RESIDENCY PAPERWORK
Be Prepared! Provide hard copies of the residency documents required by productions when
you fill out your deal memo.
When a production does not receive residency documentation (i.e. proof of residency) from
employees, it is not eligible to claim the available provincial and federal tax incentives. This can
represent a huge financial loss, and is problematic for the production company, the worker, and the
entire BC industry.
What You Need to Know
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Production companies can refuse to hire any member who does not provide sufficient residency
documentation.
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IATSE Local 891 will not be able to support members in a dispute with an employer if the required
paperwork has not been provided.
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Members who cannot provide the required residency paperwork may not be dispatched to work.
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Productions vary in the residency documents they will accept. Many productions accept a copy of
the Notice of Assessment, issued from Revenue Canada after taxes are filed.
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Call the steward's office with questions about this contractual requirement.
Residency Sample
An easy way to provide evidence of BC
residency is to provide a recent Notice
of Assessment, provided by the
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), with
all the information shown in our
example blacked out. Then, make
several copies which can be given to
each production. Utility bills from
December of the previous year are also
useful documents as evidence of
residency – please have copies of
these available as well, if possible.
Productions may also have additional documentation requirements. Please be prepared to provide
what is needed.
March 2015