A New Brunswick provincial nominee landed in NB, struggled to find work in his field locally, and took a remote job with an employer in another province. The employer had him complete federal and provincial TD1 forms for the employer's province, while he continued living in NB, paying his expenses there, with his wife working locally. Is that legal and consistent with his PNP nomination?
What the thread said:
- Physically staying in your nominating province is the key factor. The main reassurance: if you haven't moved out of the province, a remote job with an employer anywhere in Canada should be fine — 'your rent still reads NB.' Residence, not the employer's address, is what your commitment to the province looks like on paper.
- Acceptable but grey — members flagged it as 'yes, but difficult.' One member pointed to an external write-up on exactly this remote-work-for-another-province situation, treating it as workable but nuanced rather than a clean yes.
- When in doubt, ask the program directly. For wrinkles like adding a second job inside NB on top of the out-of-province remote job, the thread's advice was to call the provincial program and confirm rather than guess.
The employer-side TD1 paperwork reflecting their province is normal payroll practice; keep your own records (lease, bills, tax filings from your NB address) showing you genuinely reside in the province that nominated you.