Immigration Services

PR CARD

The PR Card is a required document for permanent residents including children, who go abroad and then return to Canada by any commercial transporter (plane, train, boat or bus). It provides cardholders with secure proof of their permanent resident status.

You must meet the residency obligation to obtain or renew a PR card. If you have been a permanent resident for five years or more, you must have been physically present in Canada for a minimum of 730 days (2 years) within the past five years.

RESIDENCY OBLIGATION

The Immigration and Refugee Protection Act establishes residency requirements and obligations with respect to each five-year period after the granting of permanent residency status.

A permanent resident complies with the residency obligation provisions with respect to a five-year period if, for at least 730 days in that five-year period, the permanent resident is physically present in Canada, or:

is outside Canada accompanying a Canadian citizen who is his or her spouse or common-law partner or is a child accompanying a parent;
is outside Canada employed on a full-time basis by a Canadian business or in the public service of Canada or of a province;
is an accompanying spouse, common-law partner or child of a permanent resident who is outside Canada and is employed on a full-time basis by a Canadian business or in the public service of Canada or of a province.

Declaration of guarantor

Your application must have a declaration made by your guarantor that they have known you personally for at least two years, they confirm your identity and that, to the best of their knowledge and belief, all the information you submit with this application is true and accurate.

Your guarantor must be a Canadian citizen living in Canada who works in one of certain specified professional occupations.

Statutory declaration in lieu of guarantor

If you are unable to obtain a guarantor’s declaration, contact us, we can help you to complete a “Statutory Declaration in Lieu of Guarantor”.