Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 2:44 PM
To: taxman at centa.com
Subject: Written Proof of Departure from Canada
Hi There!
How do we prove that a person left the country in 1966 when at
that time there were no forms that we were aware that required
filing? We need something to show for the years he was not in
Canada to satisfy the Old Age Pension department. Heavens should
they give him credit for anytime outside Canada by mistake!
My husband was born in Canada in 1937, left in 1966. He became
a US citizen in 1972 in order to have a license that required
US citizenship. In 1994, we returned to Canada and went through
the usual customs procedure. Upon being sent to Immigration, we
advised the officer that my husband was a US citizen but had been
born in Canada. Other than my husband's Canadian birth
certificate and US passport which was presented, we were not
asked for anything else. My question was simple and direct...Do
I have to sponsor my husband back to Canada? The answer was "no"
and "welcome back." You can imagine
the paperwork and costs we have endured since then . In 2002 he
returned from visiting in the US and was advised that he had been
in this country illegally all that time. We always though that he
had dual citizenship.
So despite cutting all ties with the US and doing all the
necessary Canadian things: mortgage, bank account, car, Church
affiliation, filing Canadian tax returns as a resident, credit
cards and having lots of family in Canada nothing counts towards
being a bona fide resident when it comes to any entitlements. In
fact, because he collects US Social Security, we get the feeling
that he will be lucky if eventually he collects a very small
amount of OAP. We are aware of many others here who have
suffered the same fate. He has now become a landed immigrant and
I his sponsor for 3 years. The good news I suppose is that he
can become a Canadian again in one year.... and the point there
is...?
My point is that despite all the paperwork generated with the
government, they find ways to make life very complicated. I wish
that the 1977 law about citizenship changes had been more widely
announced. I was living in Canada at that time and had not even
heard about the changes! Did I really need to have a TV?
Obviously not many of the local newspapers in smaller towns made
any big announcements.
Now we are dealing with the OAP people and need to prove the time
he was out of Canada. Any suggestions?
Thanks for letting me tell you our story.
XXXXXXXXX SSSS
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david ingram replies:
Usually people are trying to prove the time they were IN Canada,
not the time they were out.
There are many things that he should be able to access.
1. Doctors' records
2. Dentists' records
3. Employment records
4. Church records
5. School records of his children
6. Statutary declarations by friends, fellow emnployees,
relatives who visited you
7. US Census records
8. State Driver's licence records
9. Auto Insurance records
10. Bank account records
11.. Telephone company records - i.e. old phione books
12. Club memberships
13. Professional memberships
14. Old Warranty cards
15. Old passports
16. Old tax returns - the IRS has a form which they produce
which says you filed a tax return as a US resident with the IRS -
Ithink that it can only go back to 1967
17. A copy of his US citizenship apllication which will say
where and when he lived there. It should be available from
Homeland Security
18. His draft status - in 1964 and 1970, he would hav had to
register for the draft. His address, etc., will be / should be
on record
19. Library memberships
20. Sports Team Memberships
It takes a lot of looking sometimes which reminds me
21. Optometrist records
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