9 Major Benefits of Having a Canadian Permanent Residence
A Canadian permanent residency is one of the dreams which let candidates awake and encourage them do the hard work from the dawn to dusk. There are many Indians who run strongly to achieve the residency. So, what are the reasons? And why so many people attracted toward it. Thorough this blog we try to figure-out the advantages of Canadian PR.
The permanent resident (PR) card
The Canadian Permanent Residency Card is an evidence of your Canada PR Status and also known as “Maple Leaf Card”. It is issued by the Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). For the new migrants the PR card will be delivered to their Canadian Residential Address in 180 days after they land in the country. There is no charges for the first PR card for the new migrants.
This card is necessary to avail the benefits like health, education and etc. It is also an important to document if you want to travel outside Canada as a Canadian resident. It is also necessarily having the card and passport while returning back to Canada after the travelling.
What permanent residents can do?
There are multiple advantages to have a Canadian Permanent Residency. Out of them few are the most precious ones. Being a permanent resident of Canada one can avail most of the advantages that a Canadian Citizen have. For instance,
- Free schooling education for the children,
- Universal healthcare benefit for the entire family,
- Residents who lived 3 out of 5 years also can apply for the citizenship.
- PR holders also avail all the work rights under labor laws.
- Permanent resident can get protection as per Canadian law and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
How to apply for Citizenship?
When we are getting understanding of Canadian Permanent Residency then along with its better to take an overview of citizenship rules as well. Here are some steps needs be followed by an applicant to apply for the Canadian Citizenship. For instance,
- Person should be a permanent resident
- She/he must be lived for 3 out of the last 5 years in Canada.
- Taxes need to be filed as per the Canadian tax rules.
- Need to appear and clear the citizenship test
- Prove the English language proficiency through the tests like, IELTS (G) or CELPIP-General LS.
On the first note Canada PR process seems quite easy because many things we can figure out online. However, there are plenty of minor things which are quite important and make a huge difference in the profile. Due to fact, Canada PR Process shows its real depth when it begins and due to that many of the candidates leave the process in between.
Being a top Canada Immigration consultant in Gujarat we know the deepness of the Canada PR Process. Understand the Canada PR requirements is not everyone’s cup of tea. Do not trap in false or misleading information visit the expert’s today. At Aspire Square you can get a privilege of Free Profile Evaluation and Free Counselling for Canada PR.
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Benefits of Living in Canada
As per above given details here are the explanation of mentioned benefits. Additionally, there are plenty of other benefits which also need to be considered.
What permanent residents can do?
There are multiple advantages to have a Canadian Permanent Residency. Out of them few are the most precious ones. Being a permanent resident of Canada one can avail most of the advantages that a Canadian Citizen have. For instance,
- Free schooling education for the children,
- Universal healthcare benefit for the entire family,
- Residents who lived 3 out of 5 years also can apply for the citizenship.
- PR holders also avail all the work rights under labor laws.
- Permanent resident can get protection as per Canadian law and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Where You Can live?
Canada has 10 provinces and 3 territories so as a PR holder a person can study, live, work and settle anywhere.
Free education (Education Matters | Excellent Education)
From the ages Indians are known for their excellent education-orient behavior. Usually, in India we have seen though the parents did not get facility of high level of education but they do not want to repeat the same thing with their children.
For the higher education Indian parents always ready to spent good amount of money. And in that case, if they found a country which has given the free education up the child age of 18 years which is like a dream come true.
At Aspire Square, during our counselling for the Canada PR we have observed that most of the parents who has small babies want to apply for Canada PR to secure the high-level education for their child.
Additionally, Canadian government also provide great support in the higher education with excellent scholarship schemes and subsidies.
Universal Healthcare
Canada known for the great excellent medical treatments. And Canadian government provides free health care privilege to all the residents. Residents or their family members do not need pay anything for any type of medical treatments. In addition, in some cases a Canadian resident can avail the benefit through Canada’s state-of-the-art services and facilities as well.
Canada Tax Benefit
Newly arrived migrants can obtain the reducing tax benefits and, in some cases, they can also eliminate entire yearly tax as well.
New migrants can systemically obtain the benefit through non-Canadian income and offshore trust to shelter. Through which they can get up to 5 years from their arrival reducing or no tax benefit.
Old Age Security, Guaranteed Income Supplement, and Canada Pension Plan
As per the Canadian pension scheme or Guaranteed Income Supplement any Canadian citizen or permanent resident can get up to $900 CAD income per month. If they are
With the age 65 years
Have below $24,576 CAD Husband & Wife/common-law partner income
Any for single, widowed, or divorced people have below $18,624 CAD income
Maternity and parental leave
There are range of benefits for the newly migrants which is nearly 1 to 50 weeks. Newly immigrant mothers can take up to 26.7 weeks official leave and also can received around $280 CAD per week from the Canadian government.
Safe and Sound (Low Crime Rate)
Canada known as the world’s safest country from the year 2007. Along with the safety it is also one of the cleanest countries of the world as well. Canada has the strongest gun laws and its strictly illegal to carry own hand-guns. According to a survey only one-third of the population has a license to have a firearm.
Where you can travel?
Being a Permanent resident of Canada, a candidate has the advantages to travel in plenty of the countries with visa-free facility. Here is the list of the countries where a candidate can travel.
- Caribbean territories (All Dutch)
- Anguilla
- Bahamas
- Bermuda
- British Virgin Islands
- Cayman Islands
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Dominican Republic
- El Salvador
- Georgia
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Jamaica
- Mexico
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Philippines
- Qatar
- South Korea
- Taiwan
- Turks and Caicos Islands
What permanent residents cannot do?
As per the mentioned above usually a permanent resident has all the rights like Canadian citizen. However, there are several other benefits which only a Canadian citizen can get such as
- Citizens can vote in the elections which a PR card holder cannot
- A citizen can run his own political party as well.
- There are some high-level security jobs which only allow a Canadian citizen.
Canada PR process is known as one of precise process which needs to be done accurately. To do an application of Canada PR is not only a job of a Canada immigration consultant there are plenty of other things need to work out accordingly.
Such as, English Language Proficiency is one of the basics of Canada PR. And over the years Aspire Square has provide excellent IELTS coaching facility in Gujarat. In addition, especially for the Canada PR clients Aspire Square has taken initiative and begins the Online CELPIP Coaching at all the branches.