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PR card renewal — document checklist
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PR card renewal — document checklist
Every document an officer will look for, grouped in the order they are read. The ones marked refusal risk are where these applications actually fail — a complete file is not the same as a persuasive one.
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Identity
Who is this person, and is the story consistent?Where files fail here: Names, dates or passport details that disagree across documents.
Application and checklist forms
IMM 5444 with the IMM 5644 document checklist, and the $50 fee receipt. A missing checklist is a returned application.
Current or expired PR card
Or an explanation if it was lost or stolen.
Passport pages showing entries and exits
Stamps corroborate the travel history you declared.
One photo, taken within 12 months
To IRCC’s digital specification, front and back images. A frequent cause of returned applications.
Eligibility
Do they meet this program's bar, on paper?Where files fail here: A requirement evidenced by assertion instead of a document.
Travel history for the last five years
The 730-day residency obligation is assessed from this, and the days need not be consecutive. Every absence goes in the table. Errors here are the usual problem.
Two pieces of evidence of presence in Canada
Pay stubs, bank statements, CRA notices of assessment, leases or school records that place you here.
Evidence for any exception claimed
Days abroad accompanying a Canadian-citizen spouse count, as does full-time work for a Canadian business — but the regulations exclude a business created mainly to let permanent residents meet the obligation. Document it properly.
General information, not legal advice. This checklist is prepared by CHK Immigration Services Inc. and was checked against the Government of Canada’s published requirements on the date shown. Requirements change and vary by case, and IRCC generates a personalised document list for many applications — where that list or canada.ca differs from this document, they govern.
Lead times are planning estimates, not guarantees. Police certificates and credential assessments in particular vary widely by country and provider. IRCC makes all final decisions.
CHK Immigration Services Inc. is an immigration consultancy with offices in Brampton and London, Ontario. Our consultants are regulated by the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants (CICC). Nothing in this document creates a client–consultant relationship.
Current version: https://chkimmigration.ca/checklists/pr-card
Checked against the official IRCC page for this application in September 2026. Where that page disagrees with anything here, it wins. General information, not legal advice. Lead times are planning estimates, not guarantees — police certificates and credential assessments in particular vary widely by country and provider. IRCC also generates a personalised checklist for many applications, and that list governs. IRCC makes all final decisions.
Having the documents is not the same as having a persuasive file.
Every item above can be present and correct and the application can still be refused — on intent, on a date that does not reconcile, or on a lead time that ran out. A licensed consultant reads it the way an officer will.
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