I believe that many friends who have just started to contact Canadian immigrants must have entangled the concepts of these terms. Immigration, Maple Leaf Card, permanent residence, public relations, citizenship ... No attention, they may have two or two. When obtaining Maple Leaf Card, is it equal to immigration? Is PR local?

First of all, we can clarify what immigrants are. Generally speaking, immigrants are divided into two situations: one is permanently; the other is citizenship, no matter which work and lifestyle in Canada, they can be called immigrants. Maple Leaf Card is actually a voucher for a permanent residence in Canada. Obtaining Maple Leaf Card is to get permanent residence and become a permanent resident (PR,) in Canada.

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Is the permanent resident of Canada really permanent?

Maple Leaf Card is a certificate issued by Canada to immigrants, and the immigration has the right to permanently live in Canada. The certificate is actually effective. Generally, it is valid within five years when calculating the self -issuance card. After five years of maturity, this eternal person still needs to meet certain immigration supervision conditions to continue the application for extension!

According to the Canadian Immigration Law, the renewal of public relations visa must have lived for two years with Canada for two years, otherwise the maple leaf card will be expanded or even lost permanent resident status. Two years of residence can be continuous or accumulated.

Regarding the requirements of "residence", the following situations include the following situations:

1. I actually live in Canada;

2. For Canadian companies (registered, continuous management records) or Canadian government agencies work overseas, they are regarded as living in Canada when they live abroad;

3. Spouse accompanies overseas in Canada citizen. At present, living abroad is also regarded as living in Canada.

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Permanent resident = Canadian citizen?

Being a Canadian citizen belongs to the second situation, that is, the concept of immigrants, that is, citizenship, is still completely different from public relations residents. The prerequisite for natural Canada is to obtain a Canadian permanent identity and meet a certain residence time before applying for the transition from Canadian citizens. In short, becoming a citizen is citizenship and passport!

According to Canadian Titan citizenship, it is necessary to apply for registration for three years in Canada in the past five years. Everyone needs to pay attention to the condition of retaining the maple leaf card within five years will continue to retain the maple leaf card. This is the condition of citizenship in the past three years. Don't confuse!

Therefore, after Canada becomes a permanent resident, do you continue to apply for citizenship as citizens? Here, we must understand the difference between citizenship or not, and then judge according to your personal situation!

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Canadian citizen benefits

Strictly speaking, the rights and interests enjoyed by Canadian permanent residents and citizens are definitely not exactly the same. For example, the simplest and most direct difference is that permanent residents do not enjoy the right to vote and the right to be elected, and citizens can. Then, if you want to participate in Canadian political work in the future, you can be more suitable for applying for citizenship.

Or, some people want to work to work in the United States through the TN visa (non -immigrant work visa used by citizens used by the North American Trade Agreement) after obtaining a maple leaf card, which is also impossible. The TN visa is a special work visa for Canadian citizens. Permanent residents cannot enjoy this privilege. Therefore, it is more suitable for friends who want to use Canadian as a springboard to develop in the United States!

What's more exciting is that the Canadian passport index is very high. It can be exempt or log in in more than 180 countries/regions. It is obviously more convenient for friends who like to travel around the world.

However, before applying for Canadian citizenship, everyone must clearly show that because China does not recognize bilateral nationality, it is equivalent to abandoning Chinese citizenship among Canadian citizens and cannot hold Chinese passports. Chinese visa is only possible. Instead, only permanent Canadian residents can travel freely without having to perform any procedures and travel freely.

Generally speaking, obtaining Canadian permanent residence rights can basically enjoy all benefits, including education, medical, employment, housing, social welfare, etc., which can fully meet the needs of most immigrant families. As for whether to choose the final application for citizenship, this depends on your own plan!

Conditions for immigration application for employers in British Columbia:

1. You must have a college degree or higher;

2. Meet the employer's recruitment requirements, and many years of work experience in related industries;

3. If the employer's industry needs to have a corresponding professional certificate, it needs to be provided;

4. With a certain English ability, the IELTS score must be higher than 5 points;

5. There must be enough family living expenses to settle in the first year.