When we were living in Japan and sponsored, in-laws, we had a
resident alien card which equates to a Green card, but it was
only good in country. When you left, you had to surrender it. If
you
returned then it was on a visa until you had another sponsor
which
would allow you to stay beyond the 60 day visa. I wish we had had
a permanent card and then it would have allowed for short trips
back to the states or over to Korea for buying trips.

Leanne

"Steve" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 18:02:44 GMT, 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.