Techman said:
While you do have to prove that you are a Canadian citizen and have no criminal record to obtain one, there is no personal information stored on the card from what I have seen and read in the local media. So I am only partially wrong.
It have
nothing to do with having a criminal record or not. You can get this "permis plus" even if you are the worst criminal possible, as long as you are a Canadian citizen living in Québec, are not prohibited to leave Canada, not officially under a jail sentence or your driver licence isn't suspended.
http://www.saaq.qc.ca/en/documents/pdf/driver_licence/licenceplus_guide.php
Nowhere do they talk about a criminal background check or fingerprinting. This isn't a visa, only an identification card. This isn't a NEXUS card either.
The card itself contain only a random identifier number. That identifier link the card to information
you provides on the forms you need to fill-out, nothing more. This information is stored elsewhere. It gives no access to anything else, including your driving record. No fingerprinting is required.
In Canada, this information is generally destroyed 2 years after the "permis plus" expires but,
in USA, it's kept 75 years!
Now, what the USA will do with this info, as far as digging deeper, nobody know. They might be able to find a criminal record but, this will be done on their own and it have nothing to do with the process involved in getting or using a "permis plus".
It is stressed a few time in the document, the "permis plus" doesn't automatically grant you access to the USA, it only positively identify you to the US Customs Agent. It's still up to that person to let you in or not. He could even seize the permit if he feels it's used fraudulently or it's invalid!
