Investigation on immigration supervision in various countries

Anyone who has an idea about immigration must have heard of the word "immigration supervision". So what exactly does it mean? What are the conditions of the country? Do you know that?/You know what? If you don't know, then take a look with me.

Immigration prisons are often nicknamed "immigrant prisoners". In fact, an immigration prison is not a prison, and sitting in an immigration prison does not put you in prison. It is only because it restricts the freedom of immigrants to a certain extent that it is called this name.

Immigration supervisor

"Immigration supervision" refers to a country's requirements for the residence time of its immigrants in the country, specifically, "the time requirement that immigrant applicants must live in the country in order to maintain residents, permanent residents or naturalized citizens" stipulated in the immigration laws of various countries. One refers to the time when you have to live in another country in order to retain your immigration status; The other refers to the time you have to live in order to become a citizen.

Therefore, before immigration, we should understand the restrictive conditions of "immigration supervision" in various countries, comprehensively consider it, and obtain more rights and interests brought by immigration status with as few "restrictions" as possible. Here is a brief introduction to the relevant policies of various immigrant countries on "immigration supervision".

United States: you can keep your green card every six months 1 time.

After obtaining the American green card, the applicant only needs to enter the country 1 time every six months to keep the green card, which is a relatively easy requirement for the applicant. If you want to apply for naturalization, you need to live for two and a half years within five years.

According to the immigration law, green card residents who apply for naturalization must stay in the United States for at least two and a half years and at least six months each year within five years before applying for naturalization. If a person has left the United States for more than six months within 1 year, the remaining months cannot be counted as two and a half years of residence; If you leave America for more than 1 year, the calculation of residence time will be interrupted.

Canada: Permanent residence requires five years and two years.

Canada needs to live for two years in five years to maintain its permanent residence status, and it needs to live for three years in five years to be naturalized. According to the law, there are only three ways to meet the requirements of life:

1, I actually live in Canada;

2. Accompany a spouse with Canadian nationality to live overseas;

3. Working for a Canadian company or a Canadian government agency overseas (at this time, the time spent living abroad is also regarded as living in Canada).

Australia: Permanent residence requires five years and two years.

The conditions in Australia are relatively clear. To retain the condition of permanent residence in Australia, you must live for two years within five years. If this residence requirement cannot be met, one of the following two conditions must be met to retain immigration status:

1. Prove that you have the necessary economic, cultural and employment relationship with Australia, and this relationship is beneficial to Australia;

2. One of the family members holds a valid re-entry visa. To become a citizen, you must meet the residence requirements.

The requirement for Australian naturalization is to live for four years within five years, and it is not allowed to leave the country for more than three months in the last year before applying for naturalization.

New Zealand: 2 years 184 days.

England: 5 years, half a year.

The residence requirements for obtaining British permanent residents are one year, six months and five consecutive years. The requirement for permanent residence is to land in Britain once every two years. The requirements for naturalization residence are: you can apply for permanent residence for 9 months in any year, or you can live for 9 months every year for 5 consecutive years after you get a temporary residence permit.

Spain: 5 years, 4 years and 2 months.

It is enough to have at least one entry record within the validity period of the residence permit; But if you want to live permanently, you need to live for four years and two months within five years, otherwise it will be extended permanently. The residence requirements for Spain to retain the status of permanent resident are: short-term leaving the country for no more than six months each year within five years, and the cumulative leaving time within five years is no more than 10 months. The requirement for naturalization and residence is to continue to live for 65,438+00 years.

Portugal: 7 days a year on average.

Portugal's "immigration supervision" is divided into two parts:

1. When obtaining a green card, the "immigration supervisor" requires to live for seven days in the first year and every two years thereafter 14 days.

Second, when maintaining the green card, the requirement of "immigration supervision" is to log in 1 time every two years. The requirement for naturalization and residence is to have resident status for 6 years. Compared with the United States, Canada, Australia and other traditional immigrant countries, Portugal's residence requirements are relatively relaxed. The application threshold is also relatively low. Principal applicant 18 years old or above, with no criminal record. If he buys a property of 500,000 euros or more in Portugal, he can obtain permanent residence status.

Greece: No residence requirements.

Greece has no immigration supervisor and does not need to live for a long time. After signing, it will go to the EU member states. Greek immigration threshold is low. It only takes 250,000 euros to realize three generations of family migration, and you can freely enter and leave the EU. It is one of the most cost-effective immigration projects in European immigrant countries.

Singapore: five years, six months a year.

Applicants for Singapore investment immigrants must live in Singapore for more than 50% of the time within five years after obtaining permanent residency in Singapore, otherwise their permanent residency status will be revoked.

Italy lands every six months.

Italy's immigration project in Europe, Italy's "immigration supervisor" requires to go in the middle, it is not completely unnecessary to enter the country, and there is no actual residence time requirement. As long as you land 1 time within half a year, it is recommended to stay for 7 days. There is no specific stay time for entering Italy. After entering Italy, you can fly to other countries immediately, or you can stay for a day or a year. Because the final check is whether it meets the requirements of immigration supervision, just show your passport stamped by Italian customs.