IMM 5445 Guide: Applying for a Permanent Resident Card (PR Card) – First application, replacement, renewal or to change gender identifier

You may count each day you accompanied a permanent resident outside Canada as long as:

• the person you accompanied is your spouse, common-law partner or parent (if you are a child under 19 years of age); and
• the person was employed on a full-time basis by a Canadian business or in the public service of Canada or of a province or territory during the time you accompanied them.

Proof needed

You must provide supporting documents to prove that:

• The person you are accompanying is a permanent resident;
• You are the spouse, common-law partner or child of that person; and
• The permanent resident you are accompanying meets the residency obligation.

Supporting documents may include:

• Mandatory:
  • documents showing the person you are accompanying meets the residency obligation;
  • all passports or other travel documents the person you are accompanying used in the five (5) years before the application;
  • marriage licence or proof of common-law partnership (if you are accompanying a permanent resident spouse or common-law partner);
  • child’s birth certificate, baptismal document, or adoption or legal guardianship document (if you are accompanying a permanent resident parent);
• You may also include:
  • School or employment records;
  • Canadian Income Tax Notice of Assessment;
  • association or club memberships;
  • any other documents you want us to consider.