Questions About Doing Business in the USA as a Canadian Family Class PR

[lulubeans9]

Hello All!

My apologies if this is not the sppropriat eplce to post this question, please redirect me if so

I am a USA citizen applying for family class PR with my Canadian citizen spouse sponsoring me. We will be married for less than two years at the time of application, so we will have conditional PR.

I currently have a small face painting business in the USA. I work out of the Seattle area and will be moving to the Vancouver area upon PR approval. I plan to register a business doing the same thing in Canada once there, but could I continue to have my business in the USA and take occasional day or weekend jobs in the states (I'm thinking weekend festivals, big jobs for corporate clients)?

Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

Does anyone have a simmilar situation or some insight into how this might work?

 

[Zarilenth]

Hello All!

My apologies if this is not the sppropriat eplce to post this question, please redirect me if so

I am a USA citizen applying for family class PR with my Canadian citizen spouse sponsoring me. We will be married for less than two years at the time of application, so we will have conditional PR.

I currently have a small face painting business in the USA. I work out of the Seattle area and will be moving to the Vancouver area upon PR approval. I plan to register a business doing the same thing in Canada once there, but could I continue to have my business in the USA and take occasional day or weekend jobs in the states (I'm thinking weekend festivals, big jobs for corporate clients)?

Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

Does anyone have a simmilar situation or some insight into how this might work?

Well considering you'd still have your American Citizenship I cannot see how your business would be affected. The only thing that would change is how you file taxes, which I cannot help you with!

About the Conditional PR - small trips will not affect it in anyway, I would assume. It's really hard to say since the condition is so new, there hasn't really been any time to observe the actual condition in effect. The only way you'd get your PR revoked is (I would assume) you move back to the States right away to continue your business, and you don't live with your spouse at all.

 

[lulubeans9]

Thank you Thank you!