Canadian immigration status, but the maple leaf card has just expired. If you are in China, can you apply for an ordinary ten-year visit visa?

To understand this problem, we must first understand the purpose of issuing a ten-year visit visa in Canada.

1. Canada 10 or 20-year visa is a super visa issued by the Immigration Bureau to family reunion immigrants in order to reduce the number of them. In other words, people who get this visa can easily come to Canada to reunite with their relatives, but they cannot enjoy the medical and social security benefits of Canadian residents.

2. In order to reduce the number of permanent residents of the United States (non-American citizens, who do not need a visa to come to Canada), Canada will issue a 10 year visit visa to those who have the status of permanent residents of the United States. In return, the United States will issue a 10 year valid visit visa to permanent residents of Canada.

If you understand the above problems, you should understand that you can't get a 10 visa because you didn't apply for a visa that doesn't meet the purpose of 10.

In addition, to put it simply, if everyone applies for a visit visa of 10, many people will not live in Canada for a long time, because they no longer need to live for two years within five years to protect their maple leaf cards, which is contrary to Canada's immigration policy.

Perhaps the purpose of applying for a 10 visitor visa is to avoid the requirement of staying for two years within five years, but this idea is not feasible. You can try to naturalize your spouse in Canada and then apply for a 10 visa on the grounds of reunion.