"I'm still confused as to who needs this card, though"

Lloyd, it is for all legally landed newcomers , who have not yet become
Canadian Citizen , because of eligibility. IOW they have e.g. Greek,
Indian, Brazilian passport and have been in living Canada for 10 - 30
years with that particular nationality as a legal resident! If they want to
travel outside Canada they would be in trouble on their return into Canada.
NO CARD :-((
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c ya Wim
www.cruising.ca/thousand/f-index.html


"Lloyd Sumpter" wrote in message
...
: On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 18:02:44 +0000, Chuck Bollinger wrote:
:
: Lloyd Sumpter wrote:
:
: On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 14:09:48 +0000, Wim wrote:
:
:
: Earlier this year Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) introduced
the
: Permanent Resident Card to increase border security, improve the
integrity of
: the immigration process, and provide holders with secure proof of their
: permanent residence status when re-entering Canada.
:
:
:
: I'm a bit confused here.
:
: Is this in addition to, or in place of, a passport? And does it only
refer
: to
: "landed immigrants" or do citizens (like me) have to get one too?
:
: Just one more reason NOT to go to the US. (although I guess we'll
need them
: when going to Mexico later this winter...)
:
: I usually don't mind complaints about the US and border stuff, figuring
that
: most of the time the complaint is a fair cop (I-68 comes immediately to
mind).
: But this card is Canada's invention, not ours. If I read it correctly,
you (the
: landed immigrant) would need this card for returning from a trip to
Japan, UK,
: Mexico... wherever. There is a similar message in another thread that
tends to
: leave the same impression.
:
: It's not polite to make this look like all of this is the US's fault.
We have
: enough crap we're really guilty for - cut us some slack when we're
bystanders.
:
: Sorry if that was the impression I made.
:
: True, I don't like the US and have many reasons not to go there. But I
didn't
: mean to imply that THIS was caused by the US. Perhaps I should have said
"one
: more reason NOT to leave Canada" - would have been clearer. It really just
: results in more hassles at the border, be it from US Customs or Canadian.
: Yes, I complain about Canadian Govt too!
:
: I'm still confused as to who needs this card, though...
:
: Again, my apologies.
: Lloyd Sumpter
:
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