American and Australian immigrants

Immigration supervision refers to the time that applicants need to live in the country if they want to immigrate to become permanent residents or citizens of the country. After successful citizenship, the applicant will no longer need immigration supervision.

United States:

Maintain permanent resident status (that is, green card): enter the country once every six months;

Naturalization: the applicant is at least 18 years old, has a green card in the United States for at least 5 years, has lived in the United States for at least 30 months in 5 years, and cannot leave the country for more than 183 days each year. You need to live in the United States for 3 months before submitting your application for naturalization. At present, the average processing cycle of naturalization applications is 4-6 months, and applicants cannot leave the United States during the processing of applications.

Canada:

Maintain permanent resident status (i.e. Maple Leaf Card): Maple Leaf Card is valid for 5 years and is renewed every 5 years. Applicants must have lived in Canada for two years within five years.

Naturalization: hold permanent resident status, have lived for 4 years within 6 years, and have lived for at least 183 days every 4 consecutive years.

Australia:

Maintain permanent resident status: have lived for 2 years within 5 years.

Entry: three years residence within four years.