Receiving renewed resident card

[toby]

Hi: Are the rules governing receiving a renewed permanent resident (PR) card still the same? As I understand it, the initial PR card COULD be sent to anyone in Canada, and then forwarded to the PR outside the country, but not the renewed PR card. The PR card holder must be physically present in Canada to receive a renewed PR card. Is this still the case?

My spouse resides with me abroad for the present. And we have a young boy. So requiring all of us to troupe to Canada mainly to pick up a renewed PR card would be inconvenient and expensive.

So, if the rules have changed to allow a renewal application to be submitted from abroad, and have the PR card sent to the PR abroad, I'd be interested to hear that.

 

[scylla]

PR card renewals have to be sent from within Canada (from a Canadian address).

Renewed PR cards can only be mailed to a Canadian address (CIC will not send the renewed PR card to an international address). Some percentage of individuals are also asked to pick up their cards in person (at an office located in Canada).

 

[toby]

Thanks, Scylla.

By the way, how is Charybdis? (Guess you must be tired of that one by now, eh?)

1) I think I have read in the annals of CIC that if an application is mailed from outside Canada, that is NOT grounds for rejecting the renewal application. I could look it up but perhaps someone more familiar with these matters could confirm or deny?

2) I have a post box in Canada. Wold that suffice for CIC to mail the renewed PR card?

Thanks for the information.