Comparison between American Green Card and Canadian Green Card

The United States and Canada are both mainstream immigrant countries, and the number of people applying for immigration from the United States and Canada is almost the largest every year. But many people wander between these two countries and don't know which country is better to immigrate to. So what's the difference between an American green card and a Canadian green card? Please see the relevant information compiled by Overseas Migration Network for everyone.

The difference between power and obligation:

Green card holders do not have to pay taxes if they do not live in Canada.

From this point of view, the rights and obligations of green card holders in the United States and Canada are basically the same in the host country, except for the right to vote and stand for election, and other rights and obligations are no different from those of citizens in that country.

The biggest difference between the two countries' green cards in this respect is in tax payment. If you are an American green card holder, no matter where you are in the world, you must pay American taxes and submit American tax forms.

However, for a Canadian green card holder, if he does not live in Canada and has no residential relationship, then he can not pay Canadian tax. This is a big difference between the holders of national green cards of the two countries.

There are differences in residence time:

Green card stands for immigration status, and both the United States and Canada require green card applicants to live for a specified period of time before retaining immigration status.

The United States is stricter, requiring green card holders to live for half a year within one year, otherwise they will be questioned in detail by immigration officials when entering the customs, and may lose their immigration status.

Canada's policy is more flexible, requiring green card holders to live for two years within a five-year period in order to retain their immigration status. In other words, within the five-year period, green card holders can stay in Canada for the first three years, and as long as they stay in Canada for the next two years, they can retain their immigration status.

In recent years, the United States and Canada have become more and more strict about the residence time of green cards, especially Canada, which is very strict with immigrants who do not live in Canada often or astronauts who travel to and from Canada and other countries for a long time. The airport has also installed card readers to record the entry time of green card holders.

Differences in the process of obtaining a green card:

This paper only makes a comparison at the level of skilled migration.

At this level, the difficulty coefficient of skilled immigrants in the United States is greater. In addition to excellent immigrants, ordinary skilled immigrants are people who have worked in the United States for several years and are guaranteed by their employers. In other words, skilled migration in the United States needs to be carried out in the United States, and it can only be carried out under the guarantee of employers' wishes. More strictly speaking, in the application for skilled immigrants in the United States, the applicant cannot be unemployed halfway, otherwise the application will be invalid. It is especially cruel to those candidates who have been laid off by the company because of some problems. Originally, they all got green cards immediately, but they failed because of layoffs. From this perspective, American immigrants still need a little luck.

Canadian immigration applications are relatively loose. If a person has good English, four years of work experience and good health, then the probability of obtaining Canadian immigration status is very high. He can apply anywhere in the world. For students studying in Canada, as long as they graduate from a university or junior college and have worked for one year, they can apply for Canadian immigration on their own, without employer's guarantee.

From this perspective, Canada's immigration status is relatively easy to obtain. In recent years, people complain that Canada's immigration standards have become increasingly difficult. The main problem focuses on the English requirements of the Canadian Immigration Department for applicants. The standard for immigration is IELTS above, which makes many people in China find it difficult to achieve. In fact, this requirement is really nothing. IELTS G is much easier than IELTS A. If you don't have this ability, it will be very hard to communicate in Canada. So this standard is not too much.

Differences in the convenience of international travel:

You don't need a visa to enter Canada with an American green card.

Getting an American green card and a Canadian green card is actually getting visas from some countries. Green cards in the United States and Canada are very useful in helping holders enter certain sovereign countries. Green card holders in the United States and Canada can enter the country directly if they visit Caribbean island countries such as Mexico, Switzerland, Dominica and Jamaica. In addition, US-Canada green card holders can enter South Korea without a visa. These are the conveniences enjoyed by green card holders in the United States and Canada.

However, in the exchange of visits between the two countries, the green cards of the United States and Canada are different. American green card holders do not need a visa to enter Canada, but Canadian green card holders are not free to enter the United States without a visa. This situation is very similar to the Australia-New Zealand mutual signing policy.

However, Canadian green card holders can usually easily obtain multiple-entry visas for five or ten years in the United States, so from this perspective, it is not particularly inconvenient to travel to the United States.

Which country has a good green card?

This question is really difficult to answer. If a student comes to the United States, it is likely that he does not want to leave the United States and must obtain American identity, so a green card in Canada is not attractive to him.

For Canadian students, since they have lived in Canada for such a long time, it is only a matter of time before they get a Canadian green card. There is no need to go to the United States to adapt. Therefore, the question of which country's green card is good cannot be verified.

Canada's green card is easier and shorter, so I think it's a good choice. American green card is too difficult for domestic working class, even if it is good, it is hard to get it. Therefore, if people who want to go to North America for development apply in their own capacity, then the Canadian green card should be a better immigration choice for North America.