How to prove Canadian residency at the border
We will be full-timers next year, we are selling the house and will have no domicile. We can use our Daughter's place for stuff like license, income tax etc. but it is only a 1 bedroom apt., but what...
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I can talk from personal experience as I was stopped at the Coutts/Sweetgrass border a couple of years ago. They asked me to prove I had a permanent fixed address in Canada. I had my passport, drivers license and my Alberta healthcare card. They said that was not good enough as "they were too easy to get without proving where you actually live". They wanted something like a utility bill or property tax bill with my name and address which I did not have.
It looked like I was struck and would have to head back into Canada and get them. By chance, They saw that I had a paystub in among my papers. They took that and allowed me in to the US. Funny thing, was that it was from a US company for some consulting work I did!! However, it clearly showed my Canadian address. Go figure.
Now I always carry some recent utility bills and my current property tax receipt. Have not been stopped since then though.
I am also carefull about filing my 8840 form. And yes, I had reported the consulting fees previously and paid the appropriate tax...to both the IRS and my friends at Revenue Canada.
It looked like I was struck and would have to head back into Canada and get them. By chance, They saw that I had a paystub in among my papers. They took that and allowed me in to the US. Funny thing, was that it was from a US company for some consulting work I did!! However, it clearly showed my Canadian address. Go figure.
Now I always carry some recent utility bills and my current property tax receipt. Have not been stopped since then though.
I am also carefull about filing my 8840 form. And yes, I had reported the consulting fees previously and paid the appropriate tax...to both the IRS and my friends at Revenue Canada.
