Nam

I don't think you need to...
Not when I collect my cash from Macau government, as long as I have a bank account in Macau to deposit the cheque and a valid Macau ID.  

The only thing is you have to open an account to deposit the cheque, you cannot just bring the cheque to random bank to cash it...

Nam

What I did was wrote an official letter and authorized my relative to collect the cheque for me and there is a 3 years expiry on the government cheque, so I didn't collect all 3 of the cheques until last year October.

The other way to do is have my relative to collect it and I deposit it in Canada bank; however, the bank will charge you surcharge.... I cashed my first cheque in Scotia Bank and they charge me quite a bit on the surcharge....