Introduce the extension of maple leaf card.

According to the regulations of the Canadian Immigration Bureau, you can apply for extension of the Maple Leaf Card only after you have lived for two years in five years, that is, 730 days, so as to retain your permanent resident status. Citizenship and Immigration Canada has made a legal explanation on its website www.cic.gc.ca for the specific algorithm of living for two years within five years. To understand the legal definition of living in Canada for two years within five years, we must first understand what is the time to live in Canada. According to the Immigration Department, there are three conditions for living in Canada:

First, I actually live in Canada;

2. Working overseas for a Canadian company (registered in Canada with a record of going concern) or a Canadian government agency, and the time spent living abroad at this time is regarded as the time spent living in Canada;

Third, accompany a spouse with Canadian nationality to live overseas. At this time, the time of living abroad is also regarded as the time of living in Canada. However, the time spent overseas with children of Canadian nationality cannot be counted as the time spent in Canada, while the time spent overseas with parents of Canadian nationality by children under 22 can be regarded as the time spent in Canada.

Knowing the concept of residence time in Canada, we can understand the algorithm for new immigrants to keep maple leaf cards. Living for two years in five years is not counted from the arrival of immigrants, nor from the arrival of maple leaf cards. Its algorithm has two forms: one is to push back from the day when the application for extension of maple leaf card is filed, and live for five years and two years; The second is five years from each entry into Canada. As long as it can be proved that any backward way can meet the requirement of living for two years through one of the above three ways of living, then the requirement of living for two years will be met within five years. In this way, the problem faced by new immigrants is that the Immigration Bureau will extend the Maple Leaf Card for two years according to the five-year residence, and the border office will decide whether to allow entry after five years of residence for two years. In this way, even if you have a valid maple leaf card, you may be refused entry at the border.

Delaying the maple leaf card, that is, people who have logged in for more than five years, may encounter such trouble when entering or leaving the country. For example, those who obtained the extension of the Maple Leaf Card in May 20 10 lived for two years in any period from 2005 to 20 10, which may be two consecutive years in 2005 and 2006, or may be 2005 1 year and 2009 1 year. In this way, when the new maple leaf card postponed in that year leaves Canada and returns in May this year, the Border Office will push it back for five years from May 20 12. In other words, those who have lived for two years from May 20, 2007 to May 0, 2007 can enter the country; Otherwise, the Border Service has the right to prevent them from entering the country.