Application for a Permanent Resident Card (IMM 5444)

Question 1

Would you like to receive service (correspondence, interview) in English or in French?

Question 2

Write the date you became a permanent resident of Canada. This appears on your Record of Landing (IMM 1000) or Confirmation of Permanent Residence (IMM 5292 or IMM 5688).

Question 3

Check only one (1) box to identify what this application for a PR Card is for:

  • getting your first PR Card (you have not been issued one before) or
  • renewing your present PR Card (your current PR Card has or will expire) or
  • replacing a PR Card that was lost, stolen destroyed or never received.

Important information. Do not apply for a renewal of your current PR card if it is still valid for more than six (6) months (180 days), unless it is due to a legal name change. Otherwise, your application will be returned.

Section A – Personal Details

Question 4

Write your last name (surname/family name) and given name(s) as they appear on your:

  • Record of Landing (IMM 1000),
  • Confirmation of Permanent Residence (IMM 5292 or IMM 5688), or
  • last permanent resident card (include a photocopy of your last PR card in your application).

Question 5

Write your current last name (surname/family name) and given names, if different from question A-4.

Important information. You must provide supporting documents for any change in your name. See: “Legal change of name document” in the Gather Documents section.

Question 6

Check one (1) box to identify whether you are male or female.

Question 7

Write your date of birth in numerical format.

Question 8

Write the name of your country of birth.

Question 9

Write the name of your country (or countries) of citizenship. If you have dual citizenship, list your other country of citizenship in the second space provided.

Question 10

Check one (1) box to identify the colour of your eyes. If none of the options apply, write an explanation in the “other” box.

Question 11

Write your height in centimetres or in feet and inches.

Question 12

Write your residential address in Canada with postal code.

Note: All correspondence will go to this address unless you indicate your e-mail address in question14.

Question 13

Write your mailing address, with postal code, if different from the residential address in question A-12.

Note: If you provide us with a mailing address, all correspondence will be sent to this address. However, PR Cards will not be mailed to third party addresses. If you provide a third party address in Question 13, your PR Card will be sent to your residential address. PR cards will only be mailed to post office (PO) boxes if the PO box is your residential mailing address. If no residential address is provided, processing will be delayed until your residential address is provided.

Question 14

Write the contact details for where you can be reached by telephone and by e-mail, if applicable. An alternative telephone number can include a business or cellular telephone.

Note: By providing your e-mail address, you are authorizing CIC to send your information to this e-mail.

Question 15

Check the one (1) box that identifies your current marital status.

Section B – Your Immigration History

Question 16

Write the city and province in Canada, where you became a permanent resident. If your Record of Landing (IMM 1000) or Confirmation of Permanent Residence (IMM 5292 or IMM 5688) form shows the name of a port of entry (the airport or a border crossing where you became a permanent resident), please provide the name of the port of entry as it appears on your Record of Landing or Confirmation of Permanent Residence form.

Question 17

Check the box that identifies whether or not you have ever been issued a removal order in Canada. You must select either Yes or No.

Question 18

Check the box that identifies whether or not a Citizenship and Immigration Canada officer or a Canadian Border Service Agency officer has ever issued you a Report Under Subsection 44(1) or has made the decision that you have not met the residency obligations required of Canadian permanent residents. You must select either Yes or No.

Section C – Personal History

Question 19

Your Address History: You must list all your residential addresses for the past five (5) years, or since becoming a permanent resident if less than five (5) years ago. You must account for each month in this period.

Use another page if you need more space to list this information.

Question 20

Your Work and Education History: You must list all your work and education history for the past five (5) years, or since becoming a permanent resident if less than five (5) years ago. You must account for each month in this period. If you were retired, unemployed, or a homemaker for any part of the period, provide that information, including the location. If you were self-employed, you must provide details of your self-employment. Stating “not applicable” or “N/A” may result in your application being returned as incomplete.
Use another page if you need more space to list this information.

Question 21

Your Travel History: You must list all your absences from Canada in the last five (5) years, or since becoming a permanent resident if less than five (5) years ago. Fill in the dates of the period that should be assessed.

Absences include vacations, absences due to employment, trips to the USA and any other time you left Canada.

If you have been outside Canada for 1095 days or more, complete Section D. See Appendix A for more information on meeting the residency obligation.

If your absences add up to less than 1095 days, go to Section E: Consent to Disclose Information.

Use another page if you need more space to list this information.

Section D – Residency Obligation

Question 22

If you have been outside of Canada for 1095 days or more, list your absences from Canada in the past five (5) years in the situations indicated. If you became a permanent resident less than five (5) years ago, list the absences from the time you became a permanent resident to present. See Appendix A at the end of this guide.
Use another page if you need more space to list this information.

Section E – Consent to Disclose Information

Question 23

History of Entries to Canada: If you authorize CIC to collect the history of your entries into Canada from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), check ‘Yes’. If you check ‘No’, you may be asked to request your history of entries directly from the CBSA and send it to CIC which could result in processing delays.

Section F – Declaration of Applicant

Question 24

You must sign and date the application form.

  • Applicants who are less than 14 years of age: one of the applicant’s parents or legal guardian must sign the application.
  • Applicants who are 14 years of age or more but less than 18 years of age: the applicant and one of the applicant’s parents or legal guardian must sign the application.

Section G – Solemn Declaration Concerning a Lost, Stolen, Destroyed or Never Received Permanent Resident Card

Question 25

Complete this section only if you are applying to replace a lost, stolen, destroyed or never received permanent resident card.