Date format to use on the back of photo?

[mrdaks]

Was going through the instructions here and it is not mentioned what date format is expected.
What date format should we use at the back of the principal applicant photo?
dd-mm-yyyy or mm-dd-yyyy or yyyy-mm-dd ?

 

[armoured]

Was going through the instructions here and it is not mentioned what date format is expected.
What date format should we use at the back of the principal applicant photo?
dd-mm-yyyy or mm-dd-yyyy or yyyy-mm-dd ?

My suggestion is to use yyyy-mm-dd - no way that can be confused. (This is also 'official' Canadian format - although hélas this does not mean that its use is consistent and universal throughout Canada, quite the opposite in fact, even with federal govt - but it does have the advantage that it's not confused with other formats)

 

[sodapop123]

Was going through the instructions here and it is not mentioned what date format is expected.
What date format should we use at the back of the principal applicant photo?
dd-mm-yyyy or mm-dd-yyyy or yyyy-mm-dd ?

For a PR Card Renewal application (i got my card renewed recently) :

• I would suggest whatever is easiest for IRCC to understand, based on your date of birth.
• For example (in order of most to least - 'easiest to understand') : November 9th, 2025 >>> 2025/11/09 >>> 09/11/2025 or 11/09/2025
• I went with yyyy-mm-dd, but that was only since with my date of birth there is no possible confusion between which is the month and year. But this could be the case in situations where one is born on or before the 12th day.
• In my opinion whenever i see 'yyyy' first, i automatically assume the next has to be 'mm'. But someone else might not look at it that way.
• Anything that avoids confusion is gold in my book.

If this is for your initial Permanent residency or other application - I honestly don't remember what i did many years ago. But i would assume the above format/avoid confusion stuff should apply to that as well.

 

[armoured]

• I went with yyyy-mm-dd, but that was only since with my date of birth there is no possible confusion between which is the month and year. But this could be the case in situations where one is born on or before the 12th day.
• In my opinion whenever i see 'yyyy' first, i automatically assume the next has to be 'mm'. But someone else might not look at it that way.

If one uses yyyy-mm-dd, there is no space for confusion, mm always follows yyyy - there are literally no jurisdictions or customs anywhere in the world that use yyyy-dd-mm.

 

[mrdaks]

Thank you for your responses, we decided to go with yyyy-mm-dd since it seems like it shouldn't cause any confusion.