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Thank you for your note. I'd prefer not to file a tax return if I don't have to. I am contacting the CRA to help with determining my tax residency status. Thank you for the suggestion to take a look at the CRA website. From what I have read there so far, I don't have any residential ties...

Hello. I am in a similar position - soft landed in May 2022 and have been in Canada less than a week in 2022. The difference is I did not have any income derived from Canada source -- not even CAD$ 5. I filed tax in the US for the year 2022. Do I need to file any tax form even if I don't owe...

Thank you, everyone, for your comments and insights. Spouse and I talked about this matter. So, we will wait until MIL passes away and then move North. In the mean time, I will start spending more time in Canada, with and without the spouse. If I don't accumulate the requisite 730 days at...

You are quite right. Hence, my solicitation for comments and insight. In the end, it would be up to IRCC

Thanks for the url. Yes, I heard about the "who followed whom" rule but am not sure how it would apply to my case since I have not actually lived in Canada before or after our marriage. So, I would not follow him. Would I be able to say that he stays in the US because of me and thus "followed" me?

Hello everyone, Apologies if this topic has already addressed elsewhere on the forum. If it has, please direct me to the thread. Background Information: My spouse (dual US & Canada citizenship) has been living and working in the US. I (US citizen) applied for PR (from outside Canada) and...

thanks for the urls and the note. they are quite helpful! We currently live in the San Francisco Bay Area and are used to the crazy housing prices here. But we are still taken by surprise by what we have seen so far on Zillow for the Greater Victoria area.

Thanks for the note. Yes, I am aware of the "2 out of 5 years" requirement. We anticipate being back and forth a bit in year 3 before spending most of year 4 and year 5 in Canada. Thanks for the confirmation that I can enter Canada later this year without needing to complete the PR process.

Hello everyone. Apologies if these items have been addressed or discussed elsewhere. If yes, please direct me to it. My spouse (dual Canadian & American) and I (American) are currently living in the US but plan to retire in Canada in the near future. We have completed the Family Sponsorship...