After Canada announced its million amnesty immigration plan this year, Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino added: "If you are working in Canada, then you will soon become a Canadian citizen!" "Although there are obstacles from the epidemic this year, there are still many people who immigrate to Canada, and they may consider naturalization and passports in the future, which is difficult to choose, in fact, comparing the difference between permanent residence and naturalization, and the impact of the two on future planning, it is clear."
Permanent residence, commonly known as getting PR (Permanent Resident), refers to the meaning of permanent residence in the country, and the common saying is to take a "maple leaf card", or take an Australian "green card" and so on. The "card" here refers to a permanent residence permit granted to an individual by the country, which is used to prove that the person has permanent resident status in the country and enjoys the right of permanent residence in the country. After obtaining the right of permanent residence, individuals can enjoy the rights and benefits of living, working, doing business, investing, educating and other residents of the country as residents of the country, and also bear the basic obligations of various types of residents such as tax payment.
Naturalization, on the other hand, refers to the nationality of a certain country and becoming a citizen of a certain country. Upon naturalization, a new nationality, citizenship and passport are obtained. In addition to the rights and obligations enjoyed by the permanent residence status, you can also enjoy additional rights and conveniences, such as the right to vote and be elected; do not need to sit in immigration prison to continue the permanent residence status; you can also enjoy the visa-free treatment given by other countries to the passport holders of the country, although the visa-free residence time is not long, but it is a lot of cost savings for frequent travelers.
In addition to the above advantages, Canadians have two unique places, which may also be a shining point for individuals. Canada is often referred to as America's back garden, but it's not for nothing. Thanks to the North American Free Trade Agreement, having Canadian citizenship can not only be visa-free in the United States, but also have a fast track to find a job in the United States; on the other hand, whether in China or the United States, citizens need to file taxes with the state on global income, while Canada is different. To become a non-tax resident of Canada, reduce your residency links. However, this does not apply to people who only get a PR, because to maintain their status, they need to sit in immigration prison, which has to make contact, and this restriction does not exist after becoming a Canadian citizen.
Canada's definition of tax residency is more about your residency in Canada than directly related to your Canadian status.
In fact, it is not easy to become a Canadian, you need to meet a certain length of residence, language and other requirements, and then put forward a naturalization application, the whole process is relatively long, some people will obtain citizenship by the way, some people can not meet the residence time, it is not naturalized, they get the MAPLE leaf card after the identity is still a Chinese citizen, but also hold a Chinese passport, visa-free treatment is still in accordance with the Chinese passport implementation, but then go to Canada does not need to apply for a separate visa.
Although our country does not recognize dual nationality, but conceal multiple identities, living in the country is not a minority, many people do not understand why no one to "do" them, in fact, look at the nationality law to understand. If you have only the point of voluntarily joining or acquiring foreign nationality, but do not settle abroad, you are not recognized as having foreign citizenship.
Customers do not care whether they are naturalized or not, but naturalization with their children after immigration has become one of the most common purposes of immigration.
Countries around the world have three systems for birth citizenship:
First, the geographical principle, that is, the principle of place of birth, refers to the country in which a baby is born, that is, the country in which it becomes a citizen; this is the legendary landing nationality.
2. The principle of kinship, i.e. the automatic acquisition of the nationality of the infant by his or her father or mother at birth, independent of the place of birth;
The principle of hybridity, i.e., the principle of descent and the principle of place of birth, are combined to determine the nationality of the baby born.
Australia implements the geopolitical principle of restriction, while the United States and Canada follow the geopolitical principle of unconditional restriction, as long as the child is born on the territory of the country, it can automatically acquire nationality, even if the child's parents are not permanent residents or citizens. The child's parents are all Chinese, the child is born in the local automatic naturalization, they can grow up to be both overseas famous schools as a goal, but also can be a Chinese famous school as a target. In the process of growing up, such children often receive an education of both Chinese and Western cultures, although they are hard, they can be more easily admitted to China's famous schools, why? Because of the status of overseas Chinese students, domestic colleges and universities basically have overseas Chinese student quotas.
The admission probability of applying for a famous domestic school as an overseas Chinese student is much higher than that of the annual college entrance examination. "College entrance examination immigration" not only appears in China, in fact, it has long risen to the international height, the cost is higher, and the time for parents to lay out is earlier, such as the Greek house buying project that you often hear about. At the previous exchange meeting we held in Chengdu, the parents who audited the overseas Chinese student program were the most, and the whole audience was full. This kind of money to achieve "overtaking in curves" may feel unfair to some people, but it is indeed a legal and compliant way to this day.
Whether I am naturalized or not also depends on the individual, although I myself took the Australian green card as early as 2003, I have not yet joined the Australian nationality.