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The Old Age Security pension is like a large "pie" that is divided into 40 equal portions. If you qualify for the "full pension," you are entitled to receive all 40 portions of the pie each month. If you qualify for a "partial pension", you will receive some, but not all, of the 40 portions each month. Whether you qualify for a full or partial pension will depend on how long you've lived in Canada after the age of 18. See below for more details.
Full Pension

Usually, if you meet all of the conditions outlined in one of the two categories below, you may qualify for a full pension:

Category 1 -

• You lived in Canada for at least 40 years after turning 18.

Category 2 -

You reached the age of 25 on or before July 1, 1977, and at that time:

1. you lived in Canada, or;
2.you did not live in Canada but you had some residence in Canada after the age of 18, or;
3.you were in possession of a valid Canadian Immigration Visa; and
4.you lived in Canada for the 10 years immediately before the approval of your OAS application.

If you did not live in Canada continuously for the 10 years immediately before the approval of your application, you may still qualify for a full pension if you meet both conditions below:

you lived in Canada for the entire year immediately before the approval of your application; and
you lived in Canada (since age 18) for at least 3 years for every 1 year of absence from Canada during these last 10 years.

Partial Pension

If you don't qualify for the full Old Age Security pension, you may qualify for a partial pension.更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net

The resident guideline is more for regulating whether PR/Citizen should pay Canadian tax purpose. Just like if you are visiting (for a year), you would not required by the Candian law to file a tax return and report oversea incomes and pay Canadian taxes (some people might try to get around it by file a 0-income tax return to get refunds though, which I also don't agree). It's the same principle.

目前的媒体舆论也偏向于反对移民特别是老年人，但是偏向于团聚移民的肯定也不会是占少数，只是这部分人没有能在媒体舆论上去主导。

我个人估计后面的某个日子，当人们被这个保守党弄得实在忍无可忍的时候，肯定会有新情况发生。

我不一定了解得很全，听说美国就是每个月付一定保费给政府，然后就全包，还是怎地。。。。