Applying my parents to come to US

[sbm7 0]

Hi,

I am currently a US citizen and my parents are Canadian citizen. I am thinking applying them here so easier to take care each other. I got some questions. They are thinking to stay 6-7 months in US and the rest in Canada.

1) Can they claim two places as residency?

2) Would that violate their green card process?

3) If they e.g. stay 6 months out of a year, does that mean still 5 years before they can apply for citizenship or 10 years?

thanks so much.

Belinda

[Shub 78]

1) Nope, but that doesn't mean they can't "go on vacation" to Canada for months at a time (within the allowed limits for purposes of applying for naturalization)

2) Yes in the sense that if you're a permanent resident, you're supposed to live in the US, maintain a permanent address, pay taxes, etc. You can keep your address in Canada as well, that's fine, but you can't claim to be a resident of two places without it being a problem in the eyes of USCIS.

3) It's still 5 years, but they have to be physically in the US for more than half of those 5 years (so 30+ months) and maintain continuous residence, meaning any absence of 6+ months will be subject to USCIS scrutiny.

[Kate52 5]

Old Age Security Benefit and CPP pay more than Social Security (guess depends how long they've been in Canada).

[sbm7 0]

I read they can still get Old Age and CPP if they are not resident of canada. They are getting partial somewhat.