Never received first PR card

[KellyRogers]

I landed in in Canada May 2022 with COPR. Due to unforeseen medical circumstances back home, I had to depart the country shortly after landing. I’ve now got a PRTD issued for me to renter Canada, which I plan on using this month

I never received my first PR card to the address I gave the immigration officer when landing, I’m assuming this was because I’d left the country and they must have known. Does anyone know if this is true? When I land again into Canada, I will reapply for a new card.

The biggest issue I have is that Service Canada require an in date (within a year of landing) COPR or a valid PR card to issue a SIN. With my COPR now invalid and my PR card not yet received, I’ve no way of working until I get my PR card.

Does anyone know how long a PR card can take when I never received my first? Does anyone know why the first wouldn’t have arrive and if it was in fact to do with the fact I left the country?

I am nervous to just sit and wait in Canada for an elusive card just to be able to start life! I have a job transfer that wants me to start working on July 15th but that looks like it’s going to need to be pushed back.

 

[scylla]

I landed in in Canada May 2022 with COPR. Due to unforeseen medical circumstances back home, I had to depart the country shortly after landing. I’ve now got a PRTD issued for me to renter Canada, which I plan on using this month

I never received my first PR card to the address I gave the immigration officer when landing, I’m assuming this was because I’d left the country and they must have known. Does anyone know if this is true? When I land again into Canada, I will reapply for a new card.

The biggest issue I have is that Service Canada require an in date (within a year of landing) COPR or a valid PR card to issue a SIN. With my COPR now invalid and my PR card not yet received, I’ve no way of working until I get my PR card.

Does anyone know how long a PR card can take when I never received my first? Does anyone know why the first wouldn’t have arrive and if it was in fact to do with the fact I left the country?

I am nervous to just sit and wait in Canada for an elusive card just to be able to start life! I have a job transfer that wants me to start working on July 15th but that looks like it’s going to need to be pushed back.

Estimated processing time for replacement card is currently 73 days: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/check-processing-times.html

Yoiu can try requesting urgent processing: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/new-immigrants/pr-card/apply-renew-replace/urgent.html

 

[iSaidGoodDay]

I landed in in Canada May 2022 with COPR. Due to unforeseen medical circumstances back home, I had to depart the country shortly after landing. I’ve now got a PRTD issued for me to renter Canada, which I plan on using this month

I never received my first PR card to the address I gave the immigration officer when landing, I’m assuming this was because I’d left the country and they must have known. Does anyone know if this is true? When I land again into Canada, I will reapply for a new card.

The biggest issue I have is that Service Canada require an in date (within a year of landing) COPR or a valid PR card to issue a SIN. With my COPR now invalid and my PR card not yet received, I’ve no way of working until I get my PR card.

Does anyone know how long a PR card can take when I never received my first? Does anyone know why the first wouldn’t have arrive and if it was in fact to do with the fact I left the country?

I am nervous to just sit and wait in Canada for an elusive card just to be able to start life! I have a job transfer that wants me to start working on July 15th but that looks like it’s going to need to be pushed back.

It is relatively common to never receive a PR card that was mailed by IRCC. You need to contact IRCC, they'll send you a form to fill and mail. They usually tell you how much time it could possibly take. They told my spouse that they were processing September's PR card requests in Jan, so they told us that we should expect ours by April or later. We got my spouse's PR card in March though, so roughly the same.

 

[NoCardForMe]

You need to contact IRCC, they'll send you a form to fill and mail.

Every time I've contacted the IRCC they would get back to me 3 months or so later, and give me a copy-pasted response telling me to essentially keep waiting.
Any application I submit gets blackholed. It has been nearly 3 years

 

[nzkko]

Every time I've contacted the IRCC they would get back to me 3 months or so later, and give me a copy-pasted response telling me to essentially keep waiting.
Any application I submit gets blackholed. It has been nearly 3 years

Did you try the solemn declaration? https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/application-forms-guides/solemn-declaration-lost-stolen-destroyed-never-received-permanent-resident-card.html

 

[iSaidGoodDay]

Every time I've contacted the IRCC they would get back to me 3 months or so later, and give me a copy-pasted response telling me to essentially keep waiting.
Any application I submit gets blackholed. It has been nearly 3 years

Don't know what world you live in, but when I contacted them last in Jan 2024, I was able to talk to to them and get the form. I don't believe it is possible that they kept you waiting for 3 years. At best, this is another "I got this,..."

 

[NoCardForMe]

Did you try the solemn declaration?

I've faxed one of those, yeah :/

when I contacted them last in Jan 2024, I was able to talk to to them and get the form

Every time I've contacted them I would only receive a response after a few months of waiting, and their response would just redirect me to checking the status on their web portal.

Trying to add the applications to GCKey would also result in "No applications found"

 

[iSaidGoodDay]

I've faxed one of those, yeah :/


Every time I've contacted them I would only receive a response after a few months of waiting, and their response would just redirect me to checking the status on their web portal.

Trying to add the applications to GCKey would also result in "No applications found"

I was never able to add my PR card application to GCKey either, but I was able to call and check my status. If they are not helping you over the call, reach out to your MP and get the help you need.

 

[YVR123]

Every time I've contacted the IRCC they would get back to me 3 months or so later, and give me a copy-pasted response telling me to essentially keep waiting.
Any application I submit gets blackholed. It has been nearly 3 years

Did you try calling them?