<prompt> Human: I have a work permit and a green card through marriage. I have a stable job here in the US and no US-based debt other than a mortgage with my wife.I have 60,000 CAN in consumer debt and Ive just been paying interest on it for a few years while we were figuring out our living situation selling my house in Canada, traveling to the US with all I own without being turned away at the border, finding an apartment complex to live at while we build a paperwork trail and some credit, getting a mortgage for a new home, settling debt that blocked our loan, lawyer fees for the green card, furnishing the house, adopting a few kids and becoming foster parents, etc.Now that all that is taken care of and we have no debt here and Im never going back to Canada on a permanent basis because of our kids aside from visiting family, what would be the downside to declaring bankrupcy in Canada? Does that status follow me in the US in any meaningful way, like US credit score or green card status?Thanks!Assistant: Filing bk in Canada requires 12 months of residency preceding the filing. Absent from the US for that length of time would mean abandoning your green card status.Human: Thats interesting. So basically, my options are to either pay it off or just stop making payments and forget about it?  <response>: stop making payments - Until you get US citizenship, this is very bad idea. 