- 签证方面
美国签证需要面签,全国有4个使馆 北京 上海 广州 成都,需要先提交表格预约面试,通过之后去就近中信银行领取护照。如果面签不能通过当场就会通知。
加拿大不需要面试只需要往使馆提交资料就可以了。
2．教育资源
美国是13年义务教育，从幼儿园大班开始到高中毕业.美国一流名校全球最多。
加拿大12年义务教育，小学一年级到高中毕业，加拿大教育资源很好不过没有美国一流名校多。
- 依亲移民
加拿大依亲移民需要孩子18周岁，父母就可以申请投靠子女依亲移民，没有条件限制。
美国依亲移民需要孩子满21周岁，孩子出示她可以赡养老人的能力，父母才可以依亲移民。
- 医疗资源
加拿大居民是公费医疗，居民看病不要钱。美国需要自己购买医疗保险，美国医疗费用昂贵。
美国加拿大医疗水平都是全球最先进，美国和加拿大都有华人医生可以沟通交流。多伦多的妇产科华人医最多，多为加籍华裔Doctor。
加拿大Hospital加Doctor生产费用比较高，顺产约为10000美金，剖腹产约为18000美金。
- 养老金
美国公民必须工作满10年缴纳足额的税才可以享受养老金。
加拿大只要你通过孩子移民过去加拿大，只要在加拿大住满10年就可以领取加拿大的养老金。不需要缴税也可以领取养老金。
- 牛奶金
美国没有针对新生儿的补助，只有低收入人群可以领相应的补助。
在加拿大出生的儿童只要在加拿大生活就可以领取加拿大的牛奶金，以温哥华为例一个儿童每个月可以领取300加币左右，折合人民币1800人民币一直可以领到孩子满18周岁。
- 陪读政策
在美国儿童陪读签证基本不审批。
在加拿大只要孩子满6岁需要会加拿大上学，父母就可以申请陪读。
- 关于国籍
美国和中国一样不允许双重国籍
加拿大是一个允许双重国籍的地方，比如孩子可以同时拥有香港国籍和加拿大国籍。便于孩子更好的发展与生活。
- 福利体系
美国和加拿大都具有健全的福利体系，加拿大是全球移民热门国家前3名，是福利最高的几个国家之一。福利而言美国没有加拿大福利好。
</a> The number of polio cases in Somalia is increasing by the day, according to Dr. Nasir Yusuf, who directs immunization efforts in eastern and southern Africa with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). This is partly caused by lack of immunization in most Somali kids, he said.
</a> CAIRO, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Islamist protests descended into abloodbath across Egypt on Friday, with more than 100 killed on a"Day of Rage" called by followers of ousted President MohamedMursi to denounce a crackdown by the army-backed government.
</a> The Indian army chief says there is "no Kargil-like situation" in Indian-administered Kashmir where troops have been fighting "30 to 40 Pakistan-backed militants" for the past 11 days.
</a> Mursiâs presidential campaign promised — but never delivered — jobs, better economic opportunities and an end to corruption. Instead, the Muslim Brotherhood used sectarian tension and divisions as a means of control, labelling detractors as members of the old regime and inciting hatred against Christians and Shiâite Muslims. By supporting Hamas terrorists above Egyptian army soldiers, they incensed the lower-middle class — whose sons, brothers and fathers comprise the military. For this group, military service is sometimes the only opportunity for upward social mobility.
</a> The benchmark Australian spot price, the weekly globalCOALNewcastle port index, has been declining since its2013 high of $96.09 a tonne on Feb. 8, and hit $77.04 on July 5,the lowest since November 2009.
</a> Turn up the heat this summer and show off your classic beach style in a stripe two-piece like Coleen here. The navy and white stripes give this Malawi bikini from ViX a nautical feel that will never go out of style.
</a> Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Wednesday that finding$500 billion in budget cuts required by law over the nextdecade, on top of $487 billion in cuts already beingimplemented, required tough trade-offs between the size of themilitary and high-end weapons programs.
</a> In the most recent quarter, Verizon Wireless' service revenue grew 8.3% year-over-year as the total number of connections exceeded 100 million. Its 4G LTE coverage â the fastest data network type available in the U.S. â is available in 500 markets across the U.S.
</a> Both Miranda and her mother, Lady Victoria Leatham (of Antiques Roadshow fame), know what it is like to be brought up in the 100-plus rooms and 1,300 acres of Burghley – even if that experience has changed over the years. Lady Victoria remembers arriving at the age of nine in 1956, when her father inherited the estate. The house had no electricity: each night she climbed 67 dark steps to her bedroom with gas lamps hissing at the bottom and top. “There were tattered textiles and broken porcelain as far as the eye could see,” she says, and a distinctive smell of gas, dust, leather, polish and old dogs. “It was magical!”
</a> Under mounting pressure to ease the problem with wait times,the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd owned LMEannounced on July 1 sweeping reform of its warehousing policy,its third attempt to placate angry users. If approved, thosechanges will come into effect in April.
</a> ADM's planned purchase of Graincorp, announced in April, isthe latest move in the rapid consolidation of the global grainssector amid intense competition to feed fast-developingcountries like China.
</a> The deal is testing billionaire Carlos Slim's year-oldeffort to expand outside of Latin America, where growthopportunities are limited, after KPN's foundation two weeks agomoved to block the offer Slim's company made in early August.
</a> "Our underpinning belief is any student, young adult with a learning difference, has potential," he said. But "we knew he would struggle as a mainstream student at most colleges" and chose Landmark for its tight safety net for students who struggle to advocate for themselves.
</a> "The Simpsons" and "Family Guy" are planning a crossover episode where two of television's most famous animated family's will finally meet, sources from FOX confirmed to the Daily News.
</a> All that data didnât wow the pediatrician, who told Battag to put the pen down. âHe didnât even look at them,â he says. âI learned that we tend to stress out more than the pediatricians.â
</a>  Burma has specific health concerns: polio, typhoid, diphtheria, hepatitis A and B, Japanese encephalitis (mosquito-borne), dengue fever (ditto), among others, are all present. Malaria is a risk outside main cities and below around 900m (3,000ft) so antimalarial tablets are essential. Visit nathnac.org for a detailed assessment of health risks and how to reduce them.
</a> There is deepening alarm in the West over the course taken by the country of 84 million people, a pivotal nation between the Middle East and North Africa and recipient of $1.5 billion a year in mainly military aid from the United States.
</a> While nothing has been finalized, the new system would likely have major-league teams submitting bids, then the player would be told which three clubs had the highest bids. The player could then choose which team he wanted to negotiate with, giving him the opportunity to have some say in his future.
</a> Concerned that Japan’s technology-saturated teens are losing the ability to interact with the real world, the Japanese ministry of education has asked the government to fund “Internet fasting” camps, where kids will be cut off from computers.
</a> The Guggenheim Timber ETF, holds major producers like Weyerhaeuser Co and International Paper Co. It tracks the Beacon Global Timber Index, which holds companies that own or lease forested land or produce wood-based products. More than 40 percent of the companies are based in greater Europe or Asia. It's up 8 percent year to date through May 31 and gained 25 percent last year.
</a> Instead, he thinks software products need to borrow from hardware’s philosophy, growing and deploying in lock-step with the devices they run on. “I think there’s a lot to be learned with combining hardware and software–all these elements–in a smarter way. In that I think we still have huge deficiencies,” he says.
</a> The emerging markets investment bank has hired BenjaminSamuels as global head of equities. He will be based in Londonand will be responsible for managing and expanding the firm'scash equities business. The firm also said John Hyman will stepdown from his role as chairman and co-chief executive.
</a> If ACA had been in place a couple years ago, I would have had choices for cancer treatments. Would the outcome have been different … hard to know, although specialized treatment can lead to better outcomes. The current fight over ACA offends my sensibilities. ACA is too late for me … hope it won’t be too late for other citizens.
</a> Not as much as I probably should. I'm kind of a "Daily Show," Bill Maher junkie. I listen NPR and I still get the New York Times paper delivered to my door, even though I live in L.A. I would think I am little bit more aware of politics and personalities now than I was before. But I'm still not well versed in it. I would be terrified if Bill Maher was like, "Hey, do you want to come on the show?" I would be like, "Oh, God." It would completely terrify me even though I'm such a junkie for the show. I think I brush the surface of being involved politically with the issues and the personalities in the news.
</a> "We will seek to pump more new funds into the economy andnot follow austerity measures. We do not want to increase taxessharply, that is if we increase them at all, and we do not wantto lower spending in a way that will slow a revival of theeconomy."
</a> Only a coherent strategy combining security, a regional political process and sustainable long-term development has the possibility of achieving change in eastern DRC. In this context it is essential that the international community supports the implementation of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework (PCSF) initiative which attempts to bring stability and prosperity to eastern DRC. This was agreed in February 2013 and signed up to by 11 countries. The deployment of an additional African Union brigade with a more assertive mandate to strengthen UN forces together with appointment of Mary Robinson as the UN Secretary General's special envoy also offer a glimmer of hope.
</a> Since he took office on Aug. 1, he has remained largelybelow the radar, but he has already started to assemble a teamof managers to help him close the gap with more profitablerivals like Switzerland's ABB and U.S.-based GeneralElectric.
</a> A little way off in Latimer Road, the same agents have floated another house on the market without any kitchen at all. At £1.995m, the price is not so stratospheric but includes a budget of £50,000 for the new owners to specify their own kitchen. “Kitchens and bathrooms are so personal, they are often the first thing to be changed when new owners move in. I have often seen brand new kitchens ripped out and replaced immediately,” says Rollo Miles of John D Wood.
</a> On his website, Carpenter acknowledged that he didnât shut off a switch at the right time, doubling fuel loss. Still, Carpenter in his 2003 memoir said, âI think the data shows that the machine failed.â
</a> KKR also gave an update on real estate, a new initiative forthe firm. A property fund with investor commitments of $500million appeared in KKR's earnings statement for the first time,with 40 percent of the capital coming from KKR itself.
</a> The US has postponed talks with Russia over a Syrian solution and a UN official met with Iranian officials asking them to “stay calm” should a military strike target Syria. Meanwhile, Palestinian officials called off Monday’s planned peace talk with Israel and the Afghan president has turned to Pakistan for help in negotiating peace talks with the Taliban.
</a> "I've won things but, from day one when I first started playing football, I've always wanted to win. That feeling's never gone away. Having the manager back now from 2006 when he bought me, I still feel I owe him something.
</a> While the world watches for the next development concerning the one-time National Security Agency contractor who leaked details of top-secret U.S. surveillance programs to the press, a battle rages on the Internet â and specifically Wikipedia â over just how to refer to the man in print.
</a> "It's a little unsettling at first when you take your hands off the wheel and then it's one of these âOh wow' moments," Girsky said in a September 27 interview about the vehicle he test drove over a year ago.
</a> NEW YORK - Design companies tending to the details of fashion shows have more to think about than skirt lengths and handbag clasps - they must decide whether to seek U.S. patent protection for their looks.
</a> City had taken a 3-1 lead against Birmingham, and with 17 minutes to go Trautmann dived at the feet of onrushing forward Peter Murphy. The Birmingham player's knee collided with the City goalkeeper's neck, and Trautmann was knocked out.
</a> "Tamils need independence. We need our lands back. We need the right to move freely," said Gopalasuthanthiran Pushpavathi, a 51-year mother of four, after voting at a polling station behind the imposing Nallur Temple.
</a> No one on this message board will confuse your liberal garbage with anyone else. I like how the libs are all pissy about wanting reasons why they think Janet sucked. Why? This is a message board and clearly the liberals are losing this one.
</a> Rival drugmakers including Merck and Bristol-MyersSquibb are developing immunotherapy drugs in a similarclass of drugs known as PD-1 inhibitors, also designed tomobilise the body's own immune system to fight cancer.
</a> Anthony has been linked to the Lakers, who will have cap space to sign free agents after the 2013-14 season. Anthony can opt out if his contract on July 1 and become a free agent. A source close to Anthony says that barring injury the Knicksâ All-Star will become a free agent. His first choice would be to re-sign with the Knicks, who can offer him the most money.
</a> Men tend to be more interested in hard numbers, like horsepower or fuel economy. Women tend to be more interested in things like visibility, whether the family's luggage will fit nicely in the trunk or if the car will be easy to park in the garage, he said.
</a> Sadeq Larijani, who heads Iran's judiciary, said nuclear negotiations could achieve "positive results" but he told the Mehr news agency that Iran would not relinquish its right to enrich uranium and use nuclear energy.
</a> That shift has meant Samsung's retail presence in China faroutstrips Apple's. Aside from selling via the distributionoutlets of the three major telecom carriers, Samsung also has astrong retail presence through its partners Gome ElectricalAppliances and Suning Commerce Group, aswell as its own "Experience" stores and small retailers all overthe country.
</a> Since more Chinese purchases of U.S. food companies appearto be likely, "at what point are we willing to say it's not inAmerica's interest to have our food processing industry owned byanother country," Stabenow told reporters after the hearing.
</a> The study also examined the impact of the Healthy Students Act, which the Legislature passed in 2007. The act required public schools to use healthier cooking methods, such as eliminating deep fat frying, offer more nutritious meals, provide more time for physical activity and develop health education programs.
</a> A few feet away from Jonathanâs gear is a wall that displays pictures of people killed on 9/11. Ielpi is telling stories about friends, colleagues and strangers when he points to a photo of Jonathan lying down, appearing deeply content to be playing with his two small boys.
</a> The movie made Matthew McConaughey a star. No such luck for Arcelus in the Rupert Holmes adaptation, which is directed by Ethan McSweeny. Credible as Arcelus is â his performance really grew on me â the material lets him down.
</a> By linking the TSC1 mutation to bladder cancer, Solit has discovered a new "biomarker," or suspected link, to the disease, while simultaneously identifying a possible appropriate drug for patients with any type of cancer who have that mutation.
</a> “This is a real problem,” said Edward Benthall, non-executive chairman of Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC), which will manage the £50m fund, “It has been caused by the fact that venture capital firms have been in retreat in recent years. Even when they do invest, they have an expectation for an exit in just five years.”
</a> This was the Hollywood star’s on-and-off home for the last few years of his life, as he fought his losing battle against mesothelioma, the lung disease that killed him at the age of 50. Most of those last months were spent with his third wife, Barbara, a glamorous model 20 years his junior. He engineered their first meeting by pretending he wanted her to play an Indian princess in a forthcoming (fictitious) movie.
</a> What Mr. Manning should have changed was the way our soldiers identify their enemy. Identifying them to be an actual enemy would be nice. Opening fire on everything that moves (like a video game) is not a strategy.
</a> Research has been a problem for Wall Street firms since the dot-com boom of the 1990s, when firms sometimes encouraged analysts to boost their stock ratings to win business with the companies. In 2003, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, the Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulators slammed 10 investment banks with $1.4 billion in fines.
</a> He has dedicated himself to counseling incarcerated women in Hudson County and has attended seminary to become an Episcopal priest. Mr. McGreevey lives with his longtime partner, Mark O’Donnell, a New York City money manager.
</a> Dowdell initially learned about sleep texting when one of her students described her nighttime activities. After growing more intrigued, she surveyed 300 students, and learned that 25 to 35 percent had sent text messages while they were snoozing. And more than 50 percent admitted that their phone or other technology interfered with their sleep in some way.
</a> Rosneft told Reuters earlier that it was unable to confirmthe reports about a meeting. A Rosneft source confirmed thatMobius had written a letter to Sechin, who is a close formeraide to President Vladimir Putin.
</a> Letters of intent are not binding sales contracts but aretraditionally honored by longtime trading partners such asTaiwan and the United States, U.S. traders said. The value ofthe sales is estimated, since the final terms of the deals willbe negotiated by private grain companies, they said.
</a> Market research published on Wednesday by consumer information group Mintel shows that in 2011 sales of nail varnish stood at £221m, compared with £224m for lip colour. Mintel is now predicting that by the end of this year it will reach £233m and overtake the lipstick market.
</a> "He kept asking, and I just said 'I don't have it,"' West recalled to The Associated Press the day after the slaying. "And he said, 'Do you want me to kill your baby?' And I said, 'No, don't kill my baby!"'
</a> It's always weird when people ask me about it as a collaboration because it genuinely started out as a few guys in a studio having a laugh until people started building it up. We were just mates making music. In terms of it being a platform for me, it was incredible for what I do now and a great introduction to the music industry. I learnt a lot about my live show, about myself and about touring.
</a> Personally, I don’t really understand this “conflict”. I’m assuming that all crew members for this film have already been paid, so boycotting this film isn’t going to snatch any money out of their pockets. As for the talent? Well, movies flop all the time for a thousand different reasons and that may or may not hurt their chances of working again, but those are the breaks, as they say. So, if you’re weighing the possibility of indirectly contributing to NOM v/s possibly making it harder for an young actor to get another gig, I think it becomes pretty obvious which is more important.
</a> He went on to address the rapper friends that he specifically names in the verse: "At the end of the day, when you listen to the line, these are cats that I feel can inspire the game and they aspire to be the best just like I feel. I aspire to be the best. If they're competitive and they respect the culture of hip-hop, I don't feel like it should be any type of ill feeling they should have towards it."
</a> No, A-Rod isnât retiring, at least not officially. But heâs most likely going away; if the 211-game ban he is appealing is upheld or, let's say, cut in half, this will be A-Rodâs last home stand for quite some time. He just wonât get a ceremony or the love that Rivera will receive during Sundayâs pregame festivities.
</a> Nils Rune Utsi is the founding member of Slincraze, a rap group from Maze, a village in northern Norway. They rap in Sami, a language spoken by less than 20,000 people. Their goal is to save their language and culture and to fight stereotypes about the people of the region.
</a> "He's always very cordial," said one former employee. "But try to get into a deeper conversation with him, and he's thinking about how much time he has to do that, because his schedule is tight and he has a lot to do. He's all business."
</a> BEIJING - Most of China's small and medium companies have seen profit growth slowing this year as costs rise and financing remains tight, the official Xinhua news agency said on Monday, citing a survey by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
</a> DJ Dave Lee Travis â whose real name is David Patrick Griffin â was arrested in November as part of a wide-ranging police inquiry that began by looking into allegations against the late Jimmy Savile, a BBC TV host suspected of abusing hundreds of underage girls.
</a> The recent focus by analysts on the GDP deflator is a new twist in a long-standing dispute over the reliability of Chinese statistics. A Wikileaks cable reported premier Li Keqiang during his days as a regional party chief telling a US diplomat that China’s data were “mad-made and for reference only”. Mr Li said he looked at electricity use, rail freight and credit growth to discern the truth.
</a> Finley is as good as any tight end in the league when he is on his game. Green Bay needs him more than ever to endure however long of a stretch they might be without two members of their Big Three. Simply put, as Finley said Sunday, “Next Man Up.” Every Packers’ fan is waiting to see him fulfill his destiny.
</a> These events allegedly included an August 2007 statement byAlabama Sen. Richard Shelby that rating agencies deserve someblame for the U.S. housing crisis, and Moody's October 2007release of quarterly results and a subsequent analyst downgrade.
</a> The BBC Trust chairman said he was âso alarmedâ by the state of DMI that he wrote to Parliamentâs watchdog - the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) - and the National Audit Office. He also ordered a review by consultants Accenture and demanded that âno more money was spent on [DMI]â. The controversial project was launched in 2008 by the BBCâs technology chief Ashley Highfield, now the CEO of publishers Johnston Press, with the aim of modernising the BBCâs production and archiving methods.
</a> "I took the decision to launch this review because concerns were raised with me about how patients were being cared for and how families were being treated during this difficult and sensitive time. We took those concerns very seriously and decided that we needed to establish the facts of what was happening so we could act where needed."
</a> Corruption claims have also dogged the Socialists, who the Metroscopia poll of 1,000 people showed would win 22.8 percent of the vote, down from 28.7 percent at the last election as the party battles a graft scandal in the Andalusia region.
</a> Astros right-hander Jarred Cosart gave up one run and four hits in six innings, walked a career-high five and struck out one. Cosart allowed at least one base runner in every inning, but was able to minimize the damage.
</a> A few weeks ago more than a quarter of the U.S. Senate wrote to the director of National Intelligence demanding public answers to additional questions about the use of the governmentâs surveillance authorities. Itâs been two months since the disclosures by Mr. Snowden, and the signers of this letterâincluding key members of the senate leadership and committee chairs with decades of experienceâhave made it clear they are not going to accept more stonewalling or misleading statements. Patriot Act reform legislation has also been introduced. The centerpiece of this effort would require that the government show a demonstrated link to terrorism or espionage before collecting Americansâ personal information.
</a> Diplomats say that the government's failure to address Sunni grievances - both their political exclusion and abuses against them by the security forces - are the main factors behind the rise in violence.
</a> FIRREA is a savings-and-loan-era law that has become a keytool in efforts to pursue institutions over the financialcrisis. Among other provisions, the 1989 law hasa 10-year statute of limitations, longer than the limit of otherlaws used in financial fraud cases.
</a> Avanafil has not been launched in the United States despitebeing cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration more thana year ago because Vivus has been unable to find a partner tosell it - among the complaints of 9.9 percent shareholder FirstManhattan Co.
</a> âI think the whole business was challenged during the hardest part of the recession, and also my husband was ready to retire,â said Rosatiâs wife, Kitty, who authored books including âRice Diet Solution.â
</a> It’s been a long journey since Steve Jobs first presented his vision for Apple Campus 2 to the Cupertino City Council in June 2011. As Steve said then, Apple has always been in Cupertino. It’s been our headquarters and our home, and we want to remain and grow here.
</a> The firm has agreed a 25-year lease with the Crown Estate for an area encompassing about 1.4 square miles (3.5 square kilometres) of fast flowing water between the island of Stroma and the north easterly tip of the Scottish mainland.
</a> âI think the jury is still out,â said Mathias Kiwanuka. âFor a young guy, heâs physically gifted, heâs very talented, he pays attention and heâs got that drive and that fire. You see him flying around on the field. (But) for a young guy like that itâs about staying in tune with the material because heâs got all the physical gifts and heâs got to stay healthy. The skyâs the limit for him.â
</a> Despite these findings, men exposed to violence were less likely to report problems with depression than men not exposed to violence, according to the report. This led researchers to believe that anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were at the root of the menâs mental health issues.
</a> Shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg said: "There has been a big increase in the number of young people taking two or more exams in the same subject. This is bad for standards, school budgets and learning. Michael Gove needs to get a grip on the multiple entry exam practice that is distorting standards.