Canadian new Green Card holder Question !

[Patrick_D 0]

Hello Everyone,

 

I just got some mail that soon enough i will have my consulate appointment meaning GC is pretty close after 7 years waiting.

After many years of waiting things have change a bit , i own 2 company , have some employees and i have a good job that i like but still my dream is coming true and i want to live in the USA.

 

My question is : am i aloud to work in both countries ? since i have a company in Canada ?  can i have a permanent home is the USA pay my tax etc .... in the USA but continue to work in Canada ?

If not do i have a grace period to manage all that ? anyone have this kind of situation ? i dont want any bad surprise and there is so many different information about this subject.

 

Thank you in advance for your answers.

 

Patrick

 

[bakphx1 789]

As a GC holder, you can work.  Whether you leave the country to work isn't as important as the length of time you spend outside of the country.  You should probably focus more on researching the the length of time aspect more than the fact it's for work.  I don't know off the top of my head if it matters the cumulative amount of time spent away or how long an individual trip is.  I think the amount of time in one trip is a bigger deal, if it's over six months.  You want to check those guidelines more than the work permit issue. 

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

1 hour ago, Patrick_D said:

Hello Everyone,

 

I just got some mail that soon enough i will have my consulate appointment meaning GC is pretty close after 7 years waiting.

After many years of waiting things have change a bit , i own 2 company , have some employees and i have a good job that i like but still my dream is coming true and i want to live in the USA.

 

My question is : am i aloud to work in both countries ? since i have a company in Canada ?  can i have a permanent home is the USA pay my tax etc .... in the USA but continue to work in Canada ?

If not do i have a grace period to manage all that ? anyone have this kind of situation ? i dont want any bad surprise and there is so many different information about this subject.

 

Thank you in advance for your answers.

 

Patrick

 

What exactly do you mean by work in both countries? You have to live in the US on a green card. Having “a” permanent home is not the same as living there. Many people own homes in places they don’t live. How can you live in one place and work in both? 

there's something called a commuter green card but I don’t know if you’d be eligible - comes with a lot of drawbacks though, I’m sure some experts on that one on VJ

also not sure what you mean by “grace period”, basically yes you can activate your green card then go back  to Canada to sort stuff out. Maximum one year out, but longer than 6 months and you reset your naturalization clock.

bottom line... you need to figure out what will actually work for you. Why is the US your dream, what does it give you that canada can’t, what do you give up (business, healthcare etc to make this dream come true) are some of the questions to ask yourself...

Edited March 8, 2018 by SusieQQQ