Can a USC work in the USA and live in Canada with a Canadian citizen?

[MissAmericanPie 0]

Trying to sort out how to be together while we decide where we're moving, when we're getting married,etc and have wondered the following.....Can I (USC) work in the States and live in Canada with my boyfriend who is Canadian? I work for a large company that could transfer me to the Detroit metro area and we could live in Windsor, where he would work. Has anyone done this or know what immigration papers are necessary, tax implications, etc?

[Boiler 45,558]

You need to check on the Canadian Immigration requirements.

Also Canadian tax law, worst case would be having to pay Canadian tax rates and take a credit against the US paid element.

[Joel Halfwassen 0]

Yes. And there is a special pass that is used on both sides of the boarder. It is a common thing for places like Niagra, NY and Detroit, MI to have Canadians working in their businesses. They commute across the boarder every day.

Joel

[shirlJ831 0]

do ALL your homnework first though good luck

[Kathryn41 3,205]

You will need to have permission and a visa from Canadian Immigration to 'live' in Canada, just like your fiance would require permission and a visa from the US government to live in the US. You could certainly move to the Detroit area and then maintain two separate residences for immigration purposes and spend a lot more time together, but you won't be allowed to share a household. There are individuals who live in Canada and who work in the US but they have work visas for the US, and in some cases of highly desired employees - i.e. nurses - have special types of work visas. The pass that Joel refers to has to be applied for and you have to undergo a security check plus provide copies of visas if you intend to work or live in the other country, or provide proof of why you need to cross the border on a regular basis. Wish it were easier, but it's not.

[Reba 2]

heres the Canadian Immigration website http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/index.html see the menu item "To Immigrate"

I believe the rules are the same as the US, if you are living there you have to have a visa that allows it, and if you wish to work, even for a US company, you'd have to have a work permit. Going back and forth without any type of visa is going to bite you in the ### sooner rather than later, and then you'll be stuck on the US side, homeless and likely banned from Canada pending years and reams of paperwork.

[zyggy 9]

heres the Canadian Immigration website http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/index.html see the menu item "To Immigrate"

I believe the rules are the same as the US, if you are living there you have to have a visa that allows it, and if you wish to work, even for a US company, you'd have to have a work permit. Going back and forth without any type of visa is going to bite you in the ### sooner rather than later, and then you'll be stuck on the US side, homeless and likely banned from Canada pending years and reams of paperwork.

Agreed... One cannot just "live" in Canada without the proper visa. But you can live on either side of the border and see each other a lot more often, but unless you marry and apply for immigration on either side, living together is not an option...