Temporary Import of Class A to Canada

darsben1 wrote:

DownTheAvenue wrote:
If you want to register a vehicle in Florida, you may incur residency issues with Florida. You cannot title and license a vehicle in the United States unless you are a resident of the state in which it is titled and registered. As a Canadian citizen, you would have to become a legal resident alien of the United States, and then you would have to pay United Sates income tax. I think your 15% HST tax would be cheaper if, and that is a big if, you could even become a resident alien of the United States.

You do not have to be a resident in Arizona to register a vehicle in Arizona. I am legally a New York resident and have
1 car
1 motor home
1 Fifth wheel
and
1 ATV licensed in Arizona using my NY address as my mailing address and the RV park address as the local address

You missed my point. In your case, Arizona could make the claim that you have declared yourself a resident and now have claim that you owe taxes to the state as any other resident.

In the OP's case, the United States could make the claim that he is trying to establish himself as a resident, and could claim he has failed to file appropriate IRS returns, immigration could jail him, and deport him with instructions to never return to the U.S.

As an attorney, I can tell you there are sometimes extreme consequences for simple legal processes we do all the time (like registering a vehicle). All it takes is a bureaucrat to get a little out of control and all he11 breaks loose.