PR Card or PRTD Checklist

This is an initial checklist for submitting a Permanent Resident (PR) card or a Permanent Resident Travel Document (PRTD) application.

• [] Valid Passport – all biography, signature pages and pages with any visa and stamps (if applicable)
• [] All Previous Passports – all biography, signature pages and pages with any visa and stamps (if applicable)
• [] Complete the Applicant Details Form at YCI.co website
• [] Complete the Family Information Form at YCI.co website
• [] Landing Paper (Confirmation of Permanent Residence)
• [] PR Card (if available)

To Replace: a photo of your destroyed PR Card

If PR Card is lost: provide a copy of a police report

• [] PR Card Photos (for PR Card applications only), see specifications

For online applications, we need a scan of front and back of photographs

• [] Representative Submission Letter (to be provided by YCI before submission)
• [] Use of Representative Form IMM5476 (to be provided by YCI before submission)
• [] Country Specific Requirements, please check here

For Minor Applicants

• [] A photocopy of birth certificate, adoption order or legal guardianship document issued by a Canadian court; or
• [] A photocopy of school records (report cards, transcripts, attendance records)
• [] Authorization for travel for unaccompanied minors (for PRTD applications only)

Overseas Time Less than 1095 days #

Residency Obligation Documents (minimum two required)

• [] Employment records or pay stubs
• [] Bank statements
• [] Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) Notice of Assessment for the five (5) years immediately before the application
• [] Evidence that you received benefits from Canadian government programs
• [] Rental agreements
• [] Club membership

Overseas Time More than 1095 days #

If your time spent outside of Canada is more than 1095 days, you may count these days towards residency obligations.

Situation A. Employment outside Canada #

• [] A letter signed by an official of the business that confirms:
  • position and title of signing official;
  • nature of business and how it fits the description of a Canadian business; and
  • details of assignment overseas, such as length, confirmation of full-time employment, a description of position profile regarding the assignment
  • that you will continue working with the employer after assignment ends
  • that the business was not created mainly for the purpose of meeting your residency obligations

Other documents recommended to include

• [] Articles of incorporation and business licences
• [] Partnership agreements or corporate annual reports
• [] Corporate Canadian Income Tax Notices of Assessment or financial statements
• [] Copies of the Employee Assignment Agreement or Contract
• [] Copies of any agreements between the Canadian business and the business or client outside Canada concerning your assignment to that client or business

Situation B. Accompanying a Canadian citizen outside Canada #

You may count each day you accompanied a Canadian citizen outside Canada as long as this person is your spouse, common-law partner or parent (if you were a child under 19 years of age before October 24, 2017 or under 22 years of age after October 24, 2017).

• [] All passports or other travel documents that the person you are accompanying used in the five (5) years before the application
• [] Documents showing the citizenship of the person you are accompanying, including the date the person became a Canadian citizen
• [] Proof of the residential addresses of the person you are accompanying for the five (5) years before the application
• [] Marriage licence or proof of common-law partnership (if you are accompanying a spouse or common-law partner)
• [] Child’s birth certificate, baptismal document, or adoption or legal guardianship document (if you are accompanying a parent)

Situation C. Accompanying a permanent resident outside Canada #

You may count each day you accompanied a permanent resident outside Canada as long as:

• the person you accompanied is your spouse, common-law partner or parent (if you were a child under 19 years of age before October 24, 2017 or under 22 years of age after October 24, 2017); and
• the person was employed on a full-time basis by a Canadian business or in the public service of Canada or of a province or territory during the time you accompanied them.

• [] Documents showing the person you are accompanying meets the residency obligation
• [] All passports or other travel documents the person you are accompanying used in the five (5) years before the application
• [] Marriage licence or proof of common-law partnership (if you are accompanying a permanent resident spouse or common-law partner
• [] Child’s birth certificate, baptismal document, or adoption or legal guardianship document (if you are accompanying a permanent resident parent)

Humanitarian and Compassionate Grounds #

• [] A detailed letter of explanation requesting considerations on humanitarian and compassionate grounds:
  • what prevented you from returning earlier
  • best interest of a child (if applicable)
  • circumstances and how they were beyond your control
  • minors below 22 years, what attempts you made since turning 22
  • what unusual and undeserved, or disproportionate hardships you would face if you lost your permanent resident status
• [] Supporting documents to your letter of explanation

Other Documents Recommended #

• [] School or employment records
• [] Canadian Income Tax Notice of Assessment (NOA) for the past 2 to 5 years
• [] Association or club memberships
• [] T4 slips
• [] Pay statements

Signature Authorization (optional): please provide a good-quality clear copy of your signature on a plain white paper with a blue ball pen. This will allow us to digitally insert your signature, saving trees and time. Alternatively, you may decide to manually sign the application forms and send us scan or paper copies.