Once a person gets the permanent residency of canada they will receive the permanent resident card or PR card as a proof of their PR as it has to been shownto the officials on every re-entry to canada through plane, train, bus etc as well as to avail special social benefits from the canadian government .
Many a times people confuses the maintaing of PR for the eligibility of getting canadian citizenship though they are bit common but differ in eligibility criteria moreover, they shall make sure that they maintain their PR status during the processing of the canadian citizenship application.
