What are the rights and social benefits of Canadian immigrants?

Immigrants, also known as permanent residents, enjoy basically the same rights as Canadian citizens except that they cannot participate in political elections. These include:

(1) the right to enter, stay or leave Canada;

(2) the right to choose one's occupation and residence freely;

(3) the right to receive education in minority languages, even if a person's mother tongue is not English and illegal;

(4) the right to apply for certain forms of financial aid, such as government subsidies, grants and scholarships;

(5) Free primary and secondary education, free vocational training and social insurance benefits.

2. Advantages after immigration

Holding a Canadian immigrant visa means becoming a permanent resident in Canada, and its advantages are as follows:

(1) Generally speaking, after officially landing in Canada with an immigrant visa, the visa is valid for life. Other visas, such as student visas, visiting relatives visas and work visas, are temporary visas, and they must leave the country once they expire without extension.

(2) Canadian immigrant visa holders who apply to study and travel in other countries are easily approved.

You can get a visa valid for five to ten years for multiple trips when you apply for going to the United States. You only need to show your documents when you enter or leave the border, and the customs will not keep records.

(3) permanent residents can be employed by any company (except for some positions related to state secrets).

(4) Travel freely between China and Canada without going through any formalities.

3. Social welfare benefits for immigrants to Canada

Canada has a very perfect social welfare system and an education system that fully embodies the principle of fairness and reasonableness. But these are just "profiles", and there are many practical details. Only by being there and pondering carefully can we understand the truth. For example, everyone cares about medical care, unemployment, old-age security and education system.

let's talk about medical security first. Many people are told that they can apply for government medical insurance after becoming Canadian immigrants. This insurance will take effect three months after the immigrants land, and it will cost no money to see a doctor. In fact, the public medical insurance provided by the provinces only includes various medical services, consultation fees and hospitalization fees, while the following items are completely self-funded: medical expenses, physical examination for employment and insurance, telephone consultation, cosmetic surgery, artificial limbs, acupuncture and routine dental treatment (the cost of dentists is very, very expensive). At the same time, after obtaining the medical insurance qualification, every immigrant must pay the medical insurance fee monthly (some provinces are free) to enjoy this guarantee.

let's talk about unemployment insurance. Many new immigrants have the illusion that they can get paid without working in Canada because of unemployment insurance. If this is not an illusion, at least it is an illusion. There are also some conditions for receiving unemployment insurance. First, you have to work for more than 9 hours before you are eligible to apply. Secondly, the collection time ranges from several months to one year, and there is an upper limit on the number of monthly payments, which is generally about 5% of the salary at the time of employment, and the maximum monthly payment cannot exceed about 5 Canadian dollars. Therefore, for new immigrants, it is precisely in the first six months when they first arrive in Canada that they need protection most. The reason is very simple. If they can't find a job, they will not have accumulated working hours, and they will not be eligible to apply.

Many new immigrants have heard that they can receive pension insurance regularly after 65 years old. However, the prerequisite for all this is that you pay the government's old-age insurance fees on time after you have a job, and start a registered retirement savings plan when you are young, that is, draw some money from your salary every month and deposit it in a fixed account for investment, and then use the money every month after retirement, otherwise it will not be enough to rely solely on the government's pension when you are old.

The motivation of some people to emigrate is to give their children a broader development space and avoid the increasingly fierce competition in China. In Canada, as long as you are over 5 years old, you can choose to attend public schools in your residential area. From kindergarten when you are 5 years old to high school when you graduate at the age of 17 or 18, all fees are free. If you need to save money for your child's college education, as long as you deposit 2, Canadian dollars in a fixed bank account every year, the government will subsidize you by 4 Canadian dollars every year until your child is 17 years old. Of course, this money must be used entirely for children to go to college. In view of many advantages, it makes sense to immigrate to Canada for children. However, if a child under the age of five emigrates with his parents, parents must consider having one parent take care of the child full-time within three or four years. Of course, they can also send him to a child care center from nine to five, but the monthly cost will be more than 6 Canadian dollars, which may not be affordable for new immigrant families.