Do we need to declare to canadian goverment on getting Married !!

[Salnik 0]

Hi Everyone,

I am a Canadian PR , and we got married in US last year in April . My husband lives in US , New York and is a US citizen.

I would like to know , if I need to declare that we are married in Canada ?

1) Do I need to declare to the Canadian government ? If yes , then how can I do it ?

2) Do I need to declare at work ?

Is there any where else I need to declare we are married.

I will really appreciate all the help

Regards,

Sal

Edited February 15, 2010 by Salnik

[trailmix 77]

The only place this information will appear is on your tax return. When you file this year there is a section that asks your marital status. You will enter the info there.

[Salnik 0]

Thanks for the info.

Would I need to declare at work ?

As my husband does not live in Canada , will we be showing joint income ?

How will this effect my tax returns ?

[trailmix 77]

Thanks for the info.

Would I need to declare at work ?

As my husband does not live in Canada , will we be showing joint income ?

How will this effect my tax returns ?

It doesn't affect your tax returns - since he is not a resident of Canada.

There is nothing to declare at work. The only reason you would do this at work is to change the tax witholding if you gain a dependant - he isn't your 'dependant' - so it's a non issue.

Him claiming you on his U.S. tax return might be beneficial - but that's for a tax thread

Edited February 15, 2010 by trailmix

[Kathryn41 3,205]

Although you might want to list him as an emergency contact at work, with your doctor and other places like that. It makes sense to know he will be contacted if anything happens to you as he is your 'next of kin' now.

[antda 13]

Hi Sal,

What a co-incidence....Likewise, my husband and I live in NYS and got married in April too (lol..though three years before you did)....

Nevertheless, congrats to you and your husband with your marriage too! And may the both of you have many years of happiness together!

As for moving, from Canada to the USA (I've been here in the USA since 2006), I did the following:

I notified:

-Revenue Canada and Elections Canada (with the "final tax return" in 2007, to prevent tax fraud and to officially notify the Canadian government that I'm not living in Canada anymore, and had to cancel and return those GST cheques I'm not entitled to and would be in trouble for keeping such)

-Passport Canada (when they added my married name to my maiden name passport in 2007)

-Passport Canada again (when I applied for a new passport recently in my married name in 2009)

-I closed my Canadian bank account in Canada (2007)

-I let someone in Canada collect my personal mail for me, and then notified those people by mail that I moved (2006-Present)

-Family, friends, and other acquaintances that I keep in contact with (2006-Present)

-The Office of the Attorney General (optional...but this was after I received the forwarded jury duty notice in 2009....I had no choice there but to tell them that I moved and that I couldn't serve on a Canadian jury)

I didn't notify:

-Social Insurance (Human Resources Canada, I think) as I wouldn't be working in Canada anymore and wouldn't need a new card.

-OHIP (Ontario Health Insurance) as my card already expired and I can't use it here, so I never renewed it.

-MTO (Ministry of Transportation Ontario) as my license was automatically transfered, surrendered, and destroyed here by the DMV in NYS. Note: You cannot have 2 driver's licenses at the same time (at least that's the way it is here in NYS), so you would either have to pick between the American one or the Canadian one to keep. As well, if you move from Canada to NYS USA, you can get your license directly transferred, with no further testing required.

Anyone else I need to notify, I can't think of, and haven't done such.

Hope this helps. Good luck on the rest of your immigration journey too.

Ant

P.S. Lol..I'm pretty sure you won't be wanting that Canadian jury duty and/or elections Canada notice sometime later on down the road while you are in the USA...(that's another story)..But yes, that happened to me here in the USA, despite notifying such government agencies years ago about my move....lol....grr.....luckily someone in Canada forwarded that mail to me...otherwise I would have been in trouble there...especially with the jury duty notice...lol....

Hi Everyone,

I am a Canadian PR , and we got married in US last year in April . My husband lives in US , New York and is a US citizen.

I would like to know , if I need to declare that we are married in Canada ?

1) Do I need to declare to the Canadian government ? If yes , then how can I do it ?

2) Do I need to declare at work ?

Is there any where else I need to declare we are married.

I will really appreciate all the help

Regards,

Sal

Edited February 16, 2010 by Ant+D+BabyA