hand, not in transit.

HOW TO REGISTER FOR AMETICAN TRAVEL
Step 1: Create a USCIS Online AccountStep
2: Submit Form G-325RStep
3: USCIS review of Form G-325RStep
4: Attend appointment for biometrics collectionStep
5: Receive registration documentationCriminal Penalties for Willful Failure or Refusal to Register or Provide Biometrics (if required)

Any alien who willfully fails or refuses to apply to register or be fingerprinted (if required), and any parent or legal guardian who is required to apply for the registration on behalf of an alien less than 14 years of age and who willfully fails or refuses to file an application for the registration of such alien, will be guilty of a misdemeanor and will, upon conviction, be fined not to exceed $5,000 or be imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both.

LINK to register, provided.

(Be aware, this post is meant as informative and not professional or legal advice.)

I'm not answering questions or clarifing ANYTHING as it may change again, tomorrow.

I'm advising personal DUE DILIGENCE.

On Jan. 20, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion, which directed the Department of Homeland Security to ensure that aliens comply with their duty to register with the government under section 262 of the Immigration and Nationality ...

03/24/2025

Do NOT travel to the States of America at this time. Real threat of kidnapping and illegal Detention by US law enforcement.

03/18/2025

Ensure you have video proof of airlines extortion, pay the fee and then simply cancel the transaction while taxi'ing..

03/06/2025

02/12/2025

TRAVEL CHANGES

Hyatt Hotels is buying Playa Hotel properties for $2.5 Billion USD.

Sunwing Vacations now accepts WestJet dollars, even as partial payment.

Westjet PNR check-in Codes on the electronic or printed documents, will now be issued 5 days prior to travel, NOT the usual 28 days before.

"Grupo Piñero", now owns the Bahia Principe Hotels & Resorts portfolio, Hyatt’s Inclusive Ziva and Hyatt Zilara brands of Playa Hotels & Resorts.

Starting May 29th, Sunwing will be using Westjet flights and introducing a NEW baggage fee structure, where a checked bag is included ONLY when you book 2 months away, from the 1st of the month of your booking date.

https://openjaw.com/newsroom/hotel-resorts/2025/02/10/hyatt-laying-out-usd2-6-billion-for-playa-resorts/?fbclid=IwY2xjawIZccxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHW5WdF9rqaf8KXZ4-YSAAxB5DM5djjepAiXGxRuY6PKvCJtmCJmKu32IFg_aem_HN3aXGLsQWyM9wJoA9iZqA

01/09/2025

Travel Education
United Kingdom and Canada.

https://travel.gc.ca/destinations/united-kingdom?fbclid=IwY2xjawHstchleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHUwAKAj2DbM0mFDmbnxnWGLo-GcRVMKoIzALykJY2Nl189r0hOE_sZURIg_aem_dsJSArd6huLmxrpIQ-KhKA

12/26/2024

STINGRAY PUNCTURES

The best and first way to treat a Stingray sting, is to avoid it.

To avoid a stingray 'sting', shuffle your feet in the sand as you wade through shallow water. This will give stingrays, sleeping and resting under the warm sand on the shallow ocean floor, a warning that you’re coming their way.

Another option is to toss sand, shells or small rocks into the water ahead of you, as you shuffle about.

It's important to understand 'why' it's so important to understand what to do after a stingray encounter.

It’s 'possible' to have a life-threatening allergic reaction to stingray venom, which requires emergency medical care. An anaphylaxis reaction can begin anytime within 24 hours of being stung. You would never know you had it, until you were stung.

When stung by a stingray, and the injury is located anywhere except the throat, neck, abdomen, or chest; or if it has pierced completely through part of your body, remain in the ocean and pull the barb out if you can.

Allow the salt water to clean the wound while performing 1st aide on yourself. Apply pressure over the wound to slow the bleeding, only AFTER you encourage the venom, which resembles clear jelly, to come out, by squeezing around the wound.

You may need to raise and lower the injured area above and below the water to attempt assessing, if all visible signs of the jelly venom, are gone. Just use your best judgment as this may be extremely difficult to perform without dry towels and assistance.

This salt water flushing, helps to clear out any additional debris which may be in the cut or puncture, while you’re still in the water.

Hot water kills stingray venom and may relieve the pain associated with the sting. After flushing the wound, use appendage submersion if possible or if unable to due to injury location, use an extremely hot compress with a temperature of 110°F to 115°F (43°C to 46°C).

Reheat your water/compress every 10 minutes to keep it continually hot, and soak the wound for 30 to 90 minutes, or as long as it takes for the pain to subside. Pat dry, then apply antibiotic ointment or cream to the wound and cover it with gauze.

AGAIN
I want to stress the urgency of this.

Pay close attention to how you feel in the 24 hours post sting’s injury. It’s possible to have a life-threatening allergic reaction to stingray venom, which requires emergency medical care. Expect the area to swell, but a 'reaction' will be increasingly and urgently getting worse, not better, over a short time.

IMMEDIATELY
Seek Medical Attention if experiencing these symptoms immediately and up to 24 hours after being punctured by a stingray.
• abdominal pain
• anxiety
• bleeding
• diarrhea
• dizziness
• extreme pain at the wound site
• fatigue
• headache
• low blood pressure
• muscle cramps
• nausea
• necrosis (death) of surrounding tissue
• pain in the extremities
• painful, swollen lymph nodes near the site
• skin discoloration
• swelling
• vomiting

I can personally attest that the pain from a stingray, is an indescribable, nerve exploding, mind shattering, soul searing, pain. It can be far more serious than you could ever imagine, so pay close attention to how you feel in those first 24 hours.

12/22/2024

Despite potential health issues, travellers to many countries, don't have to be informed before their flight, if insecticide spray will be used.

Countries that currently require disinfection of selected flights:

American Samoa, Argentina, Antigua, Barbados, Belize, Cape Verde, Chile, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, India, Kenya, Jamaica, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mexico, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Seychelles, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago and Yemen.

In addition, Australia, New Zealand and Panama reported they required spraying, but left it up to the airline whether to spray the plane while empty or do it with passengers on board.

The 3 ways the spraying done:

1. the cabin is sprayed before passengers are allowed to board from the departing airport

2. the spray is run through the air circulation system during the flight

3. a flight attendant walks up and down the aisle spraying from a can which is how many passengers typically find out that it was being sprayed.

Countries requiring the disinsection of all in-bound flights but allowing, as an alternative to the above approach, either
(a) the residual method or
(b) the application of an aerosolized spray while passengers are NOT on board.

Current guidelines say passengers should be clearly and repeatedly informed of the insecticide spraying requirement BEFORE they fly including an announcement on the intercom saying that flight attendants will be walking down the aisle spraying a 'non-toxic' insecticide.

Further details:

https://linksharing.samsungcloud.com/aJuAQxzPhT69

04/26/2024

UPDATE
26 APRIL
“We have paused the implementation for operational reasons to ensure a smooth rollout for our customers and employees, and we will communicate next steps further at the appropriate time,” - Air Canada
( hmmmm ... guess they got a few calls?!)

https://openjaw.com/newsroom/airline/2024/04/26/air-canada-pauses-new-check-in-seat-selection-policy/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0zdiW8OR9QA1dpq4vclgHgmtsiAXIdjVmirJ49JloMmSjDj3VieMCbNlk_aem_AUlCik4ts9mOogzQHH_ZGcwpaI0sVHUNPISCd220JiaEh9CA6ZnELzgd6IDmyED93tIt_Zo4ntBA8BfB4NCIYlYB

Air Canada Seating Change

April 24, 2024
Air Canada has decided to assign seats (at no cost) to passengers who book their lower cost, Standard or Basic Fares, then charge passengers who want to change those seats, if those guests who are traveling together, want to sit together.

For those who have not purchased a seat in advance, Air Canada will automatically assign this seat "free of charge"

“... after seats are assigned at check-in, customers who now wish to change to a different seat from the one we (Air Canada) assigned them will have to pay the same fee they would have paid prior to check-in,” Air Canada wrote.

Customers with Aeroplan Tier Status benefits are not impacted by this new process.

WestJet, Porter and Flair have preassigned seating already.

Canada’s Air Passenger Protection Regulations (APPR)
Will force Air Canada
Customers travelling with children on the same booking number, to assign seats together, ensuring families are seated together for no fee, as per Federal legislation.

Make sure you have the Federal Policy on your phone to show the gate agent, when the airline breaks the law and separates families to make more money when they then force you to pay for what should have been preassigned seats together.

This way you can take the airline to small claims court, if you decide to not travel, rather than risk your child to predation by being seated away from parents during the flight.

You MUST pre-purchase your seat selection, if you want to sit next to your travel companions or kids over 12.

More people are flying from fewer gateways so flights are normally full, meaning you have no chance to change to an open seat, as that is a rarity.

03/22/2024

SUNWING WORRY FREE (PLUS) TRAVEL INSURANCE

Sunwing’s Worry Free : purchased within 48 hours of booking. Make 1 change or cancel your Sunwing travel plans up to 3 DAYS prior to your scheduled departure time from Canada for any reason, except for no
shows or denied boarding.

Sunwing’s Worry Free Plus : purchased within 48 hours of booking. Make 1 change or cancel your Sunwing
travel plans up to 3 HOURS prior to your scheduled departure time from Canada for any reason, except for no shows or denied boarding. As part of the one change option, a one-time package transfer up to seven days prior to your scheduled departure time from Canada is permitted

Manulife Global Travel Insurance + Worry Free coverage:
Purchased within 48 hours of booking. Make 1 change or
cancel your Sunwing travel plans up to 3 DAYS prior to your scheduled departure time from Canada for any reason, except for no shows or denied boarding.

Requesting a cancellation outside of regular business hours and can’t contact your travel agent, please call
SUNWING 1-866-388-9387