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Two Replies to the
US/Canadian Passport question follow.
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From: XXXXX at NNNNNN.com ] Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 4:32 AM To: taxman@centa.com Subject: Re: [CEN-TAPEDE] Canadian & US Passport
I like that answer
about the U.S. and Canadian passport. I am in the same situation and live in
the U.S. When I enter Canada by car I have found it simpler to say I am an
American citizen because my car has U.S. license plates. Fewer questions that
way.
David Replies:
I hate to tell you but if you enter that
way, you could be arrested and your car seized. If you had an American
Citizen with you (even your wife) who was not a Canadian, you could be charged
with smuggling an alien into Canada.
The same
thing applies going the other way. Use your Canadian citizenship to enter
Canada and your US passport to enter the US.
From: DR
XXXX.XXXXX
David, this gentleman might like to know: I immigrated to Canada in the '60's,
got Canadian citizenship in the early '70's, and assumed I was no longer an
American citizen because I thought at the time that swearing allegiance to
another government automatically voided one's U.S. citizenship. So I have
behaved like a born Canadian ever since. I have visited a lot in the States,
having family there. With the recent changes in mood in the States, I was
interested to hear from a friend in similar circumstances that we did
not lose our U.S. citizenship, so I applied for and easily received a U.S.
passport. I use it to go into the States, and my Canadian passport to come
home. No problem, no questions. Feel free to pass this on to whoever wrote
you.
David Replies -
You are doing it the right way. If you want to read more
about Dual citizenship, go to
www.centa.com, click on
newsletters and read October 93. While you are at it, read November 2001
which tells CANADIAN Residents how to make their mortgage deductible.
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