Good afternoon,
We (me and my husband) will be landing soon and returning back to our country in 2-3 weeks for 1-2 years before we will come back to Canada to settle in permanently.
I do not want to be canadian tax resident during this 1-2 year period as I will have income in my country - bank deposits' interest, salary, maybe sale of property closer to the time we will be going back to Canada.
During this period we are not going to have any property in Canada, no relatives, but I'm planning to invest some money with a Canadian investment firm like Raymond James during this period. I can wire money to them directly without using my bank account in Canada.
1/ I've opened a bank account in canada remotely but I will need to go to the bank in person to activate it when i'll get to Canada for landing purposes. Will the activation and getting the cards have any imact on my status? Or shall I go and close it to be on the safe side?
2/ Will getting the SIN have any impact on my status?
3/ my husband is Not going to have any income during this 1-2 year period, so I guess he should not care so much about his status for tax purposes. In this case he should be okay then to get the SIN and open a bank account here, correct?
We (me and my husband) will be landing soon and returning back to our country in 2-3 weeks for 1-2 years before we will come back to Canada to settle in permanently.
I do not want to be canadian tax resident during this 1-2 year period as I will have income in my country - bank deposits' interest, salary, maybe sale of property closer to the time we will be going back to Canada.
During this period we are not going to have any property in Canada, no relatives, but I'm planning to invest some money with a Canadian investment firm like Raymond James during this period. I can wire money to them directly without using my bank account in Canada.
1/ I've opened a bank account in canada remotely but I will need to go to the bank in person to activate it when i'll get to Canada for landing purposes. Will the activation and getting the cards have any imact on my status? Or shall I go and close it to be on the safe side?
2/ Will getting the SIN have any impact on my status?
3/ my husband is Not going to have any income during this 1-2 year period, so I guess he should not care so much about his status for tax purposes. In this case he should be okay then to get the SIN and open a bank account here, correct?