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IRPRPART 5 Permanent ResidentsDIVISION 1 Permanent Resident Cards
r.58

Providing address within 180 days

Permanent Residents
🍁 In Simple Terms

After becoming a permanent resident, you have 180 days to provide the Department with your Canadian mailing address so your PR card can be sent to you. If the officer asks, you may also need to submit a compliant photograph and your signature within that same window.

Affects: Foreign nationals and permanent residents in Canada
Legal Text: IRPR Regulation 58

(1)In order to allow the Department to provide a permanent resident card, a permanent resident referred to in paragraph 53(1)(a) must provide to the Department, within 180 days after the day on which they become a permanent resident, their address in Canada and, on the request of an officer, (a)a photograph of the permanent resident that satisfies the requirements of subparagraphs 56(2)(e)(i) and (iii) to (vii); and (b)the signature of the permanent resident or, if the permanent resident is a child less than 14 years of age, the signature of one of their parents unless(i)a Canadian court has made another person responsible for the child, in which case the signature of that person must be provided, or(ii)the parents are deceased, in which case the signature of the person legally responsible for the child must be provided.

Attendance required

(3)A permanent resident who applies for a permanent resident card under section 56 must, in order to be provided with the card, attend at the time and place specified in a notice mailed by the Department. If the permanent resident fails to attend within 180 days after the Department first mails a notice, the card shall be destroyed and the applicant must make a new application in order to be issued a permanent resident card.

Cross-References
In Practice
Official Source: Justice Canada: IRPR r. 58 (authoritative, may differ from this display)
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