Income Tax Situation and CIC

[noidea4id]

Hi Everyone: I filed a CEC application in May 2012. I have been in Canada for 5 years and worked 4 years, I lost my job last year and could not get another one yet. I had a problem to pay my income tax in 2009 and filed in 2010 a tax relief application. To date, this application has not been processed (!), so I still owe CRA several 1000s.

I would like to know if this can lead CIC to deny me permanent residence? Does CIC cares about what applicant owes CRA?

Thank you for your help!

JS

 

[Pouce]

Hi you didnt pay your income tax? i dont understand. you are not self-employed?
anyway it takes while when you get your file processed.
just make sure you dont owe any money from CRA.

 

[noidea4id]

Hi Pouce, thank you for your reply. No I am not self-employed, I am a postdoc (post PhD), I was paid through a grant from my institute, so they issued a T4A. I paid my taxes every year since 5 years excepted for the year 2009 as I had huge unexpected spendings. So I filed a relief request so in clear I did not pay yet for 2009. My assessment, sent to CIC for the CEC show the amount due though, which is why I am worried...

But you are right, the time they process my application I might have found a solution... Hopefully...

 

[ihabkal]

MP immigration staff told me "most important thing is to pay your taxes", so get this resolved as soon as you can and let them know you resolved it.