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mono_co

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If you live overseas,

A person becomes a permanent resident when he receives the entry immigration visa for the Canada or
when the person lands to Canada?

I wonder mainly from the perspective of tax processing, when do my tax requirement starts? If I don't land during the calendar year, but wait next year, do I still need to fill out tax for Canada even if I didn't land but have the immigration visa?
 
mono_co said:
If you live overseas,

A person becomes a permanent resident when he receives the entry immigration visa for the Canada or
when the person lands to Canada?

I wonder mainly from the perspective of tax processing, when do my tax requirement starts? If I don't land during the calendar year, but wait next year, do I still need to fill out tax for Canada even if I didn't land but have the immigration visa?
Lands in Canada, not before. PR status is granted only once the COPR is signed by CBSA/CIC and yourself.
 
You become a PR when you land but your tax obligations may start even later.

If you are not prepared to settle in Canada but quickly land in order to get your PR before your PR visa expires, you would not become liable to file taxes. That only happens after you settle in Canada, start having income in Canada, buy a home in Canada or otherwise establish ties.

You can read more about this here: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/nnrsdnts/ndvdls/nwcmr-eng.html#txg
 
If our family members have sin number and don,t have income. Still take They have to file income tax return?
 
ttrajan said:
If our family members have sin number and don,t have income. Still take They have to file income tax return?

If they are residing in Canada more than 6 months a year, they should file taxes, even if they don't have income.
 
ttrajan said:
If our family members have sin number and don,t have income. Still take They have to file income tax return?

No, most likely they do not have to file a tax return. However, it could be to their advantage to do so.

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/ndvdls/tpcs/ncm-tx/flng-blgtns/menu-eng.html
 
I became a PR when I landed, but for tax purposes I was considered a resident just like all the other Canadians ever since I started working as a temporary worker. I've using T1 general to file taxes long before I landed as a PR..