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Finally got my response from NSERC, preapproved for IRDF:-(. Unfortunately I cannot take it here in US... My letter went to an old address, so I contacted NSERC and send me the electronic copy.

they count only published or accepted,but not other stages. No letter from nserc today.

I didn't get my letter too, so I called NSERC to ask how can I find the results if the letter got lost and she said to wait 2 more weeks and then to call NSERC for results if I don’t get the letter....

no letter from NSERC here in Minnesota....

you just made happy the first one from the waiting list:-)

Do you have to pay back the NSERC award, if you don't want to go to Canada for 2 years or what are the consequences...I didn't know about all of these...

Congratulations Tasneem! In what state are you residing? Can you believe that I didn't receive any letter from NSERC today? What can I do if the letter is lost? Those who got the letter, do they say how many awardee's are this year and how many applied? Thank you!

Hi dhanson, It’s good to hear that I am not the only one who does the taxes for the husband too:-)

I didn't pay any social security or medicare in my first year as postdoc in US, but when I entered in my second calendar year in US, I paid all the US-resident taxes. So you are exempt to pay medicare and security taxes only in your first year, but not second. So I think one small advantage of being on J-1 vs TN as postdoc is that in your first year you don't pay these taxes if you are on J-1.

It's a good university and nice city/cities.

My husband was J-2 and switched to TN when he got a job offer. I said that we paid more taxes as non-US resident, because we are not eligible to file as married-join together, therefore we filled married-separate and we paid slightly more taxes as we would have been paid as married-join together (I played with both). If TN was more than 6 months or so, we (I with J-1 and he with TN) can request to file married-together (but my husband was on EAD before TN, so didn’t have enough time on TN). As factual resident, you will pay and get all the tax credits as you would never left Canada (http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/nnrsdnts/ndvdls/tmprry-eng.html). As Deemed (http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/nnrsdnts/ndvdls/dmd-eng.html), you are not entitled of the provincial taxes/credits, so as deemed you are less “tied” to Canada. I don’t have house in Canada or dependents left in Canada, but in the letter to the International office I advocate that I work temporary in US (temporary visa, job contract, renting the house etc) and I stayed in Canada in that year more than in US. I cannot do it for the year when I lived only in US. Yes, you can still use your tuition credits.

Hi Yellowtulip, how can you be postdoc on a TN visa? I understand that we, as postdocs cannot be on any other visa but J-1. Anyways, I already filed my taxes with Canada last year when I had income from Canada and US and I was nonresident for US (tax purposes) and resident for Canada, actually I was considered factual resident, because I am working temporary in US. In order to establish your residency status in Canada you need to request this from the International Office of Canada Revenue. I had to justify that I have enough canadian ties in order to be considered factual/deemed resident. You will have to pay taxes in US as a nonresident (therefore higher than a US resident), but when you file the Canada taxes you are required to provide a copy of the US taxes, not to be taxed twice. Why are you saying you are overinsured? I think we are not eligible for the Canadian health insurance, because we are not any more residing in Canada.

no, Rochester. You?

thank you...my application is not as strong as yours...

Congratulations for the IRDF pre-approval! Unfortunately I don't know about IRDF and how it work. So, Monday I will get my letter, if you already got it... Can you share the stats of your application...I applied to the same committee as you.