Immigrant retirees

[Philip80]

I am wondering how self sufficient retirees (or persons of independent means) living on a private income are dealt with in other jurisdications (UK, US, Canada, Australia, NZ). I am looking to establish whether a person in this UB5 category (USA) or in other jurisditions as above, would be eligible for a medical card or for the non-contributory Old Age Pension? This would be for an EU citizen who would be looking to retire to the states or to any of the other countries.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[BigJoe5]

EB-5 is NOT a retiree visa. It demands a million dollar investment and the creation of 10 full-time jobs for legal U.S. workers (excluding the investor and family members from the job count).

EB-5 investors have to show significant wealth that would exclude them from any medical assistance from the government. BUT that is a secondary issue, because new immigrant (except asylees and refugees) can't get any medical assistance for 5 years anyway. {Spouses of citizens who naturalize prior to 5 years and children who attain citizenship automatically are additional exceptions to the 5-year moratorium.}

Canada used to allow retirees to simply buy a residence and/or buy gov't bonds BUT they are re-working their laws and the program is on hold.

Australia is even tougher than the U.S. program.

For UK and NZ, you'll need to do some research on the internet and their gov.t websites.