Is the PR Card a necessity? and if so, how to apply for card when
Primary Identity is not available (nor what is mentioned under exceptions)
Secondary Identity is available
Resident for over 25 years.
(governement page)
Primary ID:
One (1) primary identity document
A copy of one of the following:
your valid passport or travel document, or
the passport or travel document you held at the time you became a permanent resident (including your passport's page that was stamped when you arrived in Canada and became a permanent resident), or
the certificate of identity or travel document issued by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada or a foreign country.
Note: The copy should show the document type and number, issue and expiry date, your name, photo and date of birth.
Under exceptional circumstances, if it is impossible for you to obtain any of the above you must provide a:
copy of any identity document issued outside Canada before you came to Canada,
or
statutory declaration signed by you attesting to your identity and a statutory declaration also attesting to your identity signed by:
a person who knew you before you came to Canada (such as a family member) or
an official of an organization representing people from your country of nationality or former residence.
Primary Identity is not available (nor what is mentioned under exceptions)
Secondary Identity is available
Resident for over 25 years.
(governement page)
Primary ID:
One (1) primary identity document
A copy of one of the following:
your valid passport or travel document, or
the passport or travel document you held at the time you became a permanent resident (including your passport's page that was stamped when you arrived in Canada and became a permanent resident), or
the certificate of identity or travel document issued by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada or a foreign country.
Note: The copy should show the document type and number, issue and expiry date, your name, photo and date of birth.
Under exceptional circumstances, if it is impossible for you to obtain any of the above you must provide a:
copy of any identity document issued outside Canada before you came to Canada,
or
statutory declaration signed by you attesting to your identity and a statutory declaration also attesting to your identity signed by:
a person who knew you before you came to Canada (such as a family member) or
an official of an organization representing people from your country of nationality or former residence.
