Hi,

I am very much confused about HST/GST credit as i am a new immigrant in Canada Ontario arrived on September 2010. I had no information about the RC 151 form for GST/HST credit and did not fill the form in 2010. Later in 2011 March, i filed my first tax return and applied for GST/HST credit by ticking YES in form 1 of income tax form and send the paper application to CRA. Now my question is that, since i did not complete and send my RC 151 form in the year 2010 when i arrived, will i be eligible to receive the GST/GST credit for the October 2010.(as GST/HST credit was issued 3 times March, July and October and i arrived on August so only i guess i was eligible for October credit). Also i did not get any HST credit for January 2011.
Because i doubt it is only issued at the particular month and i did not fill the RC151 form for newcomers HST credit, i doubt that i dont get the HST credit for October 2010. Is it really ok to skip RC151 and only file the tax for that year in 2011 to receive the HST credit. If no, can i still fill the form of RC 151 for the Hst Credit even after filing the tax returns for 2010 in 2011. Also my friend did fill the form of RC 151 when he arrived in January and he got all the three installments of HST. I filed my tax returns a month ago and has not received any notice or any payments from CRA. I am so worried because in the CRA website, it is mentioned that if you dont get the HST credit even after ten days of issue, we have to contact CRA for payment. But for me, I did not get any credit even for January 2011 also as this is April going on.

I have also not mentioned anything about my income in india in the tax form but my friend did when he filled RC 151. Do i have to show my income from January 2010 to August 2010 (the period i was in india before landed in Canada) for any tax credits.

Please suggest me a detailed solution and reply.

Thanks in advance.