Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (SOR/2002-227)

Marginal note:Applicants

• 57 (1) Subject to subsection (3), every person who applies for a permanent resident card must make and sign the application on their own behalf.

• Marginal note:Minor applicants 14 years of age or more

  (2) The application of a child who is 14 years of age or more but less than 18 years of age must be signed by the applicant and one of their parents unless

  • (a) a Canadian court has made another person responsible for the child, in which case that person must co-sign the application; or

  • (b) the parents are deceased, in which case the person legally responsible for the child must co-sign the application.

• Marginal note:Minor applicants less than 14 years of age

  (3) The application of a child who is less than 14 years of age must be signed by one of their parents unless

  • (a) a Canadian court has made another person responsible for the child, in which case that person must sign the application; or

  • (b) the parents are deceased, in which case the person legally responsible for the child must sign the application.