Common sense of maple leaf card for Canadian immigrants

# Canada Immigration # Introduction Permanent residents who have obtained the Maple Leaf Card enjoy the same benefits as Canadian citizens. In addition to the right to vote, they also enjoy the welfare of "one person succeeds and the whole family emigrates", and their children receive free education for 12 years. The whole family can also enjoy free medical benefits. The following is the common sense of Canadian immigrant maple leaf cards compiled by KaoNet. Welcome to read!

Common sense of maple leaf card for Canadian immigrants

1. How long is the maple leaf card valid?

Five years, subject to the valid time on the maple leaf card.

2. What about the first maple leaf card?

When new immigrants enter Canada for the first time, they can apply at the Immigration Office.

3. How long is the processing cycle of Maple Leaf Card?

At present, the treatment cycle in official website is 22 days. But with the mailing time, it usually takes 1-3 months.

I heard that you need an address to apply for a maple leaf card, but what if there is no Canadian address? Can you provide it?

Take Sasha Province as an example. Applicants for permanent resident status nominated by Sasha are generally advised to leave Sasha's address as far as possible if they leave the receiving address of Maple Leaf Card.

It doesn't matter if the applicant doesn't have a fixed address in Saskatchewan at first. According to the requirements of official website, the address can be sent online to the Federal Office for Migration within 180 days from the date of entry. If the address is not provided for more than 180 days, the maple leaf card will be cancelled.

5. Can I cancel my permanent residence status?

If you need to cancel your permanent residence status, you need to apply to the Canadian Federal Immigration Service online to cancel your permanent residence status. It can only be cancelled after approval.

6. Can an immigrant visa be used multiple times?

The immigrant visa posted on the passport is one-off, and the customs officer will cross it off when entering the customs for the first time. After obtaining the maple leaf card, the applicant can swipe the card directly to enter and leave Canada.

7. What if I leave Canada without a maple leaf card and enter Canada again?

If you leave Canada without a maple leaf card, you need to apply for a temporary permanent resident card (also called a return card) before returning to Canada again, and then enter Canada with a temporary permanent resident card.

How do Canadian self-employed immigrants file tax returns?

At present, the number of China immigrants overseas is increasing day by day, and among the diversified immigration channels, self-employed immigrants have become a highly respected way, and Canadian self-employed immigrants have attracted many immigrants by virtue of their own advantages.

1, how to confirm whether you are self-employed?

The Canadian Revenue Agency has specially printed a booklet entitled "Employees or Self-employed" to explain how to distinguish. Generally speaking, it depends on the degree of control over one's own work, mastering the time, place and method of work, preparing work tools by oneself, reporting the progress of work, and being responsible for its own profits and losses, so it can be called self-employment.

On the contrary, if the employer decides your working time, place, mode, salary, providing tools, supervising work and evaluating quality, you are hired. Self-employment is characterized by completing a specific task for the company within a certain period of time or working for others at home.

2. Documents required for self-employed persons to file tax returns

If you are self-employed, you need to have a contract with the customer (individual or company) or an invoice issued to the customer after completing the work when filing tax returns.

For example, to contract a job with a bank, you need to sign a contract with the bank, clearly stipulate the start time and end time, and also stipulate how to pay the remuneration. If the service is provided by time, such as helping people shovel snow in winter, you need to have an invoice for the customer, indicating the start and end date and cost of providing the service, and keep the invoice for receiving money and not receiving money. The receipt invoice is declared as the income of the current year.

Self-employed individuals with an annual income of more than 30,000 Canadian dollars need to register a GST (Goods and Services Tax) number with the Canadian Taxation Bureau within 30 days of their annual income exceeding 30,000 Canadian dollars. Goods and services tax refund can be made annually or quarterly.

Step 3 use appropriate forms

Companies usually issue T4 tax returns to employees, including income tax withheld when paying wages, Canadian pension contributions, employment insurance premiums, etc.

Self-employed people usually don't accept T4. In some cases, large companies may issue T4A to self-employed contractors, stating how much they have paid, but not necessarily deducting related taxes, pension contributions or employment insurance premiums. Taxi drivers, temporary workers paid by agents and some hairdressers may be affected by T4A.

Some self-employed people need to spend some money on their own, such as buying some equipment to complete some work. Self-employed people can deduct reasonable expenses when reporting their income. Manicure, haircut and other expenses are not reasonable. If the business needs clothes, it can be deducted as cost. In this case, T2 125 should be submitted.

Different forms have different tax filing periods. Those who submit T4 or T4A should file their tax returns before April 30th. For those who submit T2 125, the deadline for filing tax returns is usually later. It should be noted that no matter what form you submit, if you owe the tax bureau money, you must pay it off before April 30.

If a self-employed person rents a house and uses one of the rooms as an office, the rental cost can be deducted according to a certain proportion. If you own a house and work in it, you can also deduct some expenses in proportion, such as local taxes, home insurance, utilities and so on. Desk and computer are legal business expenses. If the mobile phone is dedicated to work, it can be used to deduct all income. If only part of it is used for work, it can be deducted in proportion.

Chapter III Canada's Immigration Policy

1, higher education is becoming more and more popular.

If the applicant has a master's degree or above, the application conditions can be lowered, and the study time can be shortened without the cooperation of the employer. Anyway, if the applicant has graduated from junior college, it may not only need to meet the study time of more than 2 years, but also need more cooperation from the employer to meet the immigration requirements.

2. The requirements for language are constantly improving.

In fact, the improvement of language can be clearly felt from the changes of Canadian immigration policy in recent years. Both employer-sponsored projects and overseas students are constantly demanding to improve their language performance. It is expected that in the future, applicants must strive for four 6 points in IELTS G category.

3, jobs and minimum wage requirements

I believe that many people who are concerned about Canada's immigration policy will be familiar with the "List of Jobs in Shortage in Canada". Even because of the adjustment of the list of jobs in short supply, some applicants missed the opportunity to immigrate. In addition, Canada has not clearly put forward the minimum wage requirements for the corresponding positions. In other words, applicants can take the offer of intermediate positions, but the salary is the minimum standard. When analyzing Canada's immigration policy in the future, it is very likely that the minimum working standards corresponding to each industry will be included in the audit standards.

4. The demands on employers and their cooperation will continue to increase.

Whether it is a pilot project in four marine provinces or a pilot project in a small town in the north, employers are required to obtain corresponding qualifications and get support and recognition from the area where the town is located. As a result, the resources of employers are becoming scarcer and scarcer, which not only narrows the list of jobs that are in short supply, but also increases the cost of finding jobs.

5. In remote areas, stay for a long time.

From pilot projects in four marine provinces to pilot projects in northern towns, it is obvious that areas with good immigration policies are slowly shifting to cheaper areas. Moreover, when the Canadian federal government implements the immigration policy, it also puts more emphasis on the adaptability of applicants to work and development in remote areas and their willingness and determination to live in the local area for a long time. The Canadian government tries to use various additional terms, hoping that applicants who get maple leaf cards will live and work in remote areas for a longer period of time.

6. Processing cycle time

Not only does the processing cycle of EE federal skilled immigrants gradually stabilize, but the processing cycle of other employer guarantees and overseas immigrants will also be maintained at 2-3 years. The Canadian federal government hopes that future immigrant applicants can live and work in the local area for a long time, so that they can really adapt to local life after immigration.

As an applicant, we should also adapt to various policy trends. The current immigration policy can only be said to be better than the future, because the future will only be more difficult and harsh, IELTS scores as a necessary condition will only be more difficult, and good projects and simple projects will only become less and less. So don't miss the time and the new immigration policy.