Leaving the door open
 

Hello all,

I am currently in a major quandary about returning to the UK from BC. At present I would say it's about a 60/40 split in favour of coming back. I don't have property to sell so there would not be too many threads to tie up apart from the emotional ones. However I have PR for at least another few years so what am thinking is it would be good to leave the door open for a return, if I realised on my return I had made a big mistake.

In order to leave the door open so to speak, what things should I keep going in Canada, eg bank accounts, tax, medicare, so if I did return would not have to start from scratch again. Or is it really not worth it?

Thanks as always for advice

CR

Re: Leaving the door open
 

I think maybe just the bank account really. Stick a few hundred dollars in a savings account, close up any chequing accounts, etc, and leave that open with one institution. I don't know how they would feel about having a non-Canadian address? Sometimes, when people open accounts when moving here, they can use the bank's own address until they have their own. Maybe you could do that - and then switch to no-paper/emailed statements etc? Just say you will be out of the country for a while. No need to elaborate.

Make sure you file any tax returns for the year or part year you leave. Anything else can be caught up with at a later date - once you know where you will end up.

Medicare - I'd just let that lapse.

We too are at that 60/40 stage and it's doing my head in ;):D

Re: Leaving the door open
 

Thank you. Yeah, that's sort of what I thought - I guess I could re-sign with medicare easy enough, and I get emailed statements from the bank as it is now so could keep it open.

It really is horrible being torn between two places - way way worse than making the decision to come in the first place. I hate to quit on things, but at the same time I do miss home (and that's what the UK is)

Re: Leaving the door open
 

we are heading back to scotland from aus some time this year.although we have dual citizenship ,we are keeping medicare,bank accounts open just in case(if i cant settle) been here almost 18 years .its like you say doing your head in.feel iam in limbo at the moment.