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Address History - Should PR Card postal address be mentioned?

Rutherfords

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Sep 7, 2021
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Hi everyone!

This is towards providing my Address History on the Citizenship Application:

When we first arrived in Canada, the 'address' that we provided to receive our PR Cards, SIN and provided to the CBSA(at the airport, when we landed) was my friend's address. We did this because we had no proper address to receive the PR Card yet. While we stayed at an Airbnb for those months. And Airbnbs are not the right place to receive the PR card, because of the temporary nature of the stay.

When I look here on the govt website: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/application-forms-guides/guide-5445-applying-permanent-resident-card-card-first-application-replacement-renewal-change-gender-identifier.html#5445E5

The website says that you are not allowed to provide a 'third party's' address to receive the PR card. But we needed to provide the friends address, because we moved around in Bnbs because of how hard it is to find a good place to rent in Toronto.

On the application; should I include my friend's address(even for a few days) where I received the PR Card in the post(but did not reside at), or not mention it, and keep my Airbnb address?

Would it makes things easier if we put in an letter of explanation about the postal address for the PR card?

I would appreciate your insights.
 

rajkamalmohanram

VIP Member
Apr 29, 2015
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Hi everyone!

This is towards providing my Address History on the Citizenship Application:

When we first arrived in Canada, the 'address' that we provided to receive our PR Cards, SIN and provided to the CBSA(at the airport, when we landed) was my friend's address. We did this because we had no proper address to receive the PR Card yet. While we stayed at an Airbnb for those months. And Airbnbs are not the right place to receive the PR card, because of the temporary nature of the stay.

When I look here on the govt website: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/application-forms-guides/guide-5445-applying-permanent-resident-card-card-first-application-replacement-renewal-change-gender-identifier.html#5445E5

The website says that you are not allowed to provide a 'third party's' address to receive the PR card. But we needed to provide the friends address, because we moved around in Bnbs because of how hard it is to find a good place to rent in Toronto.

On the application; should I include my friend's address(even for a few days) where I received the PR Card in the post(but did not reside at), or not mention it, and keep my Airbnb address?

Would it makes things easier if we put in an letter of explanation about the postal address for the PR card?

I would appreciate your insights.
Answered here =>

https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/application-for-canadian-citizenship-a-comprehensive-guide.687393/post-9685494

https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/application-for-canadian-citizenship-a-comprehensive-guide.687393/post-9686261