4/29/2014
Topic:
Dutch Citizen to Marry a Canadian - Questions
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Hi all,
I have a few questions about my unique situation. My girlfriend is from Ontario and I'm from the Netherlands. For my job in online marketing I travel to many different countries to act as a consultant and I'm getting paid from many different countries which ultimately amounts into me paying taxes in the Netherlands.
I'm registered as an independent contractor and I pay my taxes accordingly. Because of this I don't necessarily 'work' in Canada but I do write content I get paid for from Canadian soil, which I ultimately get paid for on my Dutch bank account and I pay taxes in the Netherlands. None of these payments come from the Canada, but I'm wondering if it still counts as 'working in Canada'?
In the distant future, when or if we decide to settle in Canada, that could have an effect on my business as I've read that when you're applying for permanent residency you won't be able to work for a year.
I ask this question because my girlfriend and I are looking to get married in the summer of 2015. We want to get married in Ontario, but there's another catch to our story.
In July we are moving to either Hong Kong or Malta, depending on where my girlfriend gets a job. She's currently in the process of interviewing and our prospects are looking very good. If we end up in Malta I can immediately live there with her as I've got an EU passport and if we end up in Hong Kong I'll continue to keep traveling and use that sort of visa to get around.
I'm wondering if we're not living in Canada for an entire year, perhaps more, would we be allowed to get married in Ontario? In the distant future we might want to settle in Canada, but I can see us live wherever her job takes us, as I'm not bound to any location, for at least another five years.
The way things look now we won't be in Canada from July until the summer of 2015, right before we get married. We want to marry where her parents and grandparents live and my parents will then fly over for the wedding.
All help is much appreciated and I'll answer more questions if needed.
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4/24/2015
Topic:
Dutch Citizen to Marry a Canadian - Questions
Dutch
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Hi Anna,
Thanks for your response. We are happily married now, but I have another question. We got married in Windsor, Ontario after obtaining a marriage license when I was visiting there. This was back in January and after that we went to Europe together for an extended holiday.
She then went back to Canada, but I'm still in Europe. When I go visit Canada now, do I say that I'm married? We have sent in all the documents for the marriage certificate, but that has not arrived in the mail yet in Canada. I'm just very unsure on the entire situation now that we're actually married. I have no intentions of moving to Canada, because of my business, but I would like to be able to visit and follow all the right rules and not cause myself any problems when crossing the border.
The reason that I'm mentioning this is because I can see it being reasonable for them to think that I'm going there to stay, since I'm married to a Canadian. We are however in the process of moving to Hong Kong, and that's the reason we got married since it's otherwise impossible for me to move there with her. (She has a job prospect there).
Thank you very much for your help Anna.
Thanks!
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