How does a citizen from Russia apply for Canadian or US

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Date:           Thursday October 16, 2003
Time:           08:50 AM -0700
QUESTION:
How does a citizen from Russia apply for Canadian or US tax permit to have a business in Canada or US?
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david ingram replies:
I do not know from this question whether you want to just own a business in Canada or the USA or whether you want to move to the countries involved and operate the business.  They are two different answers.
Both countries will allow a foreigner to own a business in their country. For the US you need to fill out a SS4 application and get an EIN (employer Identification Number), a relatively simple process.  Canada requires that you get a Business Number.
In both cases, you can hire people, write checks (cheques) and even display merchandise on a very occcassional basis.  You can NOT take out garbage, answer the phone, sweep the floor or do another myriad of everyday business chores that you need a visa for.
Go to www.centa.com and click on [Entering the US] for ,more information about visas to the US.
Go to http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/index.html to read up about the same thing for Canada.
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