PR Card Alter Address: How to Notify the CIC of Address Modify

By Michael Niren September 21, 2012 (Updated August xi, 2020) 1 min. read

One of the benefits of beingness a permanent resident in Canada is that you tin can live and work anywhere in the country! However, your permanent resident carte du jour (also called a PR card) that serves as secure proof of your status in Canada, must take your current address on it. If y'all move or change your address, you lot will also take to change your address on your permanent resident card.

How to modify the address on your permanent resident carte du jour

In order to modify the accost on your permanent resident card, you must contact Citizenship and Clearing Canada. You tin can telephone call them at 1-888-242-2100, or you may notify them of a alter of address via snail post. Y'all may also be eligible to change your accost using the online service.

You lot are expected to notify Citizenship and Immigration Canada of your alter of accost about three weeks before you move. When you lot change your address with Citizenship and Immigration Canada, information technology takes about 15 days for the change to appear in your file.

What if I have Just Arrived in Canada and Received my address?

If you take just arrived in Canada for the kickoff fourth dimension equally a permanent resident, there is a dissimilar method for you. A permanent resident who is irresolute their accost would submit a Alter of Address to Citizenship and Clearing Canada, while a permanent resident who has just landed in Canada will submit an Accost Notification to Citizenship and immigration Canada.

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