The name on your PR Card is based on the name on your Confirmation of Permanent Residence (COPR) which, in turn, is based upon the name on your passport when you “landed,” i.e. began a permanent resident. So, if you want to change your name on your Pr Card, you’ll have to change it on your COPR, which means changing it on your passport or demonstrating that it is not your middle name on your passport, but your maiden name.

If you don’t want to change it, then you’ll have to use your ID as it is. But you can omit your “middle” name when asked for your given name. Many people do unless the form asks for your middle name.

It currently takes 70 days to replace a PR Card. If you are traveling for an emergency, you may be able to convince them to issue the card sooner.

If you travel to Africa without your PR Card, you will need to get a Permanent Resident Travel Document while in Africa; the processing time is 2-3 weeks. Alternatively, you can change your return flight to the US and drive back to Canada with your Confirmation of Permanent Residence.

If you leave Canada without a PR Card you have two choices when returning to Canada:

• Apply for an emergency travel document while in Cuba (takes 2-3 weeks)
• Switch your flight to the US (provided you have a visa or ESTA for the US) and drive across the border into Canada with your Confirmation of Permanent Residence.

Only if your new card hasn’t been issued. You can check the status online. If the card hasn’t been issued already, call IRCC at 1-888-242-2100 to have your application cancelled.

If it has been issued, your old card is no longer valid and you will need to destroy it or return it to IRCC.

No.

You must have been a Canadian Permanent Resident for five years before applying for Canadian citizenship. In addition, you must meet other requirements, such as a residence requirement (you must have actually lived in Canada) and a knowledge requirement.

As long as you have permanent resident status, you cannot be sponsored. You have two choices:

• Attempt to re-enter Canada by car along the US-Canadian border with your Confirmation of Permanent Residence (COPR) and, if you are admitted, stay in Canada until you meet the physical presence requirement (minimum 2 years) OR
• Renounce your permanent residence status and get sponsored.

The first thing you need to do is correct your Confirmation of Permanent Residence. You will then be issued a Verification of Status (VOS) which you can then use to correct your PR Card.

The processing time for new PR Cards is currently 61 calendar days. If it has been longer, you need to call IRCC at 1-888-242-2100 to see whether or not they’ve sent it yet.

Yes, as that is what your PR Card is for. Provided your PR Card is valid, you use your valid PR Card with your valid foreign passport to travel to and enter Canada.

No, there should be no issue as it’s your PR Card that matters when entering Canada.