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What happens if your Permanent Resident Card expires?

The majority of the information available regarding what happens when your Canadian permanent resident card expires relates to what happens when your permanent resident card expires inside of Canada.  The purpose of this article is to discuss what happens if your permanent resident card expires while inside of Canada. So, what happens? Not much. When [...]

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What Happens if your PR Card Expires?

Your permanent resident card, which is an important legal document that is proof of your permanent resident status in Canada, expires every five years. It’s recommended that you submit an application to renew your card as soon as you realize it is going to expire, or about six months before it expires.  But what happens [...]

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What happens if your Canadian Permanent Residency Card expires?

Canada’s immigration department recommends that permanent residents apply to renew their permanent resident cards about six months before they are set to expire, which happens every five years.  Renewing your permanent resident card is an important part of maintaining your permanent residence status in Canada, but what happens if you allow your permanent resident card [...]

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How to Renew Your Permanent Residency Card

Are you a Canadian permanent resident? You have to renew your permanent resident card before it expires. Citizenship and Immigration Canada recommends that you apply to renew your card at least six months before it is due to expire, and it may take up to three months for it to be completely processed.  Your permanent [...]

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How to Renew Your PR Card in Canada

Renewing your permanent resident card, or PR card, is something that Canadian permanent residents must do every five years as their permanent resident cards expire. Maintaining a valid permanent resident card is a requirement of being a permanent resident in Canada, because it offers proof of your permanent resident status while also allowing permanent residents [...]

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How to Renew Your Permanent Resident Card in Canada

Permanent residents in Canada are able to live and work anywhere in the country while also being able to leave and re-enter the country. However, Canadian permanent residents are not the same as Canadian citizens, so there are still some obligations they have. One of these obligations is renewing their permanent resident card every five [...]

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How Long In Advance Should I Renew My Permanent Resident Card?

Are you a permanent resident who holds a valid Canadian permanent resident card? You may have noticed that your permanent resident card has an expiry date, which means that at some point you will have to renew it. If your permanent resident card’s expiry date is approaching, you should submit an application to renew it [...]

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Make Sure You Renew Your PR Card in Advance

Your permanent resident card is an important piece of documentation that services as proof of your status in Canada. It must be kept valid at all times while you are a permanent resident of Canada, but it does have an expiry date. You will need to renew your permanent resident card (PR card) well in [...]

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Can I Renew A Canadian PR Card Before It Expires?

We are often asked how long someone who is a permanent resident of Canada should wait before they renew their PR card, or permanent resident card. If you are a permanent resident and your permanent resident card is going to expire soon, you need to act fast and renew it. There is no limit on [...]

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When should I renew my PR Card?

Permanent residents of Canada who hold a permanent resident card, or PR card, must renew these cards every five years to be sure to always have a valid PR card. Without a valid PR card, permanent residents can run into problems like being unable to re-enter Canada after traveling abroad.  But when should you renew [...]

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Renew Your Permanent Resident Card

Someone who is a legal permanent resident of Canada must meet certain obligations in order to keep their permanent resident status. One of the main obligations for keeping your permanent resident status is that you renew your permanent resident card, which needs to be done every five years.  There are two main things to keep [...]

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How to deal with a permanent resident card that has expired outside of Canada

There is a specific process for permanent residents who need to renew their permanent resident card in Canada to do so. However, one of the requirements for renewing your permanent resident card is that you are in Canada when you do so. Normally, a permanent resident needs a valid permanent resident card to return to [...]

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How to Renew Your Permanent Resident Card In Canada

Someone who is a permanent resident of Canada is obligated to keep their permanent resident card (PR Card) valid at all times. Because these Canadian permanent resident cards expire every five years, that means that you need to renew them every five years.  The procedure for renewing a permanent resident card in Canada involves creating [...]

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Renew Your PR Card in Canada

As of 2002, people who have permanent resident status in Canada are given a permanent resident card, which is also sometimes referred to as the PR card. This permanent resident card is an identity document, and a very important one – it allows you to return to Canada if you travel abroad. Many permanent residents [...]

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How to Renew a PR Card in Canada

A permanent resident card, or PR card, is also known as a Canadian green card. It is very similar to the United States green card, which is why it is referred to as such. It will allow someone to live and work in Canada as long as they make sure they maintain their permanent resident [...]

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