If you’re a representative receiving this message, please forward this email to
the clients you represented for their application for permanent residence until
they were approved.
We are at the end of the process for your application for permanent residence
in Canada, and based on our records, you are now in Canada. As a result,
your application has been selected for a virtual confirmation of permanent
resident (PR) status. Since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020,
IRCC had to stop some in-person services to protect the health and safety of
clients and employees. However, the Department has come up with
innovative ways to conduct business.
Please respond to this message to confirm if you are physically in Canada
now. Your response will be used to determine if you are eligible to be
confirmed as a PR. You will receive more information later about obtaining
your first PR card.
What you need to do next:
You must respond to this email within seven days indicating the following:
Tell us if you are physically in Canada with valid temporary status (i.e.
work permit, study permit, visitor visa, eTA, protected person, etc.) and
would like to be confirmed as a PR.
Tell us if you are outside of Canada
Tell us if one of your accompanying family members is outside of
Canada.
Tell us if your personal circumstances have changed
o marriage or common-law union, divorce, annulment, legal
separation o death of
the sponsor
the principal applicant or
any accompanying family member
o birth or adoption of a child, including grandchildren born to
dependent children
o you (the principal applicant) or any of your family members have
been charged or convicted of a criminal offence.
If you are inside Canada, and your personal circumstances have not
changed, IRCC will contact you regarding how to obtain your first PR card.
Note that officers maintain the discretion to convoke telephone or in-person
interviews when required.
Important notes:
Failure to declare one of the above circumstances may have serious
consequences, including loss of your PR status or loss of your ability to
bring your dependants to Canada. It is vital that you declare any
circumstances material to your application for permanent residence at
the first available opportunity.