Can Hong Kong Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) be applied in China?

If you don't live in Hong Kong, you can't apply for CSSA!

If you apply for comprehensive social security assistance, social workers will visit you regularly.

The purpose of the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) scheme is to provide financial assistance to needy individuals and families so that their income can reach a certain level to meet their basic needs.

If you are receiving disability allowance or old age allowance under the public welfare scheme and want to switch to CSSA, please contact the person in charge of your disability allowance or old age allowance case? Social security office for details.

Applicants for CSSA must meet the following conditions to receive assistance:

1.？ Living rules?

Applicants must:

Is a Hong Kong resident;

Having obtained Hong Kong resident status for not less than one year; and

Having lived in Hong Kong for one year after obtaining Hong Kong resident status (that is, from obtaining Hong Kong resident status to the date of application). The number of days of residence in Hong Kong for one year does not have to be continuous or immediately before the application date. Being absent from Hong Kong for at most 56 days before the date of application (whether continuously or intermittently) is also regarded as living in Hong Kong.

note:

Non-Hong Kong residents are not eligible to apply for CSSA. These people include those who stay in Hong Kong illegally and those who are not allowed to stay in Hong Kong for the purpose of legal residence, that is, those who are subject to the conditions of stay stipulated in regulation 2 of the Immigration Regulations (Cap. 102). 1 15A) (such as visitors and imported workers). ?

/kloc-Hong Kong residents under the age of 0/8 may be exempted from the residence requirements in items (2) and (3) above. ?

Under special circumstances, the Director of Social Welfare may consider exercising his discretion to provide assistance to CSSA applicants who do not meet the residence requirement.

2.？ Economic investigation?

Applicants must pass the assets and income test. If the applicant lives with his/her family, he/she must apply as a family. When deciding whether a family is eligible for CSSA, SWD will consider the resources and needs of the whole family. In other words, the SWD will calculate the monthly income and expenses of all family members together.

Income review

What is the total monthly assessable income of the applicant and his family members? Is this enough to meet their total monthly demand recognized under the CSSA plan? The qualification of CSSA. When assessing income, part of the training allowance and work income of qualified applicants or their family members can be exempted from calculation.

Asset review

Assets owned by the applicant and his family members in Hong Kong, Macao, the Mainland or overseas (including land/property? (? Note), the cash value of cash (bank deposits, insurance plans, stocks and share investments and other convertible cash assets) shall not exceed the following limits:

Note: All non-owner-occupied properties are included in the asset review. The treatment and calculation methods of owner-occupied property are as follows:

If there are healthy adults under the age of 50 in the family, but no elderly, disabled or ill-health members, the family-occupied property will be included in the asset review after the grace period of 12 months;

If there is one at home? Members who are disabled or in poor health as certified by doctors can be completely exempted from calculating the value of their own property;

For single parents with young children, the Director of Social Welfare can exercise his discretion to extend the grace period so that these single parents with young children can continue to receive assistance without having to sell their properties. However, the following two conditions must be met: the youngest child in the family is under 15 years old, and the total assets of the family, including the net value of self-occupied property, are not enough to enable the family to maintain a life of 10 years old according to the standards of CSSA. The self-occupied properties owned by these single-parent families will only be included in the asset review when their youngest child reaches 15 years old.