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Hi Everyone,
I haven't posted on here for quite a while but I was hoping someone
might have information on this. We are unschooling our 5 kids, currently
living in California, and planning on moving. We've lived in Minnesota
before and had planned on moving back but lately we've become very interested
in New Brunswick. I am wondering whether anyone here might know what the
laws are about U.S. citizens buying homes in Canada and living in them as
their primary residence. We would not need a work permit because we would
have enough from the sale of this home to buy a home there without a mortgage
and my husband has an income from his Air Force retirement.
Has anyone on here done anything like this or known anyone who did?
Also, does anyone know what the homeschooling laws are in New Brunswick?
Thanks!

Lucy

D Klement

LASaliger@... wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone,
> I haven't posted on here for quite a while but I was hoping someone
> might have information on this. We are unschooling our 5 kids, currently
> living in California, and planning on moving. We've lived in Minnesota
> before and had planned on moving back but lately we've become very interested
> in New Brunswick. I am wondering whether anyone here might know what the
> laws are about U.S. citizens buying homes in Canada and living in them as
> their primary residence. We would not need a work permit because we would
> have enough from the sale of this home to buy a home there without a mortgage
> and my husband has an income from his Air Force retirement.
> Has anyone on here done anything like this or known anyone who did?
> Also, does anyone know what the homeschooling laws are in New Brunswick?
> Thanks!
>
> Lucy
>
Go to the Canadian Homeschool Page.
Canadian homeschool page: http:\\www.flora.org/homeschool-ca/
It will link you to the page of New Brunswick homeschooling reg's etc.

Buzz

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Darryl, Debbie, what has been learned has been
Kathleen, Nathan & forgotten"
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Sonia Ulan

Hi Lucy;

Just letting you know your decision to move to New Brunswick would not
be a totally unique one. You'd probably find yourself in good company
with many of your compatriots about. I'm originally from Nova Scotia;
the neighbouring, right-next-door, Maritime province to New Brunswick
and I can tell you there are literally thousands of Americans buying
property along the pristine coastline and in the clean interior
towns/cities. We had property along the Nova Scotia coast and our
neighbours all around seemed to be from across America. There are TONS
of Hollywood celebrities who own property in the Maritimes as well
though I cannot tell you how much they are actually living there. They
appreciate the change of scene, the calm, the obvious beauty of the
landscape, and the privacy.

I'm relatively new to this whole internet scenario, but one government
of Canada site that might be helpful for you is:

cicnet.ci.gc.ca/

Hope it works and answers some of your questions!

Sonia

D Klement wrote:
>

> LASaliger@... wrote:
> >
> > Hi Everyone,
> > I haven't posted on here for quite a while but I was hoping someone
> > might have information on this. We are unschooling our 5 kids, currently
> > living in California, and planning on moving. We've lived in Minnesota
> > before and had planned on moving back but lately we've become very interested
> > in New Brunswick. I am wondering whether anyone here might know what the
> > laws are about U.S. citizens buying homes in Canada and living in them as
> > their primary residence. We would not need a work permit because we would
> > have enough from the sale of this home to buy a home there without a mortgage
> > and my husband has an income from his Air Force retirement.
> > Has anyone on here done anything like this or known anyone who did?
> > Also, does anyone know what the homeschooling laws are in New Brunswick?
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Lucy
> >
> Go to the Canadian Homeschool Page.
> Canadian homeschool page: http:\\www.flora.org/homeschool-ca/
> It will link you to the page of New Brunswick homeschooling reg's etc.
>
> Buzz
>
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> The Klement Family "Education is what survives when
> Darryl, Debbie, what has been learned has been
> Kathleen, Nathan & forgotten"
> Samantha B.F. Skinner in "New Scientist".
> e-mail- klement@...
> Canadian homeschool page: http:\\www.flora.org/homeschool-ca/
> Ont. Federation of Teaching Parents: http:\\www.flora.org/oftp/
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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LASaliger@... wrote:
>
> Hi Sonia,
> Yes, I have been to that site. Thanks for the information! Did any of
> the Americans who lived near you live there pretty much full time?


Yes, absolutely.



I know if
> they are visitors they have to leave at least once every six months but that
> can be for a brief time.
> I would really prefer to immigrate as a permanent resident. But I don't
> want to wait for another two or three years trying to gear toward an
> occupation that they would want to see on the application. I am thinking
> that maybe we could go as students and then take classes toward something
> that they might accept for the occupation list. Also, we could become fluent
> in French during that time, which would give us more points on the form.



That would be great, as New Brunswick is the only official bi-lingual
province
in Canada.


> It's kind of ironic that we don't even care about working there because
> we could make it on my husband's retirement income. It seems like it would
> be better for us to keep the jobs free for others who need them, and we would
> still contribute to the economy by buying things and paying taxes.


You'd think that would be great. No problem!


> I wish
> they had a category for people like us to immigrate. The main things that
> worry me about not being permanent residents are that at some point, our kids
> might have to leave because they couldn't work there, which would be sad
> because they would feel like it was their home, and also, the health
> insurance issue.



I really know nothing about this, but I know another person from Europe
who, once
here, wanted to stay. If he were self-supporting, his status would have
changed
dramatically after a threshold of something like 4 to 5 years. I am not
sure,
but he might even have been granted full citizenship after that.



> What part of Canada do you live in now, Sonia? We are thinking of the
> areas near Fredericton. Thanks again for responding!
>
> Lucy




I now live on the beautiful, but land-locked prairies of Saskatchewan,
and still dream of again living by the sea. Fredericton's lovely!

Good luck with your quest!

Sonia

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Hi Sonia,
Yes, I have been to that site. Thanks for the information! Did any of
the Americans who lived near you live there pretty much full time? I know if
they are visitors they have to leave at least once every six months but that
can be for a brief time.
I would really prefer to immigrate as a permanent resident. But I don't
want to wait for another two or three years trying to gear toward an
occupation that they would want to see on the application. I am thinking
that maybe we could go as students and then take classes toward something
that they might accept for the occupation list. Also, we could become fluent
in French during that time, which would give us more points on the form.
It's kind of ironic that we don't even care about working there because
we could make it on my husband's retirement income. It seems like it would
be better for us to keep the jobs free for others who need them, and we would
still contribute to the economy by buying things and paying taxes. I wish
they had a category for people like us to immigrate. The main things that
worry me about not being permanent residents are that at some point, our kids
might have to leave because they couldn't work there, which would be sad
because they would feel like it was their home, and also, the health
insurance issue.
What part of Canada do you live in now, Sonia? We are thinking of the
areas near Fredericton. Thanks again for responding!

Lucy