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.
(1)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,
(2)(2) If the permanent resident does not comply with subsection (1), they must make an application for a permanent resident card in accordance with section 56.
(3)(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.