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Apologies in advance if this question is inappropriate: It's simply transactional, not really about tax or accounting. I've got a U.S. dollar checking account at one of the big 5 Canadian banks from when I lived there. I haven't dipped into it since immigrating to U.S. a few years ago. It's got a fe...

Thaks, Amerinuck, I was a little bass ackwards because I was looking at PayPal US. I went to PyaPal Canada and it looks like if I have an account at PayPal Canada I can txr money to friends and family in the US but it incurs a fee (on top of the forex trade) of about 1.02% that has no cap. I.e. a $1...

This post is a little off topic, but if you have a PayPal account you may be able to advise. I've read elsewhere than an effective way to transfer C$ from Canada into US$ in the US is via PayPal. But I don't quite see it. Can I just set up a Canadian PayPal /c and a US PayPal a/c and transfer money?...

This is a pesky little bug with me but it bothers me whan I read someone write that they are "applying for dual citizenship" because there is no such thing. I know we use the term "dual citizen" in the vernacular, but you don't "apply to become a dual citizen": You apply to become a US citizen (whil...

Dalyo says he's a Canuck.

Thanks as always. Not that I expect anything dramatic to happen, but I'm very grateful I got my green card last year and nobody knows where the next pink slip will land do they? If I end up out on my kiester, it's nice to know I can look for work outside the Obama Nation, too, and return when the re...

Nelsona, about the "sleep test": If I have a green card, sleep in Point Roberts WA every night, drive to Vancouver BC every day to my office and back to Pt Roberts after work, again and again, that I maintain continuous presence in U.S. and the clock to naturalization ticks just like if I never cros...

I am amazed that they require you to renounce Canadian citizenship. I had a Canadian friend, in Canada, working for a Canadian engineering company's Canadian office, that was working on a US DOD project that required very high-security clearance. I was surprised at this, but he told me that U.S. law...

I get the drift from the thread that the questioners are Canadian citizens returning to work in Vancouver or Edmonton. If so, would this [u][i]increase[/i][/u] or [u][i]decrease[/i][/u] the risk of US CBP questioning them upon return to U.S, compared to if they were (e.g.) Indian citizens with U.S. ...

I know this is not kosher, but I wanted to get informal feedback: I'll hold nobody responsible for their advice! My 1-140 was approved on July 31, 2008, but I-485 still not adjudicated. My H1-B will expire in September and my AP will not be ok'd until early 2009. I want to travel to Canada for Chris...

Well, you took care of your friend by giving him a home and support for three months in the face of government indifference. That sounds pretty Canadian (and American) to me! I hope that if I were called upon in the same way I'd have the spirit to do it.

Thanks muchly. I thought it was a typo and it sure looks like "no harm, no foul" so I'll let sleeping dogs lie.

Mikem mentioned unconstitutional. Seriously veering off topic here, but in the June 2005 Chaoulli-Zeliotis judgment, the Supreme Court of Canada found that provincial health acts that conform to the Canada Health Act actually [i]violate[/i] Canadians' rights under the Charter of Rights & Freedoms be...

Citizenship & Immigration Services e-mailed me 3/31/08 that my card was in the mail. (This is the first card I've had: Have been on H1-B and applied I-140/I-485 in February 2008.) Received card 4/5/08 and it states on it: "Card valid from 03/26/07 expires 03/25/09". Why is it backdated a year? Or is...

How can it be "unconstitutional" for the province to require a two to three month wait before BC MSP coverage? There's nothing in the British North America Act that remotely mentions that! And the Canada Health Act doesn't guarantee health care to any individual. [i]That[/i] would be unconstitutiona...