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Re: Getting US Green Card for a Canadian landed Immigrant Posted on: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:05:09 +0000 (UTC)

On Jun 21, 9:23 pm, JAJ wrote:
> > It will probably *not* cause issues in getting a US GC... but it
> > *will* cause issues if you try to retain your Canadian landed
> > immigrant status. You can *not* be both a Canadian landed immigrant
> > and a US permanent resident at the same time. This is because you can
> > not live in both countries at the same time *and* at the same time,
> > live in one country or the other for the majority of the time.
>
> > Ian
>
> He will retain his Canadian status until he no longer fulfils the
> physical presence rules. In some cases it is possible to retain
> both statuses, eg if he was married to a Canadian citizen (living
> in the U.S.)
>
> --
> This is not intended to be legal or professional advice in any
> jurisdiction
> Posted viahttp://britishexpats.com

He cannot retain his Canadian PR. My friend went through this in 2005
and had to give up Canadian residency.

regards,

enigma