What procedures do international students in Canada need to bring home during the holidays?

Canadian international students need to bring their passport, visa, and ID card when they go home during the holidays. These three are the entry and exit documents.

A passport is a legal document issued by the country to prove the nationality and identity of a country's citizens when they enter and exit the country's borders, travel or stay abroad.

A visa (visa) is an endorsement or stamp by a country’s sovereign authority on the passport or other travel documents held by its own or foreign citizens to indicate that they are allowed to enter or exit the country’s territory or pass through the country’s territory. It can also be said to be an endorsement-style certificate issued to them. In summary, a visa is a document issued by a country's entry-exit management agency (such as the Immigration Bureau or its embassy or consulate abroad) to express approval for entry to foreign citizens.

Identity cards are the only documents used to prove the identity of the holder. They are mostly issued to citizens by governments of various countries or regions. It will serve as a certification tool for each person’s unique citizenship. The emergence of a large number of new technologies allows ID cards to contain biometric information, such as photos, facial features, palm features, iris scan recognition or fingerprint recognition. Other information that usually appears on ID cards (or in databases) includes: full name , parents’ names, address, occupation, ethnicity (in multi-ethnic countries), blood type and coagulation factors.