Immigration Category on the Confirmation of Permanent Residence (COPR)

What is a Confirmation of Permanent Residence (COPR) ?

When an immigrant is approved for permanent residence in Canada, they receive a Confirmation of Permanent Residence document. An immigration officer at the port of entry or a CIC office signs and dates this document when permanent residence is finally granted. This document is used by permanent residents to show to provincial and territorial organizations in order to access services. There is an immigration category printed on this document.

A Confirmation of Permanent Residence (IMM 5292 OR IMM 5688), which is often abbreviated COPR, is a document that new Permanent Residents receive from Immigration Refuges and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) either before they travel to Canada or when they land in Canada. The document is proof of both your status in Canada at the time of landing and the date you landed in Canada. COPRs have been issued to new Permanent Residents since July 2002, when the IMM 1000 Record of Landing was discontinued.

 

Why is the Confirmation of Permanent Residence Issued?

The COPR is issued so that you have proof of your permanent residence status and your date of landing. It records your entry into Canada as a permanent resident.

If you are outside of Canada, you will often by issued the COPR before you travel to Canada, and it will be checked and completed by the officer at your port of entry.

If you are already in Canada, the COPR may be sent to you, so you can “land.”

If neither option applies to you, you will receive it at the port of entry.

Why Do I Need My Confirmation of Permanent Residence?

It’s important to keep your COPR in a safe place. You’ll need it to apply for Canadian Citizenship, if you’re interested in becoming a citizen. However, if you do not have a PR Card, or do not renew it, you will also need your COPR to prove your permanent residence status in Canada. Also, to collect your Old Age Security, you will need your COPR to prove your date of landing in Canada.

Can I Replace My Confirmation of Permanent Residence?

You can no longer replace your COPR, but you can get a Verification of Status which will serve the same function.

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Immigration Category

The following is a reference tool that explains the immigration categories listed on the COPR.

Application Type:

Permanent Residence (PR)

Economic application class

• CEC: Canadian Experience Class
• CG: Caring for Children Program
• EN2-FED: Entrepreneur – Federal
• EN2-QC: Entrepreneur – Quebec
• HMN: Caring for People with High Medical Needs Program
• LC: In-Canada Live-in Caregiver
• LC2: Dependant residing abroad of a member of the live-in caregivers in Canada class
• MST-FED: Skilled Trades – Federal
• NV5-FED: Investor – Federal
• NV5-QC: Investor – Quebec
• PV2: Provincial Nominee – Selected by a province other than Quebec
• SE2-FED: Self-employed – Federal
• SE2-QC: Self-employed – Quebec
• SUD-FED: Startup Business
• SW1-FED: Skilled Worker – Federal
• SW1-QC: Skilled Worker – Quebec

Family application class

• FC1: Spouse
• FC3: Son/Daughter
• FC4: Parent/Grandparent
• FC5: Orphaned sibling/nephew/niece/grandchild
• FC6: Child to be adopted in Canada
• FC7: Other Relative
• FC9: Child adopted by perm resident of Canada
• FCC: Common Law Partner
• FCD: Dependant of a member of the spousal in Canada class residing abroad
• FCE: Conjugal Partner

Refugee application class

• BSR: Blended Sponsorship Refugee
• CR: Convention Refugee
• DR: Dependant of REF-CDA residing abroad and in Canada and who have not been deemed to be a Convention refugee in his/her own right
• DR2: Dependant of CR8 refugee claimant who resides abroad and who has not deemed to be a Convention refugee in his/her own right
• RA: Country of Asylum
• REF-CDA: In-Canada Refugee and Protected Persons
• REF-OVS: Refugee Overseas
• RS: Source Country
• REF-CLM: Refugee Claim

Other application class

• DPO: Dependant residing abroad of a member of the in Canada H&C and TRP class – Admissibility
• PD2: Dependant of a member of the post-determination refugee claimant in Canada class residing abroad
• PP1: Public Policy Processing – application under A25(1) based on public policy processed in accordance with ministerial guidelines
• RM2: Dependant residing abroad of a member of the deferred removal class

Other application class

• ARC: Authorization to Return to Canada
• PRTD: Permanent resident travel document
• RHB: Rehabilitation
• SV: Status Verification
• TRP: Temporary Resident Permit