MS Canada Application For a Permanent Resident Card

Application For a Permanent Resident Card

Send the following documents with your application. Check each box once you enclose the item

Failure to provide a fully completed application form or the necessary supporting documents will result in the return of your application Note: Any document that is not in English or French must be accompanied by the English or French translation, an affidavit from the person who completed the translation and a certified copy of the original document.

I have enclosed the following items:

Application for a Permanent Resident Card (IMM 5444), fully completed and signed.
Photocopy of one (1) primary identity document (e.g. passport). Please refer to the Instruction Guide (IMM 5445) to obtain the complete list of primary identity document.
Two (2) photos placed in a small envelope (no staples or paper clips). Photos must follow the Photograph Specifications for Permanent Resident Cards
Fees . Copy of the receipt showing the amount paid
This fully completed Document checklist

Instruction Guide (IMM 5445)

Photograph Specifications for Permanent Resident Cards.

If this applies to you, include the following documents:

You are under the age of 18: a photocopy of your birth certificate, adoption order or legal guardianship document issued by a Canadian court.
You are under the age of 18: a photocopy of your school records (report cards, transcripts, attendance records).
Proof of residency requirements : if you were outside Canada for 1095 days or more in the past five (5) years
Legal change of name: photocopy of supporting legal documentation as proof of your name change. Consult the "Legal Name Change" section in the instruction guide for detailed information
Request for a Change of Sex or Gender Identifier form (CIT 0404).

Mail your fully completed application form and all required supporting documents to:
Regular Mail:
Case Processing Centre - PR Card
P.O. Box 10020 Sydney, NS B1P 7C1

By courier:
Case Processing Centre - PR Card 49 Dorchester Street
Sydney, NS
B1P 5Z2