Canada Maple Leaf Card Application Conditions+Application Process

For Canada, many people dream of it. I think about it every day. When you walk out the door, the golden maple leaves rustle under your feet. When you look up and turn around, you will see the maple tree standing here. How shocking. Even if you look at the same maple tree every day, it has different colors every day.

Canada is destined to be beautiful and romantic, so what should immigrants do here? Presumably, many people know that there is something called maple leaf card in Canada. What is this? What does it have to do with living in Canada? Next, Bian Xiao takes you to understand this Canadian maple leaf card!

What is a Canadian maple leaf card?

PermanentResidentCard, also known as Maple Leaf Card or PR Card, is a magnetic card similar to the size of Chinese ID card, which stores more than 40 personal information of the cardholder.

After the implementation of the new immigration law on June 28, 2002, all new immigrants who have completed the immigration application procedure and obtained a permanent residence visa must apply for this card after landing. Canadian permanent residents who landed before June 28th, 2002 should also apply for a new maple leaf card in China as proof of permanent residence.

When new immigrants go through customs formalities, they will provide a reliable mailing address in Canada by filling in a simple registration (relatives and friends can also do so). Under normal circumstances, the Immigration Bureau will send the Maple Leaf Card to the designated address in about 4 weeks.

If you don't have a fixed mailing address when logging in, you can also log in to the website of the Immigration Bureau (https://www.canada.ca/en.html) after finding your residential address.

Declare, or call: 1-800-255-454 1 to apply. If you can't provide the mailing address to the immigration office within 180 days after entry, you need to pay a certain fee when applying.

If you don't receive the maple leaf card after 4 weeks of application, you should call the local immigration bureau for enquiry.

The maple leaf card application process is mainly divided into six steps, as follows:

Step 1: Prepare the materials required for the Canadian Maple Leaf Card:

1, supplementary identification form MM5455

2.IMM 5444 Page 3 F4 (Canadian original document)

3. Photo of Maple Leaf Card

4. Maple Leaf Card Application Form IMM5444E

5. List of other required documents

Step 2: Mail all the prepared materials to the Maple Leaf Card Examination Center of Immigration Canada.

Step 3: Wait for the immigration review.

According to the work progress of the Maple Leaf Card Examination Center, it takes 2-4 months to process the materials normally, and it can be expedited in special circumstances, which only takes about 3-5 weeks. For details, please refer to the page on the processing time of maple leaf card on the website of http://www.cic.gc.ca/English/information/times/. Immigration Bureau.

Step 4: Check the exam results of Maple Leaf Card.

About three months after submitting the application, the applicant can go to the relevant page of the Canadian Immigration website, :https://services3.cic.gc.ca/ecas/introduction.do? . app = ecas

Enter your own maple leaf card number, surname and date of birth, and you can inquire about the handling of your own maple leaf card.

This process is divided into two steps:

The first step is inproces: it means that the customer's application has been reviewed by the immigration officer of Maple Leaf Card Review Center, and the review situation is as follows:

If the application goes well, it will go directly to the next step: decision-making.

If the immigration officer thinks that there are some problems with the applicant's information, he needs to supplement the corresponding information.

The second step is decision-making, and the review results are as follows:

Pass the examination: the Immigration Department will issue a notice of maple leaf card collection within four weeks, and with this notice and the original relevant identity documents, it will go to the immigration office designated by Canada to collect a new maple leaf card;

Unqualified assessment: the applicant can appeal, and there are two results after the appeal:

(1) The appeal was successful: the Immigration Department approved the applicant's application for renewal of the Maple Leaf Card, and the Immigration Department will issue a notice to collect the Maple Leaf Card within four weeks. With this notice and the original of relevant identity documents, go to the designated immigration office in Canada to get a new maple leaf card;

(2) The appeal failed: the Immigration Bureau rejected the customer's application for renewal of the Maple Leaf Card.

Step 5: Wait for the maple leaf card collection notice from the Immigration Bureau.

If you need to wait 4-6 weeks for normal processing, you can receive a notice (it can be expedited in special circumstances, and the customer's waiting time is about 1 week).

Step 6: Get the Maple Leaf Card.

Generally, the processing time of maple leaf card is 8~ 12 weeks, and the applicant must take the notice to pick it up in person at the designated place, and no one else can pick it up. The Immigration Department will keep the business card for the applicant 180 days after printing. If the applicant fails to collect it within the time limit, the card will be destroyed. Applicants must reapply at that time.

On the application conditions and misunderstandings of Canadian maple leaf card!

First of all, every permanent resident must meet the residence requirements every five years.

1. In each five-year period, there are 730 days of actual residence in Canada;

2. Accompany a spouse with Canadian citizenship or a child whose parents have Canadian citizenship abroad;

3. Full-time employment in a Canadian enterprise or performance of official duties in a Canadian or foreign province;

4. Children with Canadian permanent resident status are abroad with their spouses or parents, and their spouses or parents are employed by Canadian enterprises full-time or perform official duties in Canada or a province;

5. Other matters in the management regulations.

Secondly, you should know these basic knowledge about maple leaf card.

1, maple leaf card and landing paper (IMM 1000 or IMM

5292) is the two major identities of permanent residents in Canada. When Canadian permanent residents travel outside Canada and return to Canada by commercial means of transportation (such as ships, trains, planes, buses and taxis), they must show this "maple leaf card" to Canadian customs officials before they can legally enter the country.

2. Maple Leaf Card contains all the data required for permanent resident status (including time in Canada). Only authorized officials can read these data. It will not be used to track the activities of cardholders, so it has the function of protecting the privacy of cardholders.

3. Each maple leaf card is valid for 5 years, and a new maple leaf card must be issued after 5 years;

4. The condition for renewing the Maple Leaf Card is that "you must live for two years (730 days in total) within five years".

At the same time, permanent residents are required to submit applications for new maple leaf cards in Canada (that is, applications must be submitted after returning to Canada, and applications outside Canada will not be accepted by the Canadian Immigration Department)

5. Those who have lived for less than two years within five years do not meet the conditions for the renewal of Maple Leaf Card;

6. Once you can't get a valid maple leaf card, it means that you will not be able to enter Canada normally.

7. If you haven't lived for two years within the five-year period, the immigration law provides the following three exceptions:

(1) Living outside Canada with family members with Canadian citizenship;

(2) Full-time employees of Canadian enterprises stationed overseas, or full-time Canadian official civil servants stationed overseas;

(3) A family member with permanent residency is sent overseas by a Canadian enterprise as a full-time employee, or as an official Canadian official. In this case, he stays overseas with his family members.

Finally, let's talk about the common misunderstanding of maple leaf card.

1. If the Maple Leaf Card fails to apply for renewal upon expiration, it will be regarded as the cardholder and will automatically give up its permanent resident status.

As a guarantee of permanent resident status, Maple Leaf Card does not mean losing permanent resident status even if it expires.

However, it should be noted that, according to the regulations, new immigrants need to provide their addresses to get maple leaf cards at all ports entering Canada, that is, all permanent residents must show their maple leaf cards to prove their identity when they arrive in Canada by commercial passenger planes or cruise ships.

2. Is it illegal to apply for a new maple leaf card before it expires?

It won't be illegal, and you can even choose not to renew your card. However, if permanent residents intend to go abroad or return to Canada, the Immigration Bureau suggests that the best way is still to apply for a maple leaf card to prove their permanent resident status at any time.

After the Maple Leaf Card expires, you will not be able to leave or enter Canada without applying for a new card.

You can still go abroad, but before returning to Canada, you must apply for a one-time "permanent resident travel document" (permanent resident) from the visa offices in Canada.

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Well, Bian Xiao has helped you organize so much. I hope it will help you to apply for this Canadian maple leaf card. I also hope everything goes well in Canada. After all, Canada is so beautiful and romantic.