united-states motor-vehicle
Canadian&#39;s car in USA
<p>I live in Boston MA with a TD visa. I don't want to buy a car in USA. Can I drive my Canadian car (car registered in Canada) here? How long can I drive it? How about car insurance? Any detailed information about this?</p>

<p>When you started living in Massachussetts, you are required to register your car in Massachussetts. Residency means "living there", and isn't about citizenship / permanent residence. There is no provision at all for delaying the change of registration: <a href="https://www.mass.gov/how-to/transfer-your-registration-and-title-from-out-of-state" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here is how to transfer the registration</a>. You can't use Canadian insurance, so you will also have to get Massachussetts liability insurance (and collision, if you want it). Pretending that you are "just a tourist passing through" will not work and is easily disprovable. Your Canadian insurance agent will confirm that you have to switch to a Massachussetts policy when you move to Massachussetts, because you are not covered by Canadian insurance when you reside in Massachussetts.</p>

<p>The Massachusetts Department of Revenue has a <a href="https://www.mass.gov/service-details/learn-about-legal-and-residency-status-in-massachusetts" rel="nofollow noreferrer">web page</a> about your domicile. Among other things, they say it's impossible to have one domicile for general living purposes, but a different domicile for tax purposes. Which I take to mean that their advice about what your domicile is for taxes also applies to general living purposes.</p>

<p>The answer seems to be "it depends". Apparently your spouse or parent moved to Massachusetts as a nonimmigrant visa for skilled Canadian or Mexican workers. Since it is a nonimmigrant visa, it would appear you don't intend to stay in the US permanently (although plans sometimes change). So maybe Massachusetts isn't your domicile.</p>

<p>A person who keeps a home in Canada, goes there a few times a month, and has a definite plan to return to that home after working in Mass. a while is apt to have Canada as the domicile.</p>

<p>A person who disposed of the former home in Canada, only visits Canada a few times a year, goes to different places on each visit, and has no idea where he/she will live when the period of work in Mass. is over, is apt to have Mass. as the domicile.</p>
