True but as others have stated Canada doesn't necessarily tax poker winnings anyway right? Anyway I am a little curious what I would say as for my reason when I kept crossing back and forth over the border. Some people have expressed that they don't think saying "My government won't let me play poker so I'm temporarily setup in Canada playing online poker" would go over well. I wonder if there is some kind of immigration number one could call to find out about this 6 months thing. I guess if I don't hear anything in a few days I'll start searching around. I've never messed with this before though so I'm not sure where to start but it seems like it would be a pretty standard question as to what constitutes leaving the country and when one could return without a Visa.

No, unless you have a Stellar Reward coming (1FPP). The cheapest thing I could find was mints for 600.

How to apply for a temporary Canadian resident visa"

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/apply-how.asp

anyone else having problems depositing with their credit card for the reload bonus?

i dont know which countries you are talking about but I havent needed my PIN even once, it is all signature in Austria, Germany and Italy

Just putting in my 2c on what I've researched (a lot in the last few days).

I think that going back and forth every month is going to raise red flags of you working or permanently residing in Canada, and I think you will eventually get denied.

I know they can stamp you for only a certain period, say 2 weeks, or they may not give you a period at all which means the rolling 180 days are in effect. But if you tell them you are staying for several months, they are going to want to know where you are staying, and they are going to want proof of financials to support yourself for that time frame.

It isn't going to be as easy as it sounds, imo. Especially if you want to travel back and forth a lot.

"Why is it so shocking that the government is suddenly enforcing the LAW. This is like an organized crime figure saying they are surprised that they are being charged. Well at least now some of these degenerate "professional" poker players might have to get out of the house. I wonder if these "professionals" just paid the taxes on there "income" I'm guessing not, so hopefully the IRS will get involved and collect. Hey Feds KEEP there money a law is a law, and they made their bed let them sleep in it."

Hey, would you mind getting the **** out?

Yes because they are working in the United States. Canadians don't pay tax if they are not residents. If a Canadian moves to a different country he doesn't have to pay Canadian income tax but that is not necessarily true if a US citizen moves out of the States.

No. Poker is taxable for professional players. There is zero question about that. Where it becomes iffy is what constitutes a professional. Moving to Canada to play though would be a pretty solid case for someone being a professional player. CRA is staffed by morons though so they generally don't bother poker players unless you do something to draw attention to yourself.

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I would ask someone more knowledgeable about saying I was coming to Canada to play online poker. My gut feeling is that it would be a bad idea. I would ask in the Canadian Tax Topic as there are two Canadian lawyers who actually work and could give you an answer. To me it seems like working in Canada which would be an issue. It might also bring attention to you for income tax purposes.

Canadian GF is the best option that I can think of. They will likely not bother you. If they do they will likely just ask for sufficient documentation that you are financially sound.

I use to cross into the States weekly -- sometimes multiple times a week -- to play at Turning Stone and Akwesasne and there was never an issue.

I have always paid my taxes, even on income that the IRS would never know about (such as getting cash for a music gig). If the IRS wants to audit players on AP/Stars/FTP, as far as I'm concerned, bring it on! They will see that I keep good records, and that I've always declared cash income, and they'll probably never bother me again.

Yes, a lot of Americans underreport/cheat/commit tax evasion (depending on how you look at it), but I doubt that poker players as a whole are more guilty of that than most other professions.

im not bot

Why hasn't a single person been charged with playing online poker as a crime? Because it is legal to play online poker.

legal to play illegal to make deposits

I haven't read the legislation but I don't believe that is true. The financial institution is the only one doing something illegal by processing the transaction.

If you or anyone else needs help with finding a place or general information lemme know. Sydney is the nuts (only drawback is very high cost of living) but if you can get in and don't mind paying a lil more then it's a great place to live.

Getting in is the hard part I think.

ye thats true but without that noone in the US would have been able to deposit on online poker since after 2006

This sounds almost identical to my probable plan. I knocked up my girl and really dont wanna live with her so gonna set her up where I live now and do the 2 weeks Canada 1 week in USA plan. Im in northeast Ohio right outside Cleveland now so Niagara, Toronto, or Ontario are all just 3 hours or so away and flights roundtrip r only $350ish.

Add me to the list: 21-week pregnant wife... but from DFW - long flight up.

Congrats to u and ur wife. With u comin from the Dallas area these northern winters would b a crazy change from ur climate. R u set on Canada or r u still lookin for somethin closer to home?

Thanks for the visa link!
Hmm... I guess after the weekend I'm going to have to do some serious digging. I keep going through waves of hopefulness followed by hopelessness kind of like variance. I was starting to think it wouldn't be so bad and the 6 month thing not that big a deal, now it's looking pretty bleak. I'll be interested to hear from whoever is the first to relocate to Canada and how easy/hard it was to get going and how sketchy the whole thing seems to them. I definitely don't want to feel like I'm some kind of low budget ghetto international weekend border hopping spy just to continue doing my job.

I've read damn near every link I could find on that site. I don't really see anything about leaving before the 6 months then coming back again. I did see a listing of lots of offices in the US that deal with temporary visas and work visas etc for Canada. I guess I could just call them and see what they say.

Serious question?, and you have a degree. The Independant, The Times, The Telegraph, The Gaurdian,
you must have lived in some kind of chav bubble while you were there.

It isn't there. I looked a little over a year ago for a unrelated reason and it is nowhere on the site.

I guess I will just call the office on monday and see what they say.





Oh and did anyone else get the email from the PPA a few days ago?

PPA members have won a great victory by coming together and letting our elected officials know we will hold them accountable for their actions. We need to keep up the pressure so please act today!


I'm not going to lie and pretend that I know how this all went down, but I have a hard time believing the government buckled because of the PPA's pressure in 1 business day. And man... calling this a great victory just doesn't seem like correct wording imo...

That's what she said.

I'm browsing the real estate websites already from here, so hopefully will be contacting the agents soon (I did this whole process back in 09). I hate Optus btw, they are so slow. Hopefully no 1-2 week waiting for Internet to be set up. If/when I end up coming, we should def meet up!