As we all know, Canada is a country full of opportunities and challenges. Many investors and immigrants want to live in Canada. However, they do not know what they need to pay attention to when renewing their Canadian Maple Leaf Card.

Waiting period for applying for your first Maple Leaf Card

Recently, the approval period for the first Maple Leaf Card has been relatively long, with many customers getting it after 6 or 7 months. During this waiting period, the progress of the Maple Leaf Card can be checked on the Immigration Department website.

During the waiting period, if you are in China but eager to return to Canada, you need to apply for a Canadian permanent resident travel document.

The Maple Leaf Card is valid for 5 years, and you can choose to apply for renewal 9 months before expiration. There is one point that needs special attention here. There has always been such a wrong understanding: that is, after the Maple Leaf Card expires, my Canadian identity is no longer available.

In fact, the Maple Leaf Card is a document that allows you to enter and exit Canada. If you are always in Canada, it is not a big deal if you do not apply for the Maple Leaf Card. Even if your card has expired, as long as you meet the immigration supervision requirements for two years within five years, you are still eligible for renewal and have not violated the Immigration Law.

If your card has expired and you lack sufficient residency rights with the Immigration Supervisory Authority, and you do not want to continue to maintain your status, you should also voluntarily abandon your Maple Leaf Card, so that you can completely cancel your permanent residence status in Canada, and then you will be eligible to apply for a Canadian tourist visa.

When to apply for a Maple Leaf Card?

There is such a situation. When new immigrants embark on their first landing journey, they will inform the border officials of the address where the card will be collected. Then, the Maple Leaf Card will be sent to the applicant by regular mail within 3 months. If the Maple Leaf Card is lost, damaged, expired, or not received at all when you land for the first time, you may need to apply for the Maple Leaf Card again.

Minimum residency obligation

If you have been a permanent resident for more than five years, you must have actually lived in Canada for more than 730 days in the past five years. Chengdu Immigration Company Baoze Immigration Consultant said that if your permanent resident status is less than five years, you need to prove that you have the possibility to live in Canada for at least 730 days in the five years after becoming a permanent resident.

Living outside Canada with a Canadian citizen

Canadian residents who can be considered to be living in Canada are those who live outside Canada with Canadian citizens, and these Canadian residents are your spouse, your common-law partner, or your parents.

You can live outside Canada if you meet the requirements mentioned below and work outside Canada.

In Canada, you are employed by a local enterprise, or you have signed a contract with a Canadian enterprise, or you are engaged in work for public institutions in the Canadian federal, Canadian provinces, and Canadian territories.

2. One of your contracts or employment must state that you:

2.1. Positions outside Canada;

2.2. Canadian subsidiaries located outside Canada;

2.3. Customers of Canadian enterprises or public utilities outside Canada.

When is it checked whether the residency obligations have been fulfilled?

When applying for a Maple Leaf Card and a permanent resident travel document, the residence obligation should be checked. Every time you enter the country, the residence obligation can be checked. However, its implementation is not particularly strict. Especially if you enter the country with a Maple Leaf Card, you will not be questioned about the residence obligation. Currently, airports such as Vancouver and Toronto have set up self-service entry lanes. Under normal circumstances, it will become more and more convenient for permanent residents to enter the country. The obligation to inspect the residence can only be retroactive to the date of submission of the applicant's application or 5 years from the date of entry, however, it cannot exceed 5 years.