Before you start
- Use only your own government account.
- Never share government or email credentials.
- Confirm fees, deadlines and checklists when you act.
CHANGING CONDITIONS
Residence controls, photo specifications, forms, fees, processing and delivery instructions can change. A PR card is evidence of status, not the status itself.
REVIEWED STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE
Responsibilities, outputs and checkpoints
- 01RESPONSIBLEApplicant
Choose the PR-card action
Use the current IRCC page to distinguish a first card, renewal, expired/expiring card, lost/stolen/damaged replacement or information update.
- Expected output
- A dated PR-card action and current location record.
- Checkpoint
- The selected process matches the applicant’s card and presence facts.
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Build residence and travel history
Prepare exact addresses, absences, travel dates, accompanying-person or employment facts and records needed for the current residence requirement review.
- Expected output
- A continuous dated residence and travel table.
- Checkpoint
- Dates are supported by passports and records; FileNorth does not decide residence-obligation compliance.
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Prepare identity, status and photo records
Open the current checklist and prepare passport/travel documents, existing card, status/landing records, name-change or loss evidence and photos meeting the live specifications.
- Expected output
- A checklist-indexed PR-card evidence set.
- Checkpoint
- Identity details match current records and photo specifications are rechecked before submission.
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Submit the PR-card application
Complete the current online or paper process, pay IRCC directly when required and retain the package, receipt and submission confirmation.
- Expected output
- An official PR-card submission record.
- Checkpoint
- The application uses the correct action and current forms and no trip is planned on an assumed card-delivery date.
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Complete card delivery or collection
Answer IRCC requests and follow the current mail or in-person collection instructions, then verify name, status identifier, photo and expiry on the received card.
- Expected output
- A verified PR card and delivery/collection record.
- Checkpoint
- Any card error is reported through the current official process and old-card handling is completed.
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DOCUMENT PREPARATION SUMMARY
What this procedure organizes
- Prepare the current/expired/lost card facts, passport and landing/status records, continuous address/travel/absence history and residence evidence, name-change or loss records, current photos and checklist/forms, receipt and confirmation, IRCC requests, delivery/collection record and verified new card.