Frequently Asked Questions

Will it automatically waive its permanent resident status in Canada if the maple leaf card expires and does not apply for an update?

Many people think the maple leaf card matches permanent resident status. If the maple leaf card expires, permanent resident status will disappear. Maple Leaf Card is indeed the best proof of permanent resident status. However, even if the maple leaf card expires, it does not mean that it has lost its permanent resident status.

But it should be noted that, by regulations, all permanent residents must present maple leaf cards to prove their identity when they arrive in Canada on a commercial passenger plane or cruise ship. Whether entering the Canadian Border Service (CBSA) officials through the air, land or sea, they need sufficient proof of identity, and a valid maple leaf card is the best proof. Not only CBSA, other government agencies often need to confirm permanent resident status to determine whether residents are eligible to apply for certain services.

Is it illegal to apply for a new card before the maple leaf card expires?

If the maple leaf card has expired and has not been replaced, it will not be illegal. You can even choose not to issue a new card. However, if a permanent resident has plans to go abroad and return to Canada, the best way to do so is to apply for a maple leaf card and prove their permanent resident status at any time.

After the maple leaf card expires and you do not apply for a new card, you will not be able to leave or enter Canada, but you can still go abroad. Before returning to Canada, you must apply for a Canadian visa office at each location to return to Canada for one use.

As long as you have a maple leaf card, you can go to any visa-free country in Canada without applying for a visa?

Maple Leaf Cards are different from passports or visas, and they cannot enter and exit other countries that require a maple Leaf Card visa. Maple Leaf Cards are designed to accelerate entry into Canada rather than visas. As for visa regulations for individual passport owners in other countries, each country is different and must be clearly checked.

Under Canadian immigration laws, the Canadian maple leaf card is valid for five years from the date of issuance. All Canadian permanent residents must stay in Canada for 730 days. People holding a maple leaf card must live for two years during the validity period of the card. As long as they do not become citizens, they must always fulfill this residence obligation. Whether you apply for a maple leaf card for the first time or reapply for a second maple leaf card after the next five years, you must pass the "residence test". Any person with permanent residence status in Canada must meet his or her residence obligation for 730 days during any five years. more than.

After obtaining the maple leaf card, do you still need to naturalize?

If you need to send it back to China frequently due to work or family reasons, it is recommended that you keep the maple leaf card. Because if you are naturalized in Canada, then such a long time means you will never have any connection with Chinese citizens. If you want to return to China, you still need to apply for a Chinese visa. Some people are even denied because of their visas. The reason is ridiculous: you have a tendency to immigrate. So while applying for a Chinese visa is not complicated, restrictions on rules and regulations will still cause you a headache. Of course, if you can’t or are unwilling to live in Canada for a long time, you may lose your permanent residence status in Canada if you don’t naturalize.

The maple leaf card has expired. Can I enter the country from the United States?

Immigration Bureau spokesman Karen explained that people who expired maple leaf cards will still have permanent resident status and will not have identities because of expired maple leaf cards.

Under the Canadian Immigration Act, permanent residents may lose permanent resident status in two situations: one is that after a hearing, the Immigration and Refugee Bureau (IRB) ruling () ruler () to rule that the permanent resident is no longer an identity; The second case is that when permanent residents apply for travel documents for permanent residents, they find that they are no longer eligible for permanent residents, and at present, they will also lose the qualification of permanent residents.

Karen said the reason permanent residents lost their status as a result of court or immigration officials was nothing more than that they could not prove that they had lived in Canada for two years in the past five years, or that they had committed serious crimes. Therefore, he was asked to leave Canada.

In most cases, especially when entering the country through land in the United States, as long as you have a reasonable explanation and other ID certificate, similar to a driver's license, proof that you have a permanent residence address in Canada, you will usually be allowed to directly Pass and remind you to apply for a maple leaf card as soon as possible. . Of course, without reasonable explanations and relevant evidence, it may be blocked by customs.