The difference between maple leaf card and immigration paper for Canadian immigrants

Immigration documents are documents that determine a person's permanent resident status in Canada. When the immigration application is approved, it will be obtained (together with the immigration visa). Immigration documents have no validity period and are permanently valid. Therefore, immigration papers should be properly kept. This document is to prove your permanent resident status in Canada.

Maple Leaf Card is a travel document for permanent residents in Canada. According to the regulations, Canadian permanent residents must show their maple leaf cards when returning to Canada by civil aviation flights or ships. Maple leaf card was acquired by new immigrants when they landed in Canada, and it is valid for 5 years. It needs to be renewed when it expires. Of course, the maple leaf card can also be used to prove the cardholder's permanent resident status, but Canadian permanent residents do not have to hold the maple leaf card. Without a maple leaf card, the expiration of the maple leaf card does not mean that a person has lost his permanent resident status in Canada.