Hello Everyone,
Before I ask the question, here are some details -
# 1 - I'm a US Citizen
# 2 - I am married to a Canadian Citizen
# 3 - I have PR status and a valid PR card
We currently live in the US 5 mins from the Canadian border and I interviewed with a Canadian company today. I'm considering working in Canada and crossing the border every day to go to work and come home to the US. I have nexus and a valid PR card.
The HR person though said that it would be very difficult to hire me because of my U.S. address. They said with the EI taxes and such that have to come out of my paycheck this would be a difficult situation and didn't know how it could be resolved.
I was a bit surprised because I didn't think it would be an issue. I do have a Canadian address (we have a house in Canada) and I just assumed they could use that address on all of my documents, paychecks, etc. (I also have a social insurance number), and I would pay my Canadian paycheck taxes. At the end of the year I would file my Canadian tax return and also a US tax return (which I had to do when I used to live and work in Canada).
Is anyone familiar with why it would be an issue for a Canadian company that I lived in the U.S. if all of my other requirements are correct? It seems like it wouldn't be any different than a Canadian citizen (my wife for example) working in Canada and crossing the border everyday from the U.S.
I'm wondering if there are any answers I can give this HR person to help my employment chances.
Can they just enter my Canada address and pay me just like any other employee? Would anyone know or care as long as I'm paying my taxes and going to work? There a plenty of people who live in the U.S. and work for canadian companies on work permits so I thought my case would be 100 times more simple from a HR perspective.
QUESTION - Is there any reason from HR perspective why it would be an issue to employ me and what kind of HR problems would need to be overcome?
Thank you so much, I've talked to my immigration attorney and a US/CAN tax accountant but the question regarding the employment issues for the HR department seem to be outside anyones area of expertise.
Before I ask the question, here are some details -
# 1 - I'm a US Citizen
# 2 - I am married to a Canadian Citizen
# 3 - I have PR status and a valid PR card
We currently live in the US 5 mins from the Canadian border and I interviewed with a Canadian company today. I'm considering working in Canada and crossing the border every day to go to work and come home to the US. I have nexus and a valid PR card.
The HR person though said that it would be very difficult to hire me because of my U.S. address. They said with the EI taxes and such that have to come out of my paycheck this would be a difficult situation and didn't know how it could be resolved.
I was a bit surprised because I didn't think it would be an issue. I do have a Canadian address (we have a house in Canada) and I just assumed they could use that address on all of my documents, paychecks, etc. (I also have a social insurance number), and I would pay my Canadian paycheck taxes. At the end of the year I would file my Canadian tax return and also a US tax return (which I had to do when I used to live and work in Canada).
Is anyone familiar with why it would be an issue for a Canadian company that I lived in the U.S. if all of my other requirements are correct? It seems like it wouldn't be any different than a Canadian citizen (my wife for example) working in Canada and crossing the border everyday from the U.S.
I'm wondering if there are any answers I can give this HR person to help my employment chances.
Can they just enter my Canada address and pay me just like any other employee? Would anyone know or care as long as I'm paying my taxes and going to work? There a plenty of people who live in the U.S. and work for canadian companies on work permits so I thought my case would be 100 times more simple from a HR perspective.
QUESTION - Is there any reason from HR perspective why it would be an issue to employ me and what kind of HR problems would need to be overcome?
Thank you so much, I've talked to my immigration attorney and a US/CAN tax accountant but the question regarding the employment issues for the HR department seem to be outside anyones area of expertise.
