1, You are correct. If you keep your U.S. brokerage account, you will have to file a U.S. nonresident income tax return. Dividend income is taxable. Interest and capital gains would be taxable to Canada only.
Your visa is not related to whether you have to file a U.S. tax return. That’s solely dependent on your U.S source income. You can live in Canada and still have to file a U.S. tax return if you have U.S. source income.
Nonresident Aliens - Source of Income
2. Check with your broker to see whether you can trade U.S. stocks through a Canadian brokerage account. Form W-8BEN is for U.S. accounts. The IRS requires 30% tax withholding on income received on interest, dividends and other types of income. Form W8BEN reduces the withholding requirement to the applicable tax treaty amount.
Form W8Ben is not related to where you report your income. You will still have to file a U.S. tax return if you have U.S. source income, whether you signed a Form W8BEN or not. Form W8BEn means less U.S. tax is withheld on income earned in your U.S brokerage account.
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