resident hunter question

If you read the regulation in the guide, you will see that "primary residence" is the only criteria set out to define residence.

Where you get your mail sent or your tax return filed or your hair cut is of no cosequence.

If you come to Alberta to hunt, you are a nonresident coming to Alberta to hunt. If you come to Alberta to go to school, then you are coming to go to school and not simply to hunt. That is the only reason I mentioned the school part. It defines WHY the person is here in Alberta.

Lets say the person is in Alberta to go to school 8 months and goes back to BC the other 4 months. Then they live in Alberta far longer than they live in BC. Alberta is their primary residence.

I believe in Sask. you have to produce a SASK. health card to get a resident licence. They have made that their definition of a resident of their province. Not so in Alberta.
 
get the iPOd or cell phone surgically detached from you ears, then learn how to read. Well there's a F'n novel idea.
 
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I just got off the phone with Alberta Fish and Wildlife in Edmonton. A person MUST be a resident in Alberta for 12 months before buying resident hunting and fishing licences as I stated earlier. Feel free to call and ask them for yourself at 1-780-427-5185.

How Do I Become an Alberta Resident?

You may be eligible for Alberta residency if:

* you are studying in Alberta and married to an Alberta resident. Your spouse must have resided in Alberta for 12 months without attending post-secondary studies full time.

* you are an independent student and you reside in Alberta for 12 consecutive months without attending school full time.
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Because heavenIsAlie does not have his primary residence here in Alberta and is only here for six months out of the year he buys non resident tags.
 
Hey Davey where did you get the quote in your last post? And what does it have to do with the wildlife act and hunting regulations. I know you are tired of me having a different opinion than you but lots of people have different oppinions and manage to get along.:)

I called the F&W office in Rocky and got a different opinion from what you apparently got in Edmonton. Then I called Edmonton and got someone who gave me a second hand opinion from someone else (seemed to me she had the "12 months in Canada" confused with "12 months in Alberta" and she seemed to think that the definition of a resident in the fishing regulations was somehow different from that in the hunting regulations).

I am waiting to get another opinion from someone in Regulations who should have the final say.

From Rocky office I was told that normally a person who comes to Alberta for more than three months is supposed to get an Alberta drivers licence and an Alberta Health care # . And even though it is not a stated requirment of the law if there is doubt about residentcy the drives licence or health care card are asked for. Then I was told that the person form BC would have to make a choice. They could NOT hold a resident licence in BC and Alberta so they would have to choose one or the other. Apparently the officers in Rocky have from time to time caught people who held a resident licence in more than one province and have layed charges. So they must be able to do a check to see if a person holds a licence elswhere.;)

Robin
 
Get all the opinions you want Robin, I am responding to this case and this case alone. I have asked others as well and for this case in particular he is not an Alberta resident.

-6 months living in Alberta per year
-6 months living in BC per year
-BC Drivers licence
-mailing address in BC

If you want to start another post on how to get residancy in a certain province, go ahead. A person asked a question, if you want to talk about other cases or questions start another thread.
 
And if and when you do call or hear from someone else, make sure you tell them these exact details:

-6 months living in Alberta per year
-6 months living in BC per year
-BC Drivers licence
-mailing address in BC

Coulda, woulda, shoulda does not apply in this case. Stick to the above facts only for this thread. If your Wifes friends second cousin went to school here and is from China, start another thread!
 
Hey Davey, Count to ten and take a deep breath. I am NOT SAYING YOU ARE WRONG. But you may have been getting information from others who were not right.

I just got off the phone with an enforcement officer who specilizes in interpretation of the regulations.

I did not have the details you point out above :6 months living in Alberta per year
-6 months living in BC per year
-BC Drivers licence
-mailing address in BC
Not sure if these facts are that important.

And I still really do not have all the details. Is the student married? Does he own property and a house in BC? These details are more important.




PRIMARY RESIDENCE is all that matters. (according to the officer)

As long as the student was residing in Alberta and did not have a more PRIMARY RESIDENCE elsewhere they would qualify as a resident.

Some exampes he gave. If the student (or someone working in Alberta) had a house and wife and kids in another province they could NOT claim their primary residence was in Alberta. He said he had spoken with an Airline pilot who had a home in Alberta but was in the air or in a hotel 3 weeks out of each month. He WAS considered a resident. A person who owned property and payed property taxes in Alberta but had a home in another province where they normally lived would not be a resident.

He said that normally (baring some of the cases above) a student who takes up residence in Alberta to go to school would quallify as a resident.

I asked specifically about the "12 months" and he said no that only has to do with living in Canada.

This isn't about who is "right or wrong" between you and I Davey. There was a question asked and you have tried to answer it and so have I.

Robin.
 
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This isn't about who is "right or wrong" between you and I Davey. There was a question asked and you have tried to answer it and so have I.

Robin.
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Then stick to the facts as heavenIsAlie stated. If you do stick to exactly those facts given you will find that he is not considered an Alberta resident.

His BC licence, his tax return and I am sure his health care forms are sent to a residence in BC, that would be his primary residence. He lives here for six months while going to school and goes home for the other six months to his primary residence in BC.(if I am wrong, please correct me)

You asked about the 12 months, this statement comes right from an Alberta government webpage for students:

How Do I Become an Alberta Resident?

You may be eligible for Alberta residency if:

* you are studying in Alberta and married to an Alberta resident. Your spouse must have resided in Alberta for 12 months without attending post-secondary studies full time.


* you are an independent student and you reside in Alberta for 12 consecutive months without attending school full time.
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When I gave the facts stated and nothing else to Fish and Wildlife in Edmonton they confirmed what I am saying. If you stick to those facts you will find the same.
 
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