you are still a US citizen? Maybe that was the difference
Yes, I still am a US citizen and will be even after I become a legal
canuck. Since I'm still paid in US funds and I pay US taxes I have my
rights. Basically, I'm still a US citizen unless I participate in any
anti-american terrorist functions or things along that line. I applied
for a visitor's pass (good for 6 months with a passport) and had a
signed letter from work stating that I would need to transport computer
equipment across the border from time to time because of work.
I was never questioned about my truck when I crossed the border. I'll be
starting the process soon to get my truck registered with ontario
-----Original Message-----
From: dana tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 3:09 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Nice people....
Up until that point you had been a US resident though, correct? And you
are still a US citizen? Maybe that was the difference.
Here is all I know. Several years ago I went north for the summer. The
children were little and I took many cubic feet of stuff with me. The
back of a pickup was pretty much full. The computer, worth about 2000 US
at the time and a desktop model, was questioned. I told them that I was
staying at least two months and planned to do some writing. This was
accepted.
I was in Canada again in the summer of 2001. My mother was pressuring me
to move back to Canada -- she does this periodically -- and I made
inquiries as to how it would work if I did. OHIP wanted to see a slip
from customs saying I had declared an intention to reside in Canada.
Once they saw that slip there would be a three month wait to register
and a waiting list to actually be assigned to a doctor. Canada Customs
told me that my car, an older Toyota, was actually exempt from import
duties, and the slip that OHIP was talking about would be the sort of
thing that would be given to someone moving north with a houseful of
stuff. Since I was not doing that at the time, I did not pursue the
matter further.
But cross-border shopping is a great pastime in Canada. There is a
relatively high exemption on American goods -- I am thinking $200 per
trip ? -- but Canadians who buy goods in the US are supposed to pay
customs duties.
Dana
>I showed up with a few computers, and clothes. They never inspected the
>truck or asked me to pay taxes. I even showed them a list of all the
>items I was bringing into the country.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: dana tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 10:10 AM
>To: CF-Community
>Subject: Re: Nice people....
>
>
>Not sure about people being told to turn around, but if you show up
with
>late-model vehicle, some televisions, a computer or two, bunches of
>American clothes, etc, you are supposed to pay duty on it. There is a
>one-time exemption for people who are long-time residents of other
>countries and are coming back.
>
>Dana
>
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