According to the latest news from the Canadian Immigration Department, the Immigration Department will launch a new electronic application platform to help permanent residents apply for Maple Leaf Cards. The Immigration Department will also print professional digital photos on the Maple Leaf Cards. The specific date for the launch of the platform has not yet been announced. It still needs to be debugged, but I believe it won’t be long.

Faith St John, a spokesperson for the Department of Immigration, stated that applicants must find a professional photographer to take photos. During that period in the first half of the year, the Immigration Department also contacted photographers across the country and provided them with requirements for taking digital Maple Leaf Card photos, which covered how photographers should prove the identity of the person being photographed.

PR (permanent residents) who have lived in Canada for a long time know that if you want to replace your Maple Leaf Card, you need to go to the post office to send documents. Currently, each Maple Leaf Card replacement application takes an average of approximately 72 days to be processed. Once the electronic application platform is launched, the time is expected to be reduced.

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