I maintain my drivers license and have a bank account in Canada just for making my credit card payments. For tax purposes I have declared myself as a non resident.

To better answer your friends questions, I think he should call the CRA anonymously and ask them. With my past dealing with them, they are helpful and informative.

@panta_rhei, This program is from Keele University (UK). Check out the site, it has all the information there.

I'm doing my MBA in education.

It's a very unique combination. The whole program is structured around the MBA aspects about education with out the financial aspect of it. It's a 2.5 years program and it's done online and residential (You have to go to Bangkok for 3 times over the course of 2 years).

I'm paying close to $12,000 for it, which is a really good deal compared to other MBA programs out there.

I just want to post a follow up about Ningbo and the school I'm working in (MEA international) after living/working here for 9 months.

Ningbo is your average Chinese city, it's not as international as Shanghai, but it does have essentially everything for everyone. It has a small, but lively expat community. The bus system here is pretty good (although I mostly travel by taxi since they are so cheap). Party-wise, Laowaitan is the main bar district where the expat community head to.

MEA has a supportive and pretty close kit staff since the school isn't large (300 students). It's based in a large Foreign Language School so were quite lucky to utilize many of it's facilities, since where quite small. Don't expect it to be a totally expat school, there is quite a sizable Chinese student population. Since the school was recently accredited as a IB school, this would be great for anyone who is looking to gain any IB experience (PYP and DP).

There was virtually no information about Ningbo or MEA on this form when I was looking around. So I hope this paints a general picture on what Ningbo and MEA international is like.

I know there's quite a few international schools abroad who work with the Ontario Curriculum and they do state that that you will need a Ontario License to apply or at least qualify for it. In the end, I think it's better to have one than not.

I have kept my Ontario license up to date, just so I have my options opened in the future.