Get a permanent resident card
While traveling, use a permanent resident (PR) card to prove you’re a PR when you come back to Canada. Apply for a PR card or travel document, get urgent processing or check the status of your application.
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Permanent resident status
How to get a PR card, permanent resident rights, losing or renouncing your permanent resident status
Apply for, renew or replace a PR card
Eligibility, application forms and how to apply for, replace or renew a PR card
Change your address
Submit or update your address to get your PR card
Correct a mistake
Eligibility, how to apply and why your name may be shortened
Get a PR photo
Photo size, what can and can’t be worn and who can take a photo
Permanent resident travel document
Eligibility and how to return to Canada without a valid PR card
Urgent processing
Eligibility, processing times and how to apply if you are inside or outside Canada
Check application status
Sponsorship, permanent resident and citizenship status by your identification number, name, date and place of birth
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