Renew Your Permanent Resident Card
Sunday August 12, 2007
Since December 31, 2003 Canadian permanent residents, including children, coming back to Canada by commercial vehicle - plane, boat, train or bus - have needed a Permanent Resident Card to prove their permanent resident status. The cards are issued for five years, or occasionally for only one year. When your card expires you must apply for a new Permanent Resident Card.
Five-year permanent resident cards began expiring in July 2007. If you are a permanent resident and plan to travel outside Canada, you should check the expiry date on your Permanent Resident Card. Be sure to allow enough time for your application for a new card to be processed, and apply at least two months before you plan to leave the country.
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Five-year permanent resident cards began expiring in July 2007. If you are a permanent resident and plan to travel outside Canada, you should check the expiry date on your Permanent Resident Card. Be sure to allow enough time for your application for a new card to be processed, and apply at least two months before you plan to leave the country.
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Comments
Unfortunately, 2 months is not nearly enough time. I am stuck waiting for a card to be renewed and it looks like i will not be able to take a trip to the US that i have planned at the end of the month.
New arriving immigrants get their NEW cards within 30 days, yet existing ppermanent residents have to wait. Current wait time is listed as 93 days. I mailed mine in end of August and they have not even OPENED it yet and today’s date is November 5th!
I am also dismayed that processing times for renewals of permanent resident cards are presently listed at 95 days – that is well over three months!!! My renewal application was received by the 9th of September. My papers have not even been looked at, and it appears processing time will go right into Christmas time before I can even pick up my new card. Meanwhile, my card has expired (October 19).I am virtually ’stuck’ for travel, I have an 80 year old mother living by herself in Europe who recently fell and injured herself and now I cannot make any concrete travel plans. Very distressing to say the least… New Residents get their PR cards in 30 days!!!…..Is there nothing that can be done to improve the situation? I am sure I am not alone in this!
hello – i just want to inquire regarding renewing a permanent resident card. Where can I find the form for renewal?
Thank you for your time.
Sheila,
You can download an application kit from the Citizen and Immigration site at
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/prcard.asp
How can I find the status of a renew application? already sent 3 months ago.
Natasha,
You can check on the status of a permanent resident card application renewal using CIC’s Client Application Status service at
http://services3.cic.gc.ca/ecas/ECAS.jsp
Susan
Ok. we managed to get through to immigration and that is what we got:
When they say 67 days, this only means 67 days until they_open_ the application!
After that it takes more time that nobody tracks — apparently.
Can’t believe that Canada has such a bureaucracy.
Anywhere to file a complaint about this? We have a passport renewal that depends on the card. No card, no passport, no way to exit the country. Why do immigrants have to be treated like this? Why always any immigration process has to be so humiliating?
When applying to renew my PR Card, Do i have to be in Canada? or could my son send in my application on my behalf assuming i have filled out all the required documentation.
my Pr card expired on 5th april 2007 as i had to leave for USA , unfortunately since approximately 2 years they didnot issue me the visa .My husband is in america, i m in pakistan,as my parents are old and there is noone to take care of them. what will be the best option to renew my and my sons PR card.
I got my PR card in the year 2006 and I lived in Canada for a year. Then I returned to my home country. My PR card expires in 2011, which means that soon I have to return to Canada to complete the two years out of five. Would it be a way I could renew my PR card in 2011 without acomplish being there another extra year?
I immigrated to Canada in 1987 and have lived in Canada until 2006. For the last three years I’ve been living in Ireland, but I would like to return to Canada to be close to my kids. My PR card expiried about three month ago. Can I return to Canada and renew my PR card once I’m back? Can I even renew my PR card or have I lost my status all together?