I dont think you are eligible to get any benefit if you are not living with your child and non-resident.
4. Can I get the Canada Child Tax Benefit?
To get the CCTB, you must meet all the following conditions:
you must live with the child, and the child must be under the age of 18;
you must be the person who is primarily responsible for the care and upbringing of the child;
This means you are responsible for such things as supervising thechild's daily activities and needs, making sure the child's medicalneeds are met, and arranging for child care when necessary. If there isa female parent who lives with the child, we usually consider her to bethis person. However, it could be the father, a grandparent, or aguardian.
you must be a resident of Canada; and
you or your spouse or common-law partner must be a Canadiancitizen, a permanent resident, a protected person, or a temporaryresident who has lived in Canada for the previous 18 months.
not sure if edmonton will be diff from Toronto. we just had a friend who sent their kids back to toronto in this Sept.
the school principal reject them as both parent are not planning to stay in Toronto for good, thus the kids had to send to the "returning section" for registeration - i.e. need to pay (non-resident) school fee even for studying in high school (grade 9/10).
Also, as both kid are under 16, even they were lived in the relative home, they were not accepted by the school as the guardian (if they just pay the non-resident fee) - as guardian only permitted for overseas student.
Base on my common sense, if a child born in Canada, he/she is citizen and for that reason, he/she is eligible for free education. I saw so many cases that Mainlander came here because of their children and they all study as local student by not paying any fee. If they have local address and who knows if the parent is not resident or if they were in Hong Kong. The main issue is if the child has guardian to take the responsibility.
This is just my thought and it doesnt mean I am right.
xother - that's what i thought too, until my friend told me their kids were subjected to overseas student, as the parent did not pay any tax (i don't ment the income tax, but any kind of tax, eg. GST, PST etc) to the government, thus their kids were not entitlted to free education. for guardianship, per what my friend mentioned, it only apply to overseas student..
Calgary, just being nosy. 即以居民/公民身份 do you meant Permenant resident/citizien? how about non-resident?
my friend's case is they are the non-resident ... as if they planned to live in Toronto again, then their kid has no issue for enjoying free education lor.
Doggie,
Just wonder if your friend has inquired other school? Or if she/he has permanent address? From my case, from the date I registered my daughter, I have never shown any tax paper and the school has nothing to do regardless I am resident or not. The only concern is if my daughter is citizen, not me. I think the school is trying to get extra money and make up a story to your friend.
If we apply to HK, a kid who born in HK is eligible to everything regardless where is the parent, so I assume it should be the same as here.
原文章由 doggie 於 08-10-2 07:24 AM 發表
xother - that's what i thought too, until my friend told me their kids were subjected to overseas student, as the parent did not pay any tax (i don't ment the income tax, but any kind of tax, eg. ...
my friend and all his family is canadian citizen but returned to HK in 1996, filed all statutory paper to claim to be non-resident to avoid paying the income tax for all they earned in HK.
this Sep, they just wish to send the kids back to Toronto to study, and that's the whole things they told us..
my friend does have brothers in toronto and the kids are now staying in one of his brother's home.
Hey doggie, why are you still on line, I usually can't see you in the evening.
I think non-residents students=overseas students( need to pay overseas tution fee which is expensive), as residents can work and study like normal citizens, am I correct? Only guardian is needed for those under 18, right? My friend's son now lives with his guardian, and is in Grade8. I only know that he cannot study free in Toronto, but I don't know any details of how he apply or how the procedure was.
原文章由 doggie 於 08-10-2 07:24 發表
xother - that's what i thought too, until my friend told me their kids were subjected to overseas student, as the parent did not pay any tax (i don't ment the income tax, but any kind of tax, eg. ...