55. A permanent resident card shall only be provided
or issued in Canada.
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56.(2) An application for a permanent resident card
made by an applicant
referred to in paragraph 53(1)(b) and an application
for a new permanent
resident card must be made in Canada and include:
(a) an application form that contains the following
information, namely:
(i) the applicant's name and date and place of
birth,
(ii) the applicant's gender, height and eye
colour,
(iii) the date on which and the place where the
applicant became a
permanent resident,
(iv) the applicant's mailing address,
(v) the addresses of all of the applicant's places
of residence during the
previous five years,
(vi) the names and addresses of the applicant's
employers and educational
institutions attended, during the previous five years,
(vii) the periods during the previous five years
that the applicant was
absent from Canada,
(viii) the name, address and telephone number of
the applicant's guarantor,
(ix) whether a report under subsection 44(1) of
the Act has been made in
respect of the applicant or whether a decision was
made outside of Canada that
they have failed to comply with the residency
obligation under section 28 of
the Act, and
(x) whether the applicant has lost their permanent
resident status or has
been issued a removal order;
(b) subject to subsection (3), a declaration on the
application form that is
signed by the guarantor and states that
(i) they know the applicant personally,
(ii) they confirm the identity of the applicant,
and
(iii) to the best of their knowledge and belief,
the information on the
form is true and accurate;
(c) a certified copy of
(i) the passport currently held by the applicant
or held by the applicant
at the time they became a permanent resident,
(ii) a certificate of identity issued to the
applicant by the Minister of
Foreign Affairs, or
(iii) refugee travel papers issued to the
applicant by the Minister of
Foreign Affairs;
(d) a certified copy of
(i) the form IMM1000, entitled "Record of
Landing", held by the applicant,
(ii) a provincial driver's license held by the
applicant,
(iii) a photo-identity card held by the applicant
and issued by a province,
(iv) a student card held by the applicant and
issued by a provincially
accredited college or university, or
(v) the most recent notice of assessment within
the meaning of the Income
Tax Act received in relation to the applicant's income
tax return; and
(e) two identical photographs that
(i) were taken not more than 12 months before the
application was made,
(ii) are signed by the guarantor,
(iii) are in black and white or colour on
single-sheet mat paper,
(iv) show a full front view of the applicant's
head and shoulders and have
a white background,
(v) have a view of the applicant's head that is at
least 25 mm (one inch)
and at most 35 mm (1.375 inches) in length,
(vi) show the applicant's face unobscured by
sunglasses or any other
object, and
(vii) have a dimension of 35 mm (1.375 inches) by
45 mm (1.75 inches).
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56 (3) An applicant who is unable to provide a
guarantor's declaration must
include a statutory declaration in which the applicant
states that they are
unable to provide a guarantor's declaration and gives
the reasons for being
unable to do so.
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58. Permanent residents who obtained status under
former Act
(3) A permanent resident who applies for a permanent
resident card under
subsection 56(2) must, within 180 days after the
Department mails notification
that the permanent resident card is prepared, attend
at the place specified in
the notice to be provided with the permanent resident
card. If the permanent
resident fails to attend, or the Department is unable
to otherwise deliver the
card, the card shall be destroyed and the applicant
must make a new application
in order to be issued a permanent resident card.
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As you can see the last section above says that
applied for in Canada and
issued PR Card must be picked up in person within 180
days.
