Working in USA having Canada PR

[pooja123]

Hi,

This thread may not be relevant but people who have applied from USA might be interested to discuss this topic.

-One can work in USA once having Canada citizenship (exception to few cases).
-What is the possibility of some one working in USA but staying in Canada.
I got an offer to work a place near Buffalo, NY on contract bases, which I am not considering at the moment but it has inspire to explore it as a future planning.
Real question :
Is it possible to live in Canada on PR (near USA border), come to USA to work (near border area) & go home back (Canada); if having valid H1 (USA) Visa?

Has anyone some info on this?

 

[Leon]

One can not work in the USA having Canadian citizenship unless one gets a work permit in the USA.

A PR living in Canada and working in the US would be able to do that as far as Canada is concerned. I am not sure what the criteria is from the US side regarding the H1 visa. You might have to file taxes both in the US and Canada as you are working on one side and living on the other but they do have a tax treaty so you would not be charged double tax.

 

[Simon123]

thats a cool thing to do ... i wish i get a job at the canadian border too!

off .. we people dont wanna loose our H1b visas and also wanna live in canada

 

[cancer24]

One can not work in the USA having Canadian citizenship unless one gets a work permit in the USA.
What do you mean by "Work Permit"? What type of visa/work authorization would it be?

A PR living in Canada and working in the US would be able to do that as far as Canada is concerned.
I am confused about this too. Won't you need any US visa to work in US. I beleive US does not recognize Canadian PR (but they do care about Canadian Citizenship).

I am too novice on this subject - please clarify

One can not work in the USA having Canadian citizenship unless one gets a work permit in the USA.

A PR living in Canada and working in the US would be able to do that as far as Canada is concerned. I am not sure what the criteria is from the US side regarding the H1 visa. You might have to file taxes both in the US and Canada as you are working on one side and living on the other but they do have a tax treaty so you would not be charged double tax.

 

[Leon]

One can not work in the USA having Canadian citizenship unless one gets a work permit in the USA.
What do you mean by "Work Permit"? What type of visa/work authorization would it be?

If you want to work in the US, you deal with the US on what kind of work permit you need. That is not really a topic for a Canadian immigration forum.

A Canadian citizen is a foreigner in the US. He is allowed to visit the US as a tourist but he is not allowed to work there without a permit. Just like any other foreigner. The only special treatment a Canadian citizen would get in the US would be the possibility of a NAFTA/TN visa if he's working in one of the occupations on the NAFTA list and he would still need a job offer to get that.

A PR living in Canada and working in the US would be able to do that as far as Canada is concerned.
I am confused about this too. Won't you need any US visa to work in US. I beleive US does not recognize Canadian PR (but they do care about Canadian Citizenship).

I am too novice on this subject - please clarify

A PR living in Canada and working in the US would be able to do that as far as Canada is concerned.

As far as Canada is concerned, it would be ok for a Canadian PR to live in Canada and work in the US. He does not have to ask permission from anybody in Canada to do that.

However, being a PR of Canada will not get him any rights in the US. If he wants to work in the US, unless he is a US citizen or US PR, he will need a work permit. As far as Canada is concerned he is ok. As far as the US is concerned, he would have to fulfil their requirements (work permit etc.) as well.

 

[pooja123]

One can not work in the USA having Canadian citizenship unless one gets a work permit in the USA.
What do you mean by "Work Permit"? What type of visa/work authorization would it be?

A PR living in Canada and working in the US would be able to do that as far as Canada is concerned.
I am confused about this too. Won't you need any US visa to work in US. I beleive US does not recognize Canadian PR (but they do care about Canadian Citizenship).

I am too novice on this subject - please clarify

Leon is correct.
1.)
Canadian citizen needs work permit to work in USA; but that is not tough.
- Can get TN (Visa) at the border.
- Can get L-1---at the border.
- Can get permanent Canadian commuter status. (Read about commuter status in the Canada-U.S. Business Immigration Handbook. )

2.)
Leon already mentioned in very first answer that
"A PR living in Canada and working in the US would be able to do that as far as Canada is concerned. I am not sure what the criteria is from the US side regarding the H1 visa."

Thanks for sharing point on taxes also.

 

[pooja123]

If someone works in USA & go back to Canada in the evening, I hope one can count that day while applying for Canada citizenship, which requires min 3 year of stay in Canada.

It all sounds tough (status maintaining, taxes, travelling) but one never know if attractive job is available on border area; so I am trying to gather info as much as possible.

 

[Leon]

For PR residency requirements, any part of a day spent in Canada counts as a day spent in Canada

6.4. Day
Section 27(2) of the Interpretation Act governs the calculation of time limits in federal statutes. Where a statute refers to a number of days between two events (and precedes the number of days with the words “at least”), both the day of occurrence of the first event as well as the day of occurrence of the second event are to be counted in calculating the number of days. For the purpose of calculating the number of days to comply with the residency obligation in IRPA A28(2)(a), a day includes a full day or any part of a day that a permanent resident is physically present in Canada. Any part of a day spent in Canada, or otherwise in compliance with A28(2)(a), is to be counted as one full day for the purpose of calculating the 730 days in a five-year period.

The citizenship policy does not define what counts as a day but I assume they would use the same definition.