China News Service, January 30. According to a report and explanation by Canada's "Ming Pao", in order to prevent the existence of such an illegal behavior, that is, immigrants who return to Canada specifically apply for the replacement of the Maple Leaf Card and implement the operation of the Maple Leaf Card, and then return to the place of origin, leaving only the address of a third party such as an immigration consultant, lawyer, or relative or friend in Canada, allowing them to collect the Maple Leaf Card on their behalf and then send it overseas. In the middle of the month, the Canadian Immigration Department In October, the specific delivery method of the Maple Leaf Card was changed. Except for newly arrived immigrants, they can still leave a third-party address and let someone accept the card on their behalf. For those applicants who need to renew the Maple Leaf Card when it expires, according to the new regulations, from now on, they can no longer request that the Maple Leaf Card be mailed to a third party and collect it on their behalf. This includes consultants, lawyers, or relatives and friends, and they can no longer collect it on their behalf.

Some requests from applicants to mail their Maple Leaf Cards to other designated recipient addresses will be handled by relevant departments. In the recent period, they will send notices to such applicants in batches to inform them that the regulations on mail delivery have changed. In the future, The Maple Leaf Card will no longer be sent to the address where the third party originally resides. For these applicants, if they are unable to provide their own residential address in Canada within the specified date, they will be deemed to have "not continued this required request" ( as ), in this case, the applicant must pay the fee again and file the same application again as the one he went through before.

Starting in May last year, the Immigration Department stated in an announcement that for most Maple Leaf Cards, including new cards or cards that need to be replaced when they expire, as well as those that need to be replaced after being lost, the card will be sent directly to the applicant by mail. The applicant does not need to go to the offices set up by the Immigration Department in person to collect it.

However, the Immigration Department later discovered that after switching to mailing the Maple Leaf Card, some applicants simply found someone to collect it on their behalf, left Canada immediately after completing the application, and asked the collector to mail the Maple Leaf Card overseas to themselves. The Immigration Department believed that once the Maple Leaf Card was mailed overseas, it violated Article 55 of the Immigration Act, which stipulates that the Maple Leaf Card should only be issued within Canada, so it is necessary to review and modify the mailing method to prevent illegal situations.

On January 14, the Immigration Department issued (-491) Operation Announcement No. 491 regarding the modification of the Maple Leaf Card mailing method. The announcement pointed out that for immigrants who have just arrived in the city, the Immigration Department will continue to mail the first Maple Leaf Card to the address of their agent or relatives or friends in Canada. This is because the Immigration Department understands that most of the immigrants who have just arrived in the city do not have a formal address yet.

However, it should be noted that the Immigration Department will pay special attention to those cases that request to be sent to a third-party address. If it is discovered that they only arrived briefly and then left, their files will be specially marked. Some people who need to submit additional photos will also be marked if they took photos overseas to record that the permanent resident did not live in Canada after arrival, but went overseas.

If you are applying for card replacement after expiration, there is a requirement to send it to the PO Box. In response to this, the Immigration Department will notify the change of methods, and the Immigration Department will not send the Maple Leaf Card to the email address left by the applicant. If the applicant insists on sending it to the email address, the Immigration Department will ask the applicant to provide an explanation.

Immigration lawyer Xin Tianwang ( ) said that for applicants who are required by the Immigration Department to replace their Maple Leaf Card after it expires, they must fill in their own address in Canada and cannot use other people’s addresses. However, applicants who live overseas with their spouses who already have citizenship are ignored.

King Xintian said that according to the "Immigration Law", when permanent residents living overseas live with their already-citizen spouses, the length of time they have lived overseas can be calculated when they exchange for Maple Leaf Cards in the future, and they can continue to maintain their permanent residence status. However, they generally do not have a Canadian residential address, so how will the immigration department issue cards to them? Will the Immigration Department temporarily keep the Maple Leaf Card of such a person until he returns to Canada, and then go to the Immigration Department office to collect it? The Immigration Department should provide an appropriate card issuance format or provide explanations for this situation.

Some permanent residents thought they had completed the procedures and returned to China with peace of mind, but now they are worried that they will not be able to receive their Maple Leaf Cards because they do not have a local address. Some applicants said that if they provide a local address now, they are afraid of having to provide proof. The purpose is to convince the Immigration Department that it is their true address. This may cause more trouble. It seems that it is better to require the applicant to collect it in person as in the past, which is simpler and more straightforward. (Zhang Lingzhu).