"

Everyone knows that no Canadian citizen or permanent residents need to apply for ETA electronic travel license. However, for permanent residents who have immigrated and maple card cards, it has expired many years ago, and entering Canada has become a problem!

"

According to a "understanding" report, Mrs. Lin took a Taiwanese passport and an immigrant and Canada. They got permanent residents many years ago and planned to go to Toronto to participate in the funeral on February 25, but when she applied for a few days ago The travel license (ETA) refused, and the immigration department asked her to abandon the qualifications of permanent residents to apply for ETA, otherwise it would not be possible to enter the country. She thinks many immigrants are similar to her.

She applied for abandonment of permanent residents overnight, but was too late to participate in the funeral. She believes that many immigrants in Taiwan and Hong Kong are similar to her and want to remind them to handle their identities as soon as possible.

The Immigration Department pointed out that ETA is an application for passports without visa visa countries and regions. Permanent residents from Canada are from Hong Kong and Taiwan. If there is no effective maple leaf card, you must apply online to automatically abandon the permanent resident to apply for ETA. Usually 14 days.

Mrs. Lin said that she believes that all people in Taiwan need to apply for ETA. She did not know that the permanent residents who arrived 20 years ago needed to apply for an ETA identity.

When Lynch was rejected by Mrs. ETA, she also received an email issued by the immigration department, asking her to abandon the status of permanent residents, apply for ETA, and provide online abandonment of the Internet. nature

At the same time, Mrs. Lin checked at the Cathay Pacific counter in Taipei. Cathay Airlines told her that the airline only recognized "effective maple leaf cards" or "effective ETA". Without these two evidences, it is impossible to board a flight to Canada, and emphasized that this is the supervision of the Canadian Department of Immigration.

Mrs. Lin was frustrated. She said that she has always believed that Canada is a country that attaches importance to humanitarianism, but after the implementation of the ETA, some permanent residents and countries in some visa -free regions cannot enter and leave Canada freely with passports.

She wants to remind Hong Kong and Taiwan permanent residents through her experience. If she needs to come to Canada when she encounters an emergency, she wants to give up her identity to apply for ETA.

ETA is a new measure to visit immigrants from visa -free countries and regions since March 15 last year. So far, many people have not been involved in Canada for many years have been rejected by those with permanent residents.

Introduce the ETA website of the immigration department. If it is a permanent resident, it must first abandon the qualifications of permanent residents to apply for ETA. 80 % of applications for automatic abandonment of permanent resident qualifications can usually be completed within 14 days. Those who want to automatically abandon the permanent resident status can apply on this webpage:

nature

If you do not apply for ETA, you can try to enter the country

Some immigrant lawyers said that many immigrant documents have never been able to apply for permanent residents of Maple Leaf Card. They also said that they knew that some people entered Canada through the United States and did not lose their qualifications for permanent residents.

According to regulations, people who take bus or taxis will still check whether there are documents such as Maple Leaf Card, but there is no strict regulations for the "walking" entrance. When they encounter friendly officials, they still have the opportunity to use immigrant paper to enter the level.

Immigration lawyers also emphasized that there are always risks to enter from the US land level. CBSA officials have different judgments. Some people have passed ancient immigration paper, and some are required to give up to pass through the level.

According to the website of the Immigration Bureau, there is also "Against visa -free countries (except US citizens) before entering Canada to get ETA. Passengers enter Canada through the sea or land without ETA."