Hello David,
I've been a telephone client of yours in the past. Today, in a message to the list, you said:
>>If you you have not lived in Canada for 20 years after turning 18, you can NOT collect your OAS out of the country
You WILL get a small CPP pension based upon your 13 years in Canada no matter where you live.<<
I wonder if there is a way that my wife can become eligible for CPP and/or OAS when it is time to retire.
- She is now 43yrs old. She was a Canadian resident from 1982 - 2001.
- As a Canadian resident, she contributed to CPP for 19 years until we moved to the USA in 2001.
- From 2001 to the present she has been contributing to US Social Security.
We plan on staying in the US for the foreseeable future. However, we are not opposed to the idea of moving back to Canada, or becoming residents for tax purposes, if it would be beneficial to her.
I should also mention that we have Green Cards. She cannot become a US citizen because she already has dual citizenship in Canada and England and the US would require her to relinquish one of those passports in order to become a US citizen.
Thanks David
