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beck4368   2

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Hey all, 

Searched prior questions and did not see this one. My wife became a resident of the US as of YESTERDAY! She still plans to work at her current job in Windsor, Ontario and commutes from our house in Michigan. 

When she crosses into Canada, she should still show her biographics page in her Canadian Passport and then show her Visa page when crossing back into the US correct? (and then show her green card in addition to this Visa page once it arrives in a couple months)? 

Thanks all for the help! 

Starkilla09 Proficient

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12 minutes ago, beck4368 said:

Hey all, 

Searched prior questions and did not see this one. My wife became a resident of the US as of YESTERDAY! She still plans to work at her current job in Windsor, Ontario and commutes from our house in Michigan. 

When she crosses into Canada, she should still show her biographics page in her Canadian Passport and then show her Visa page when crossing back into the US correct? (and then show her green card in addition to this Visa page once it arrives in a couple months)? 

Thanks all for the help! 

When she crosses to Canada she will show her Canadian passport, and upon crossing back to the U.S. since it’s by land all she needs to show is her green card.  Absences of the U.S. longer than 6 months will break physical residency tequiremts needed for naturalization (just in case she plans on being a U.S. citizen in a few years down the road). Just putting this out there for your information on a side note. There are also tax reporting issues she will have to deal with the IRS as well.

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Roel Experienced

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If she has a green card, then the visa will be irrelevant.

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Ontarkie Grand Master

Ontarkie   14,445

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~~Moved to the Canada forum, from Moving Here and Your New life- As the OP is asking about border crossing for work in Canada.~~

 

It's been awhile since this topic has come up but it has been done many times. The good part about living on border towns. 

 

Here is one. As mentioned in that thread try and find threads by Neiks she made some really good threads on this topic over the years. 

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/663808-commuter-status/?tab=comments#comment-9052920

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NikLR Grand Master

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12 hours ago, Roel said:

If she has a green card, then the visa will be irrelevant.

The endorsed Visa becomes a temporary green card valid for 1 year.  I believe this is what the OP means that his wife will need to show CBP and CBSA as she commutes for work. 

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beck4368 Rookie

beck4368   2

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4 hours ago, NikLR said:

The endorsed Visa becomes a temporary green card valid for 1 year.  I believe this is what the OP means that his wife will need to show CBP and CBSA as she commutes for work. 

You are correct in your assumption @NikLR. 

I appreciate everyone's input. Our lawyer was less than helpful throughout the 500+ days from start to finish. REALLY wish I had found this forum sooner. Oh well!!

Time to become an international tax expert. Dang exchange rates make it very unappealing for her to continue to work for her Canadian employer to begin with!

 
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