Restoration of One's Public Relations Credentials

All permanent resident cards have a 5-year validity period. A new PR card can be requested if the current one expires in less than nine months. If your permanent resident card ever expires, you will still be considered a permanent resident. An expedited renewal of your PR card can be completed in as little as 48 business hours. Renewing your permanent resident card requires a $50 fee. If your PR Card needs to be renewed, you can do so by paying online and printing out a receipt to submit with your application. Photos submitted with the application must conform to the application's photo requirements to avoid rejection.

Renewal of Permanent Resident Cards:

All of the following conditions must be met before you can apply for a PR card renewal:

1. Canadian citizen or permanent resident
2. You must be in Canada in person.
3. Not subject to an active order of removal
4. Having no prior criminal convictions
5. Ineligible to be an Indian in Canada under the Indian Act and not a Canadian citizen
6. Possessing evidence of a misplaced or stolen PR card

How to Renew Your Permanent Resident Card

Form IMM 5444e and supporting documentation must be submitted for permanent resident card renewal. Here are the necessary forms:

1. The validity of your original PR card has lapsed or will lapse soon. You can keep using your expired card until your replacement is sent to you.
2. Documentation of a PR card's loss or theft
3. A photocopy of your current, valid passport or other acceptable travel document Documents copied must be legible.
4. Get your pictures in order per the manual's photo requirements.
5. Some other form of identification may be necessary.
6. Documentation demonstrating that you have no outstanding criminal convictions
7. Extra Paperwork That May Be Needed:

You may also be asked to provide additional documentation, such as:

1. Documentation proving continuous residency, in copy
2. A photocopy of your official id, which can be anything from a driver's license to a student ID to a passport.
3. Recent financial records
4. If the applicant is younger than 18, a copy of his or her birth certificate.

Required Paperwork to Renew Permanent Resident Card

People frequently fail to realize that they are eligible for Canadian citizenship and do not need to renew their PR card because they have overestimated their length of physical presence in the country. However, the following documents are typically required for the PR card renewal application:

1. Current copy of Permanent Resident (PR) Card
2. Government-issued identification papers for verifying identities
   • License to Drive in Current Form
   • If you have obtained the necessary travel documents to re-enter Canada after your PR card has expired, please submit a copy of those documents as well.
   • a photocopy of your passport or another acceptable travel document from your country of origin if you do not possess a
3. 02 Photographs submitted with the application that adhere to the PR card's photo specification requirements i e 50mm x 70 mm (do not use a stapler or paperclip; instead, enclose any accompanying photographs in a sealed envelope).
4. Evidencio de que estás cumpliendo con las condiciones de residencia necesarias para e Duration of Canadian residency during the past five years: 2 Submit paperwork proving that you do not meet residency requirements if you are not currently:
   • If you are the spouse or common-law partner of a Canadian citizen, you may have been out of the country with them. You'll need to show proof of your relationship to your Canadian partner and his or her citizenship documents. e Documentation of your marriage or common-law relationship, as well as additional evidence that your Canadian citizen spouse or common-law partner accompanied you throughout your entire time away from the country.
   • documents showing that you or your spouse are full-time employees of a Canadian business or that you were accompanying a spouse partner who is a permanent resident of Canada and working full-time for a Canadian business during your entire absence from Canada employed by is headquartered in Canada and is managed and run primarily from within that country. Again, if your spouse has a job with a Canadian firm, you'll need to show proof of your marriage. e Documentation of your marriage or common-law partnership, as well as additional evidence that your partner was present throughout your time away from Canada.

Humanitarian and Compassionate (H&C) grounds for the PR card renewal application (if applicable) can be used if you do not have proof of having accompanied a Canadian citizen abroad or of having worked for a Canadian business while abroad.

It is imperative that certified translations be submitted alongside any documents that are not written in English or French.

How to update your Permanent Resident Card and where to send your renewal application:

Sydney, Nova Scotia's Case Processing Centre (CPC) handles renewal requests for permanent resident cards. Submission methods for renewal of permanent resident cards result in slightly different mailing addresses.

• If you prefer to use snail mail to renew your Permanent Resident Card, please send your application to:

Location: Case Processing Centre - Permanent Resident Card P O Canada; Sydney; PO Box 10020; B1P 7C1

• If you wish to renew your Permanent Resident Card via courier, please send it to the following address.

Mailing Address: Case Processing Centre - PR Card 49 Dorchester Street Sydney Nova Scotia B1P 5Z2 Canada

Renewal of Permanent Resident Cards Processing Time:

This whole procedure will take around 90 days. Within 45 days, new PR cards can be issued. Accurate processing times can be found on the IRCC website. Depending on the backlog at IRCC, processing can take anywhere from 6 months to a full year for more complex cases.  

Replacement Cost of Permanent Resident Card:

If you need to renew your Permanent Resident card, you'll need to pay $50. Make sure you are qualified to renew your PR card before paying the non-refundable application fee. The PR card itself has an expiration date, but the status of permanent resident itself does not. Avoid having your entire application package returned by ensuring that it is complete.

Details on how to send in your PR card renewal fee:

Each day, we fielded questions from applicants who were filing their own PR card renewal applications about how to pay the C$50 fee for the PR Card renewal. This fee is typically paid online from the client's login id when working with an immigration law firm or immigration consultant to renew a permanent resident card, but a regular citizen who wants to submit the application on his own can do so by searching for the phrase "Permanent Residence Documents Online Payment." To renew a PR card, applicants can use a search engine to find CIC's e-pay services, where they can choose the appropriate fee based on the number of applicants. To use this electronic payment service, a user must first register for an account, which can be done with an email address, or log in to an already existing account, if one has been set up in the past. After a successful transaction, a receipt is typically sent to the payer's email address, and paper copies can be obtained directly from their account.

Where do I go to get my new PR card?

You will receive your card in the mail if you are a permanent resident of Canada. You may be required to pick it up from a regional IRCC office, however. If your mailing address has recently changed, be sure to let IRCC know. You risk having your card destroyed if you don't claim it within 180 days. You won't get it mailed to you if you live outside of Canada; instead, you'll have to pick it up in person once you've arrived. However, if your PR card expires before you return to Canada, you'll need to apply for a permanent resident travel document. Please note that this is only good for a single re-entry into the country in order to renew your PR card.

The Situation If You Have Not Received Your Permanent Resident Card Yet

A minimum of six weeks is required before you can expect to receive your card in the mail. If you haven't received your PR card in the mail after six weeks, you can check in with IRCC about the status of your renewal application.

Please note that this time frame only applies to applications where the resident applicant has met the residency requirement for PR, and that processing time for applications where the resident applicant has not met the residency requirement may vary depending on the complexity of the application.

We can help you understand the PR Card Renewal Process and determine whether or not you are eligible to renew your PR card based on your PR residency status. For years, the Visa Canada Team has successfully processed even the most difficult immigration petitions.