Originally Posted by
johndoe123
I believe the law is actually Canadian resident (even a US citizen living/working in Canada could have problems), although citizenship certainly makes that more difficult to disprove. I could be completely wrong.
Correct, I guess. Based on my old tax practice, it would be a Canadian Resident for tax purposes. Although most Canadian citizens/permanent residents (Canada calls them landed immigrants) would certainly default under that rule (aka a rebuttable presumption based on the customs agent's satisfaction), other citizens could technically fit under that umbrella, though the customs officer would have to have a lot of info typically not gathered at the POE to bring up that assumption.