Permanent Resident Card: Arriving

If you are immigrating to Canada, you will receive your Permanent Resident Card by mail.

If you did not provide a mailing address when you were granted permanent resident status at either a port of entry or a local Citizenship and Immigration (CIC) office within Canada, please contact the Call Centre as soon as possible (see Contact Us at the top of this page).

You have 180 days to provide this address.

If you do not provide a mailing address within the 180 days, you will not receive the Permanent Resident Card. You will then need to send CIC an application for a Permanent Resident Card and pay a fee of C$50.

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Related Links

• About being a permanent resident