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[deetah]

Help please!

Filing 4 years of back Canadian taxes and government wants to know if I was in fact a resident of Korea. Lived in Korea for 3 consecutive years. Payed Korea taxes...

So, what makes me a resident of Korea?

Thanks.

[tzechuk]

I think the fact that you had a job, an alien registration card and were paying taxes here in ROK made you a resident.

Normally if you live in a place for over 3 months, it makes you a resident.

Permanent reisdent is another story...

[peppermint]

I'm guessing you mean for tax purposes. I was there for a few years, and went through the whole non residency rigmarole too.

On the forms I mentioned ties to Korea, stuff like cell phone and internet contracts, bills in my name, KOTESOL membership, bank and credit card accounts, furniture, a pet goldfish- anything and everything that would show that I was actually living in Korea, not just there for a short term visit.

You also have to list your ties to Canada on that form. In my case, it was just a drivers licence, a bank account (if it's only to pay off loans and the like, mention that too) and my passport.

I was declared a non resident, based on those factors.

[Countrygirl]

This topic was addressed on the job forum recently and had lot of good info. http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=118346 The Lemon had some good links which should answer your questions.

Basically, living in Korea or paying Korean taxes does not make you a Korean resident. Residency is based on which country you have the most ties. From tax class I remember that even having a bedroom in Canada makes you a Canadian resident. If you don't have dependants or a spouse residing in Canada or a home/room to call your own in Canada then you have fulfilled the major requirements of what it takes towards being a Canadian non-resident.

[cbclark4]

In the US you have to show something with an address on it like an electric bill, Korean ID card.

[peppermint]

[Countrygirl]