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Who can apply for a PR card?

To apply for a permanent resident card, you must:

• already be a permanent resident of Canada;
• be physically present in Canada;
• not have been asked by the Government of Canada to leave the country; and
• not be a Canadian citizen or a registered Indian under the Indian Act

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