If your annual household income is $20,000 and less, you are eligible for a free tax preparation assistance provided during the tax clinic.

The following is a list of some of the slips you may have receive. Bring it with you to the tax clinic.

• T4, Statement of Remuneration Paid
• T4A, Statement of Pension, Retirement, Annuity, and Other Income
• T4A(OAS), Statement of Old Age Security
• T4A(P), Statement of Canada Pension Plan Benefits
• T4E, Statement of Employment Insurance and Other Benefits
• T4RSP, Statement of RRSP Income
• T5007, Statement of Benefits
• RC62, Universal Child Care Benefit statement
• RC210, Working Income Tax Benefit Advance Payments Statement

Additional documents are:

• Other income tax slips from government assistance received
• Rental slips
• Donation tax receipts
• Child or spousal support payments paid or received

Please call if you need for more information.

Listen to the CBC.ca interview of Flor and Sonam about the “Dawn Meets Dusk” program. The initiative brings together youth and seniors from the Tibetan and Filipino communities to share their stories.

For more information, click here

• Permanent resident or landed immigrant
• Refugee claimant
• Convention refugee, or
• Humanitarian and Compassionate Grounds applicant.

Visitors to Canada are not eligible for Ontario Works benefits, however in exceptional cases a Temporary Resident Permit holder may qualify.

http://www.toronto.ca/socialservices/whatare.htm

If you are a new immigrant (have been here for five years or less) and a foreign educated or with work experience in nursing, come and network with nursing professionals and people with nursing background and build your support network.

Kababayan Community Centre Multicultural Services is hosting an information session for  those who want to know and understand how can be access the nursing profession in Canada.

Call 416.532.3888 to register and reserve your seat.

Win a cash prize and the bragging rights to be the first Kababayan Singing idol Champion.

Kabababayan Community Centre Multicultural Services has been serving the Filipino for nearly 35 years now. It is the only Filipino organization funded by the three levels of the Canadian government (municipal, provincial and federal) to provide settlement and immigration services to the Parkdale community and the Filipino community in general. But times are changing. To sustain its current programs and free services to the newcomers, youth, women, families and seniors, Kababayan needs to raise funds.

The Kababayan Singing Idol competition is one of Kababayan’s fundraising activities.  For details on guidelines, register, and participate in the Singing Idol competition, please visit our website, www2.kababayan.org. There is fun to raise funds.

Kababayan is looking for sponsors for this event and future fundraising events. Contact Kababayan if you are interested in sponsoring events and activities.

Below is a list of KCCMS activities in the first quarter of 2012:

January 7, 2012 – Culminating activity, November-December Computer Class
January 14, 2012  – Access to Engineering Profession
January 18, 2012 (Every Wednesday)  – English Conversation Circle
January 21, 2012 – Food handling workshop
January 28, 2012 – Tax Information Session
January 28, 2012 – Culminating activity for Saturday English Conversation Circle
January 28, 2012 – Seniors’ Life Journey and pre-valentine event,
February 4, 2012, – Access to Nursing Profession
February 11, 2012 – Preliminaries Singing Idol Competition
February 18, 2012 – First Aid and CPR training
February 25, 2012 – Finals of the Singing Idol Competition (tickets available $20)
March 10, 2012 – (tentative) Access to Physiotherapist Profession
March 17, 2012 – Tax Clinic in collaboration with Association of Filipino Accountants
March 31, 2012 – Kababayan Spring Dinner and Dance (ticket available $25)

Please call 416.532.3888 for details on any of the above activities. You can also visit our website. www2.kababayan.org

Please call Amy at 416-532-3888 or Jelbert at 905-782-8018 if interested.

CIC is putting in place a temporary pause of up to 24 months on the acceptance of new sponsorship applications for parents and grandparents. The pause comes into effect on November 5, 2011.” More information>>

Parent and Grandparent Super Visa

The government is introducing the new “Parent and Grandparent Super Visa,” which will be valid for up to 10 years. The multiple-entry visa will allow an applicant to remain in Canada for up to 24 months at a time without the need for renewal of their status. The Parent and Grandparent Super Visa will come into effect on December 1, 2011, and CIC will be able to issue the visas, on average, within eight weeks of the application. (Excerpts from CIC website)

Online application for Permanent Residence

As of July 18, 2011, applicants for Permanent Residence are asked to complete the new Generic Application Form for Canada (IMM 0008). Applicants are encouraged to complete the form electronically and validate the information to generate 2D barcodes before printing. To ensure you have the most recent application form, please use the link to the application form.

Working for an eligible employer

On April 1, 2011, new regulations affecting Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program came into force.  More

Allowable duration of work in Canada

The Temporary Foreign Worker Program enables Canadian employers to hire TFWs on a temporary basis to fill immediate skills and labour shortages when Canadians and permanent residents are not available.

The cumulative duration regulation establishes a maximum allowable duration of four years that a temporary foreign worker can work in Canada, followed by a period of four years in which the worker would not be eligible to work in Canada. It takes effect April 1, 2011 for all TFWs; therefore, the earliest date that a TFW could reach the four-year cumulative duration is April 1, 2015. More

Temporary Foreign Worker Program

Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) and Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) work to ensure that the employment of foreign workers supports economic growth and helps create more opportunities for all Canadians. More

Much have been said/written about Ging’s accomplishments and how she was the silent driving energy behind some relevant mass actions on issues that impacted the Filipino community and other minority groups. The many recognitions and awards she received for these efforts were testaments to her  generous heart and passionate commitment to serve the vulnerable peoples.

Kababayan Community Centre benefitted from Ging’s untiring love and passion to help her kababayans in Toronto. Across 20 years, Ging held various volunteer positions within the organization. She led the centre in remarkable community actions among  which were the struggle against racism again Filipinos youth in  Scarborough Town Centre, in 1993; and fighting the suspension of Filipino youth in the Northview Secondary School in 1994.

It will take a novel to document what Ging has done for the community. This short note does not suffice. Ging you are missed specially your gentle, calm disposition and unassuming demeanor.  May you find the peace and happiness you deserve.

(KCC)

For the newcomers who are interested to participate, please call us to register specially if you have children 14 years and younger so we can prepare something for them.

For Kababayan supporters and friends, please help us by donating cash or in-kind to make this event a success.