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Thanks. Which forex broker would you recommend?

Apologies: that's a very sloppy typo. I sort of ran two sentences in my mind together when they hit the page. Will be more careful in future! Before immigrating to the US a few years ago I had a C$ checking a/c and a US$ checking a/c at my CDN bank. When I moved to US I closed the US$ a/c but left t...

In the short term, I'm doing it through a family member. Eventually I'll get back to Canada and set up a US$ checking account. What is remarkable is that I have a C$checking account and the same bank will not let me set up a US$ checking account unless I walk into the branch in Canada. Amerinuck, I ...

Thanks. I did an ETF back in 2006 but now my CDN bank says it won't anymore - only a wire txr which is more expensive. How about having a family member in Canada mail me a US$ postal order? (Although I have seen letter-mail from Canada to US take 2 wks!)

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 appl...

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 ...

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.