Recent content by BC4life

Yes absolutely, you have most of the rights of a citizen except for voting. I set up my first corporation about 5 months after landing in Ontario.

What do you need a partner for?

For the purpose of incorporation I would register a Canadian corporation and just have the US company as shareholder. You will need to have a Canadian citizen/PR as director. For the purpose of living in Canada, this is not a valid path to establish a presence there. If that was the case nobody...

Yes you should be fine with a UPS mailbox. There are other alternatives as well one of which is Beavership Canada ; I believe Fedex Shipcenters and Staples also provide similar services.

Yes that's correct and this was my original mistake. I should have researched more before assuming that the citizenship certificate needed to be updated before I could apply for the passport under my new name. Right on the passport application form Personal Information section to include a legal...

Just updating this threat just in case someone has the same situation in the future and comes across it. I was able to make it to my home country for the funerals but this was far to be straightforward, I had to depart with my home country's passport and return with the Canadian passport...

Does anyone know if as a Canadian, it would be possible to return to CA if one can reach the port of entry by road through the US? I know that for air travel you need to have the passport as otherwise you won't be able to board. But not sure by road. Due to an emergency situation (family...

Was off the forum for a while, just providing a quick update. Finally attended the oath ceremony on November 17th and got the citizenship certificate earlier this month. I started the process to change my name so waiting for this to be complete to update the certificate before applying for the...

Just received my invitation to complete the online citizenship test as well. I guess I will be busy next two weeks to read the book and take mock exams as I haven't started at all. Was not expecting this before September or October.

Why can't you register your business in Italy?

Is this ACME Technology your sole proprietorship or a different business entity?

You do not need to register a sole proprietorship to work as a independent contractor. Registration is required if you wish to operate as a trade name different from your own personal name (and open a bank account under that name)

You can consider setting up a sole proprietorship by registering a business name for $60

Can you explain what you meant by "without having stayed in Canada even one day"? You said in the OP that you landed in 2019. How did you land without making it to Canada?

You should be fine just using your passport. Keep a copy of your COPR on you just in case.