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Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations

Version of section 58 from 2014-05-29 to 2024-02-20:


Marginal note:Providing address within 180 days

  •  (1) In order to allow the Department to provide a permanent resident card, a permanent resident referred to in paragraph 53(1)(a) must provide to the Department, within 180 days after the day on which they become a permanent resident, their address in Canada and, on the request of an officer,

    • (a) a photograph of the permanent resident that satisfies the requirements of subparagraphs 56(2)(e)(i) and (iii) to (vii); and

    • (b) the signature of the permanent resident or, if the permanent resident is a child less than 14 years of age, the signature of one of their parents unless

      • (i) a Canadian court has made another person responsible for the child, in which case the signature of that person must be provided, or

      • (ii) the parents are deceased, in which case the signature of the person legally responsible for the child must be provided.

  • Marginal note:Issuance after 180 days

    (2) If the permanent resident does not comply with subsection (1), they must make an application for a permanent resident card in accordance with section 56.

  • Marginal note:Attendance required

    (3) A permanent resident who applies for a permanent resident card under section 56 must, in order to be provided with the card, attend at the time and place specified in a notice mailed by the Department. If the permanent resident fails to attend within 180 days after the Department first mails a notice, the card shall be destroyed and the applicant must make a new application in order to be issued a permanent resident card.

  • Marginal note:Document verification

    (4) When attending in accordance with subsection (3), a permanent resident must produce the original documents copies of which were included in their application as required by paragraphs 56(2)(c) and (d).

  • SOR/2004-167, s. 17
  • SOR/2014-139, s. 2

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