The Maple Leaf Card, which is used to prove that you are a permanent resident of Canada, is equivalent to the Canadian Green Card. So what are the requirements for applying for the Maple Leaf Card? Next, Weijiu’s experts on studying in Canada will describe the Maple Leaf Card application requirements for your reference.

If you plan to apply for a Canadian Maple Leaf Card, the corresponding applicant must be a permanent resident of Canada. If you want to become a permanent resident of Canada, you must first apply for Canadian immigration.

The validity period of the Canadian Maple Leaf Card is calculated from the day the card is issued and lasts for five years. However, there are some special circumstances. For example, when you are abroad, you fail to perform the corresponding tasks of residence and lose your permanent resident status through the final judgment. In this case, the applicant can apply for a Maple Leaf Card that is valid for one year.

The application for the Maple Leaf Card must be submitted in China. The applicant must prepare a guarantor living in Canada. This guarantor should be a Canadian citizen and have known the applicant for more than two years. The guarantor's occupation may be.

(1) Professional accountant

(2) Chiropractor

(3) Official for oaths

(4) Dentist

(5) Physician

(6) Ceremony Master

(7) Justice of the Peace or Judge

(8) Lawyer

(9) Financial institution managers

(10) Member of the Provincial Assembly

(11) Member of Parliament

(12) Secretary of the Municipal Government

(13) Notary public

(14) Federal or provincial government ministry officials

(15) Officials of embassy, ​​consulate or high commission

(16) Pastor

(17) Pharmacist

(18) police officer

(19) Postmaster

(20) Professional Engineer

(21) Social worker

(22) Primary, secondary or university teachers

(23) Veterinarian.

Regardless of whether you are applying for a Maple Leaf Card for the first time or reapplying for a second Maple Leaf Card after five years, you must pass the residence test. Anyone holding a permanent residence status in Canada must bear the residence obligation for more than 730 days in any five-year period. In addition to the actual cumulative number of days of residence in Canada during the five-year period reaching more than 730 days, as long as the following conditions are met, the residence obligation will be deemed to have been fulfilled:

(a) Reside outside Canada with a family member who is a Canadian citizen;

(b) Those employees who are dispatched by Canadian enterprises to hold full-time positions in foreign locations, or those public servants who are posted overseas and are engaged in full-time Canadian official affairs.

The situation is as follows: (c) There is a situation where a family member holding permanent residency is sent overseas by a Canadian company to serve as a full-time employee, or is sent overseas to serve as an official Canadian public servant. In this situation, the family member is accompanied by the family member living abroad.

(d) Have held a re-entry permit.

The above-mentioned Canadian companies must be companies established in accordance with Canadian law. They must continue to carry out business activities in Canada and have the ability to make profits from business, and most of the shares are held by Canadian citizens or permanent residents. Any company established to fulfill residency obligations is not recognized as a Canadian company, and the so-called full-time employees refer to contracted positions in related companies outside Canada, or overseas customers of Canadian companies or public agencies.