Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 5 hours agoIf I go to Canada can I retire there and draw SS from the US? Also can I go to Canada buy a cabin or house with a plot of land and not work? Unless I just needed some walking around money?message-squaremessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down13
arrow-up121arrow-down1message-squareIf I go to Canada can I retire there and draw SS from the US? Also can I go to Canada buy a cabin or house with a plot of land and not work? Unless I just needed some walking around money?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 5 hours agomessage-square42fedilink
minus-squareTroubleinmindlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46·5 hours agoYou can’t just move to Canada. You need to meet specific requirements to get a residence permit or be sponsored by family who already lives there.
minus-squarethebigslime@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 hours agoIf you wanna live there half time, a US passports entitles you to up to 180 days uninterrupted in Canada.
minus-squarewildbus8979@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 hour agoBut you still can’t purchase property without a PR or citizenship (as of January 2023).
minus-squarejasep@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·5 hours agohttps://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada.html
minus-squareNineMileTower@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down15·edit-25 hours agoIt’s easier for Canada to enforce these sort of requirements as they have about 12% of the population of the US. Americans are not moving to Canada in mass numbers like Mexico.
You can’t just move to Canada. You need to meet specific requirements to get a residence permit or be sponsored by family who already lives there.
If you wanna live there half time, a US passports entitles you to up to 180 days uninterrupted in Canada.
But you still can’t purchase property without a PR or citizenship (as of January 2023).
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada.html
It’s easier for Canada to enforce these sort of requirements as they have about 12% of the population of the US. Americans are not moving to Canada in mass numbers like Mexico.