This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment QUESTION: I live in US. My fiance lives in Canada. =20 1. Can we both claim dual citizenship? =20 2. Can he purchase a house in the United States without claiming citizenship? =20 3. Can we own two homes and travel back and forth from Canada and US? =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D david ingram replies: 1. If you were to marry and you sponsored him into the US as a resident = alien, he could apply for US citizenship and become a dual citizen. He = could then sponsor into Canada and you could become a Canadian dual = citizen. The process would take 8 to 10 years. 2. Yes. Anybody from Canada, Ethiopia, Bolivia, Turkey, Mexico, = Pakistan, Belize, or any number of 180+ other countries can buy a = house or any other property in the USA without being a citizen. =20 However, owning property does not give them any right to enter the = United States to live or even just visit the property. Owning property = in the States and not having a fixed address in Canada is enough to keep = someone "out" of the USA, particularly if he or she has a fianc=E9e in = the US. The Homeland Security person at the border will assume that the = person is trying to enter the US to live their illegally and bar them = from entry.=20 3. Yes. I have several clients where hubby lives in Canada and the = wife in the US and vice-versa. It usually happens for medical reasons = where one person keeps their official residence in Canada because of our = superior Universal Health Care. (problems, yes - but still better than = 30% of the US population with no medical services). . Got to www.centa.com and read the January and February 1999 Newsletters. = (one or the other deals with what I call a border kit which everyone in = your position needs to be able to cross the border). (I would just = reproduce it here but my SHAW cable connection is down at the house and = I cannot log on to check it myself and if I do not answer this now, it = will never be answered). David Ingram's US/Canada Services US / Canada / Mexico tax and working Visa Specialists US / Canada Real Estate Specialists 4466 Prospect Road North Vancouver, BC, CANADA, V7N 3L7 Calls accepted from 10 AM to 10 PM 7 days a week Res (604) 980-3578 Cell (604) 657-8451 Bus (604) 980-0321=20 [email protected] www.centa.com www.david-ingram.com Disclaimer: This question has been answered without detailed = information or consultation and is to be regarded only as general = comment. Nothing in this message is or should be construed as advice = in any particular circumstances. 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You may find more answers at www.centa.com If the number of messages is too many for you or the US / Canada = Taxation and Immigration information is not of interest, simply reply = with a remove request. David Ingram of the CEN-TA REALTY Group US / Canada / Mexico tax and working Visa Specialists US / Canada Real Estate Specialists 4466 Prospect Road North Vancouver, BC, CANADA, V7N 3L7 (604) 980-0321 - Fax 913-9123 [email protected] www.centa.com www.david-ingram.com ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.centa.com/CEN-TAPEDE/centapede/attachments/f21cce5f/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
