What do you need to immigrate to Canada and keep your maple leaf card?

How to calculate the "immigration supervision" time of permanent residents in Canada?

Immigration Canada requires Canadian permanent residents to live in Canada for at least 730 days (2 years) within 5 years, which is one of the necessary conditions for renewing the Maple Leaf Card.

The review period of immigration supervision is five years from the date when you apply for a new maple leaf card.

The residence time in Canada can be discontinuous, and the cumulative time can reach 730 days before reaching the standard.

As long as you stay in Canada for one hour on a certain calendar day, that day is considered as living in Canada.

What if I can't actually live in Canada?

As a country that pays attention to human rights and freedoms, Canada has three exceptions besides the mandatory requirement of five-year residence for two years. As long as these three exceptions are met, the time spent living outside Canada can also be counted as an immigration prison.

Living outside Canada with Canadian citizens can be regarded as living in Canada. Canadian permanent residents must be Canadian citizens outside Canada, accompanying their spouses, cohabiting partners or parents.

Outside Canada, employed by a Canadian enterprise, or working for the public administration of Canada's federal or provincial government.

Living outside Canada with permanent residents. Canadian permanent residents must be your spouse, cohabiting partner or parents. Canadian permanent residents must be employed by "Canadian enterprises" full-time, or work for the public administration department of the Canadian Federation or a province.

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When is the immigration residence requirement checked?

When you are ready to apply for a new maple leaf card in Zhangxin, or when you need to apply for a permanent resident travel document due to various emergencies such as forgetting or losing your maple leaf card, your "immigration supervisor" status will be tested.

In addition, when you return to Canada, you will be tested by the situation of "immigration supervision". Of course, not every entry inspection will be so strict, but once the Canadian Border Service Agency (CBSA) finds out your actual situation, it may be dissatisfied.

"Residence obligation", you can apply to verify the situation and ask you to provide proof of residence.

Don't take the validity period of maple leaf card as the standard of meeting the "residence obligation". Applicants who have obtained permanent residence status should take the requirements of "immigration supervision" seriously and accurately calculate the time and entry date.

The requirement of "immigration supervision" is only for permanent residents. Once you become a Canadian citizen, you no longer need to meet the requirement of "immigration supervision" for 730 days every five years.