What's the difference between a green card and pr?

There is no difference between the two. Pr is a permanent resident card, and a permanent residence card is also a green card.

Holding a green card means that the cardholder has the permanent residence in the issuing country, and at the same time, holding a green card can exempt entry visas for a certain period of time.

The word green card originated in the United States, because the earliest permanent residence permit in the United States was a green card. With the change of design, 20 versions were updated, but the name of green card was retained.

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The "green card" system is an important system for developed countries in Europe and America to compete for talents and attract and retain high-level talents on a global scale. For example, the United States issues more than 6.5438+0 million "green cards" every year, of which 6.5438+0.4 million are high-level professional immigrants.

China's "green card" system has been jointly implemented by the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since August 2004. Nearly 5000 foreigners have gone through the formalities of permanent residence, and a considerable number of them are overseas high-level talents and their families. The "green card" system has become an important system for China to attract overseas high-level talents.

With the rapid development of the introduction of overseas high-level talents in China in recent years, the problems of "green card" in China, such as too high threshold, complicated procedures, small scope of application and unclear related treatment, have become increasingly prominent and need to be solved urgently.

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