The application for Maple Leaf Card must be made in China, and the applicant must provide a guarantor who lives in Canada. The guarantor must be a Canadian citizen and have known the applicant for more than two years.

Whether you apply for a maple leaf card for the first time or apply for a second maple leaf card at the expiration of the next five years, you must pass the "residence test" and live for two years in the five years before the application.

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Canada's maple leaf card policy was officially implemented on June 28, 2002.

A new plastic card the size of a wallet has many security functions. The card has laser-printed photos and signatures, and contains the cardholder's appearance characteristics, such as gender, height and eye color. Moreover, the Maple Leaf Card contains a high-tech design that is more accurate than the bank financial card tape, and contains all the data needed for permanent resident identification. Only authorized officials can read these data and will not be used to track the activities of cardholders, so the privacy of cardholders is guaranteed.

The Canadian Maple Leaf Card is valid for five years from the date of issuance. However, under some special circumstances, if the applicant loses his permanent resident status after failing to fulfill his obligation of staying abroad, the applicant can apply for a one-year maple leaf card. From June 5438+1 October12004, maple leaf cards will completely replace the old immigration paper, and get rid of the troubles of being too large to carry, being easily altered, photocopied or fraudulently used.

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