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Originally Posted by Bagor
No need for the sighs, I was simply responding to your assertion that they don't tell you much about the status of a foreign national. That they can tell you the status of the person's visa (temporary or permanent) is IMO more than not much. Investigate further if you so choose the ones beginning with 9, the others .... well they're permanent residents.
Your examples are more the exception than the norm.
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Ok, so we agree that all a SIN card does is suggest that a person is either a foreign national or a permanent resident. Nothing more. Even then, many new permanent residents have temproary SIN numbers because they have yet switched their new SINs over to permanent SINs.
So in this case, had the individual presented a SIN card, all the officer would be able to conclude is that the subject is most likely a foreign national. Even then, SIN cards are one of the most fraudulently used documents in Canada and it does not have any bio data or picture on it. (other than the persons name)