an american marries a canadian, is she allowed to receieve social security and also canada pension cheques?

Question

shouldn;t you have to pick which country?

Answer 1

You receive based on where you worked.

Answer 2

No. If you marry a Canadian and RESIDE in canada, you would apply for permanent residency or landed immigrant status and receive a social insurance number. when you work , you pay into the government Canada Pension Plan so you have earned your old age pension. If your Canadian husband dies and you move back to the US, you are still entitled to receive yoour widow's pension as well. Canadians are well-protected by medical and pension insurance and this benefit is extended to the people they love. Ain't life great north of the 49th parallel?

Answer 3

Well if the Canadian lady worked a number of years in Canada before marrying the American gentleman she should indeed receive her Canada Pension cheques. If she worked long enough in the US to qualify for Social Security she should be able to get that as well. Many Canadians and other immigrants who are resident aliens can receive both when they've worked for them. US citizens receive their SSI and CPP if they work and live in Canada.

Answer 4

In Canada we have three different type of pensions cheques. There is the Canada Pension, which is based on the amount of years you have worked; The Old age security which is the same amount regardless of how long or how many years you have lived in Canada; and the guaranteed income supplement which is given to low income pensioners living in Canada to bring their income up to a guaranteed level.

If a person has worked, let say, half of his/her life in America than the other half in Canada they have not worked enough years in either country to receive a good pension so they are allow to keep both pension. If she is living in Canada she can also receive the old age security pension. If she is living in the U.S. she can also qualify for percentage of the Old age security, depending on the amount of years she lived in Canada.

A final note; all income, including the social security pension, has to be declared on income tax returns.

Answer 5

There are canadians living in the states full time retired collecting a pension from canada. If the american lost the canadian spouse to death, under canadian death benefits, the spouse is allowed to collect. A person can collect both after ritirement, but is fo each will be taxed based on their country where the benefits are given.

Answer 6

Neither country would force her to pick a country because with dual citizenship she would have to pay income tax to both countries.