Ask about NSERC Scholarships in Canada.

(1) About the relationship between nserc and the employer

NSERC is responsible for recruiting postdoctoral fellows for various laboratories (if there is a program that is in charge of laboratories in government departments, I am the one) (my program uses the word visiting fellow, which is the same as Bo Hou). Applicants need to contact the tutor in advance, and the cooperation unit and tutor should be stated in the application materials. NSERC will find three experts to review the application materials. In fact, the tutor has greater dominance, and NSERC only makes a formal review. As long as it meets the basic conditions (education, some papers and other achievements), it will pass and be placed in the list, waiting for the contacted tutor to take it away (fill in the form, and NSERC will OFFER it).

(2) Salary

The salary is paid by nserc every month, but the money is paid by the employer. NSERC will transfer the salary for one year from the employer first, and then pay it to you every month. Regarding the salary standard, the number given by NSERC official website is the benchmark value, and the tutor can raise it according to the situation (it should be high or not), but the tutor who is higher than the benchmark value should fill out a form to explain why the salary is high, such as the graduate school, more scientific research achievements, strong ability or high matching between research direction and project. I gave it according to the benchmark in the first year, and increased it by 3 thousand in the second year. nserc may also raise the salary in the middle of each year, which can be superimposed with the tutor's increase.

(3) Paying taxes

China and Canada signed an agreement called china-canada tax agreement, in which article19 indicates that the income of trainee from China in the first three years of training units in Canada can be exempted from income tax. NSERC's VISITING FELLOW can be classified as trainee (some schools can't be tax-exempt if postdoc is classified as emploee, but there will be other employee benefits, such as dental insurance). This policy can be made good use of. Canadian tax is very heavy. According to the annual salary of 5,, the tax exemption agreement can save more than 7, yuan a year. Everyone who takes work permit has free medical care provided by the government, so don't worry too much about seeing a doctor. Of course, you can't change the identity of trainee or employee, which is determined when the employer sets up a post. However, once the application for immigration (PR) is submitted, trainee's identity will be lost, and tax will be calculated from the day when the PR application is submitted (this is different from the United States, which starts from the day when PR is approved).

(4) Visa

Just a little about visa. Try to apply for three years for the first time. The offer is for one year, but it is stated in the first offer that this offer can be renew2 twice. Write this sentence to the visa officer, and it is possible to directly approve it for three years. That's what happened to people around me. I didn't know at the time. I applied for renew work permit and visa for one year. As a result, I stopped applying for work permit and visa every year from the second year. I applied for work permit first, and then I had to apply for visa again if I wanted to go back to China for entry and exit. Yes, the immigration bureau had to charge twice. The free medical service is bound to work permit and becomes invalid together, so the health card (the voucher of free medical service) has to be renewed every year. The efficiency of Canada is very low, and it takes several months for each one, so it is easy to renew the visa and health card, which will bring trouble. Moreover, the opportunity to sign for three years at a time is only available at the beginning, because there is no sentence that can be renewed several times in the offer of renew, and it is difficult to have a certificate after signing for many years. No one cares if you leave early after signing for three years, and you don't have to worry about the visa officer's refusal. He won't refuse you for three years, but he may still give you one year. In short, applying for three years is beneficial and harmless. If you are lucky, you will save time, effort and money.