Nowadays, more and more consultants tend to choose to immigrate to Canada, mainly because Canada's maple leaf card is extremely attractive to many Chinese people. This maple leaf card can bring many benefits and guarantees to immigration consultants. Next, let’s listen to the experts’ detailed interpretation of the maple leaf card together to understand what its uses and what benefits immigrants can enjoy.

What is a maple leaf card?

The maple leaf card, also known as the Canadian permanent resident certificate, is officially put into use since June 28, 2002.

The Canadian Maple Leaf Card has a five-year validity period from the date of its release. However, there are special circumstances, for example, if the failure to fulfill the residence responsibility abroad leads to the eventual determination to lose permanent resident status, the applicant can apply for a maple leaf card valid for one year. It should be noted that the application for a maple leaf card must be made in Canada, and the applicant must submit a guarantor living in Canada. The guarantor must be a Canadian citizen and have acquainted with the applicant for more than two years.

What is the use of the "maple leaf card"? What benefits can it bring?

1. Housing benefits

In order to realize the beautiful vision of "sanctifying the poor and poor people in the world to love their faces", the Canadian government allocates special funds every year to build a large number of government housing. These housing is managed by professional companies designated by the government, and in some way, they are welfare measures specifically for the poor. Individuals holding valid maple leaf cards are eligible to apply for these government housing.

2. Raising a baby is simple

Canadian immigrant parents who hold valid maple leaf cards need not worry about raising their children in Canada.

In Canada, children receive preschool education before the age of 6 are charged individually, with monthly childcare costs up to $600 to $800 per month. In view of this situation, the government has specially established a special child care subsidy project.

The milk money system stipulates that children are eligible for this monthly payment from the birth of the baby to the age of 18. The policy aims to: on the one hand, provide financial assistance to low-income families; on the other hand, encourage people to increase fertility rates.

3. Employment is guaranteed

If Canadian permanent residents and citizens continue to work for six months within one year and are unable to continue working due to unemployment, illness, childbirth or adoption of children, they can use the national employment insurance program to obtain temporary income support, that is, to receive regular financial assistance within the specified time period to alleviate the impact of unemployment.

The amount of grants an applicant can receive is closely related to the duration of his/her work and the unemployment rate in his/her area. If you need to apply for a subsidy, you need to go to the career agency established by the Canadian government (), which is also the place to apply for a social insurance card ().

4. Can enjoy medical insurance

Canada's provinces have health insurance systems that provide inexpensive and high-quality health care services. The Canadian government invests approximately CAD$4.8 billion a year to ensure the implementation of medical benefits. These insurance plans cover everything from medical services to medical expenses, hospitalizations and surgery, but the cost of medicines is not covered. Once you are consulting about immigration in Canada, the family doctor recommends that you need to be hospitalized or undergo surgery, regardless of the size of the surgery, all related costs will be borne by the Medicare plan. During the patient's hospitalization, all expenses, including diet and drug expenses, are not subject to the patient's own burden. For the elderly aged 65 and above and those receiving social assistance, most of the prescription drugs they use are provided free of charge.

5. Can enjoy paid leave

The Canadian government explicitly stipulates that for full-time employees, after working for one year, they will be eligible for two weeks (that is, ten working days) of paid leave per year; if they work for five consecutive years, they can enjoy three weeks of paid leave per year. It should be noted that these holidays cannot be replaced by compensation. At the same time, employees are not allowed to be fired during pregnancy. In addition, employees are entitled to unpaid maternity leave, during which time their pension or medical plan will be retained and they are entitled to return to their original jobs after the maternity leave is over. During maternity leave, mothers are also eligible to apply for employment insurance.

6. Don’t worry about retirement and retirement

The legal retirement age set in Canada is 65 years old. Regardless of the residents' asset status or income level, as long as they live in Canada for ten years, they can be eligible to join the "Elderly Welfare Protection Program". It is worth noting that pensions are not automatically paid by the government when an individual reaches retirement age, but need to actively submit an application to the government within twelve months before his 65th birthday before he can start receiving pensions. In fact, the pension issuance mechanism is similar to the distribution method of China's minimum living security fund. The amount of pension is determined based on the length of time the applicant lives in Canada, and the payment is paid monthly by the federal government.

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