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[ginger]

i am busy trying to figure out this whole non-residency thing for my canadian taxes, and i see that i have to be considered a resident of another country in order to be non-resident in canada... so, how long do you have to be in korea to be considered a resident? is there anything you must do to apply for residency here?

[schwa]

You establish residency here merely by the fact of living & working here. There is no defined timeframe -- I'd guess anywhere from the better part of a year on up. The key is having very few significant ties with Canada which demonstrates at least the intention of an open-ended stay abroad.

[denverdeath]

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tax/nonresidents/common/residency-e.html

If you're in Canada for less than 183 days for the tax year under consideration, there's a good chance that you can be deemed a non-resident...as long as there are no primary ties(houses, spouse, etc) and very limited secondary ties(driver's license, passport, bank accounts, etc). Your visa/ARC makes you a resident of Korea, but when you came here will determine whether you were a non-resident for Cdn tax purposes.

[joyfulgirl]

i've been here for over 2 years, and not paid taxes back home..canada..i have a bank account there, and a passport, obviously, and a driver's license as well...am i breaking some sorta rule?

[visitor q]

[cruisemonkey]

[chronicpride]

[ajgeddes]

From what I understand, as long as you are working in Korea and paying taxes here you don't need to be paying taxes (or doing your taxes) in Canada. Why? Because they have a special tax treaty that deals with all of that. The same reason the Canadian pension office will get you your Korean pension money once you go home.

[chronicpride]

[Captain Corea]