Since April, Canadians crossing at a land border and staying in the U.S. for 30 days or longer have had to get an electronic arrival record requiring fingerprinting and photographing at a cost of $30 US per person.

“The intent was to get undocumented individuals in the U.S. to register with the U.S. government and now the problem is Canadian tourists are being caught under that, particularly snowbirds that are staying for a longer period of time,” Evan Rachkovsky, the Canadian Snowbirds Association’s director of research and communications, said while pointing out the arrival record (an I-94) is automatic when you fly from Canada to the U.S.

“The problem is when people are driving into the U.S., when they’re crossing the land border, it’s inconsistent as to whether or not an I-94 is

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