According to Canadian Federal Immigration Minister Ahmed at an event, the processing time for replacing permanent resident card (maple leaf card) cards has been shortened from the initial 10 to 18 months to 52 days.

The Immigration Bureau website shows:

The waiting time shown is 63 days. Although this is different from what the Minister of Immigration said, it is usually consistent.

The minister also said that the goal to achieve in the future is to speed up processing time to 14 days. If you can indeed get a maple leaf card in two weeks (14 days) in the future, that's really good.

The latest and most complete! 2017 Canadian Maple Leaf Card Replacement/Reissue Guide

Public relations cards, also known as "permanent resident card", are identification documents for permanent residents in Canada, similar to green cards in the United States.

Maple Leaf Cards have a certain timeliness, usually with five years of effectiveness, sometimes one year. In order not to affect use, in the past, we had to start replacing new maple cards for 9 months (270 days) before the maple cards expired. However, Maple Leaf Card’s policy always changes from time to time. So, what happened in the 2017 Maple Leaf Card? Replace the Maple Leaf Card 1 qualification. The applicant must have become a permanent resident of Canada. Be careful not to become a Canadian citizen or aboriginal Canadian; 2. When submitting the application, the person must live in Canada (if the applicant is abroad, he or she needs to apply for a permanent resident tourist visa PRTD first, and then apply for a maple leaf card when he or she returns to Canada); 3. He or she has not been deported from Canada and has not been criminally convicted; 4. The maple leaf card will expire in the next 9 months.

11 new policies implemented by Canadian immigration in 2017

1. Canadian Customs Program records all entry and exit;

2. To change the maple leaf card, you need to provide a tax bill over the past five years;

3. The Immigration Bureau has the right to search your entry records at Canadian Customs;

4. Require academic certificates for school-age children;

5. The applicant must have a fixed place of residence in Canada;

6. The applicant must provide all pages of all passports over the past five years;

7. Applicants are required to provide all passport entrances and exit sealed notarization certificates;

8. Applicants must submit their application in Canada (verified by the Ministry of Immigration Telephone);

9. Application documents with high reliability will be mailed directly by the Immigration Bureau;

10. The Immigration Bureau has the right to retrieve the applicant's tax records;

11. I have lived in Canada for 2 years in the past 5 years. If the maple leaf card is less than 2 years old, the replacement conditions for the maple leaf card cannot be met unless the exception is specified in the immigration law.

Steps to apply for replacement of maple leaf card. If the maple leaf card is lost or damaged, you need to inform the specific situation in advance when replacing the card. If the applicant is outside Canada, he should go to the nearby visa office (website:), then apply for a permanent resident tourist visa, and apply for a replacement maple leaf card upon returning to Canada; if the applicant is inside Canada, he should first describe the situation online (website:), and then continue to apply.

Steps to replace/replace maple leaf card: Replacing/replacing maple leaf card requires a series of forms, so please download the "Required File Check List ()" in the list in advance, and then press the project to prepare the project. This document needs to be submitted with the relevant archives.

Item 2: There are two types of application forms in total, this is the first application, expired replacement and reissue, but some details are different.

A copy was asked to use the card (INM 5444) and had four pages in total. You need to fill in the UCI (8-digit ID number on the maple leaf card) in the upper right corner of the first page, and then select the purpose of the application: the first application, expired replacement and maple leaf card stolen and reissue.

Answer: Regular personal information, name, gender, international, etc. It should be noted that if the current name is different from the maple leaf card, you need to fill in the current name column; if the mailing address is inconsistent with the current residence address, you need to fill in the "Email Address" column.

B: This is mainly because of your immigration history and whether you have been ordered to leave Canada for violation of the law or not allowed to become a permanent resident.

C: Fill in all residence addresses, work and education history and entry and exit history for the past five years. Please note that it must be accurate to one month each time. Departure time does not include the day you leave Canada, but the date you return to Canada.

D: If you have been away from Canada for more than 1095 days in the past 5 years, you will need to fill out this form and explain why.

E and F: Sign and choose whether to agree to the disclosure of the information you provide, usually choose to agree.

G: The applicant who lost or stolen maple leaf card needs to be filled, the content is relatively simple.

Another is called (INM 5455). This form is relatively simple, but you can’t write anything or post your own photos as you write. The two photos required for the application need to be placed separately in the envelope, with your own name written outside the envelope and sent with other materials. For the size of the photo, see the image below

Item 3: The basic materials for transmitting total data include: for card forms

Two photos that meet the requirements

Payment receipt

Immigration paper copy

The front and back copy of the maple leaf card

Copy of front and rear driver's license

The front and back copy of the health card

Replicas from the last 5 years

Copy the entire passport (if you change your hair within 5 years, the old passport will also need to be copied)

Translation of entrance and exit seals in passport without English

Students are also required to provide copies of their student certificates and student ID cards.

Item 4: Notarized translation of all non-English materials requires notarized translation and submitted with other materials. (See Item 3)

Item 5: After paying the online fee, you must print the receipt and submit it to other materials. (See Item 3)

Item 6: Check the documents and mail them

Mailing address of the email: Case - PR card PO Box 10020, NS B1P 7C1

Mailing address: Case - PR card 49, NS B1P 5Z2

Comment 1. During the application period, an immigration officer will call the number you filled in on the application form or send someone to the address you filled in on the application form to verify that your address is true or that you are currently in Canada. Once the immigration officer finds that the applicant is not in Canada during the application period, the application will be terminated. However, this is relatively rare, but you still need to be careful.

2. If the applicant is over 18 years of age and requires the signature of his or her parents or legal guardian, a photocopy of the applicant's birth certificate must be submitted (the applicant's name, date of birth, place of birth, place of birth, name of his or her parents or adoptive parents must be displayed). If the applicant is applied by his or her legal guardian, he or she must provide legal files regarding the guardianship qualification of the legal guardian.