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Originally Posted by Loco101
To qualify for OAS you need to have at least 10 years of residency in Canada as an adult. Nobody just moves here and qualifies for it. And you need 40 years of residency to get the full amount. So if someone has 10 years they get 10/40 or 25% of the full amount. And they can only qualify for GIS if they are receiving OAS.
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Unless the country has a social security agreement with Canada, which is a lot of them, including major sources of immigration like India and China.