Canada's permanent residence is the right to live in the country and enjoy almost ownership of Canadian citizens. The general file that confirms this identity is the Canadian permanent resident card. Informal, called Maple Leaf Card. The permanent resident card can only be issued in the IRCC office (Canadian immigrants, refugees and citizenships) in Canada. Your application must include two photos that meet the Canadian PR photo specifications. Incorrect permanent resident card photos may cause the application to be rejected and the processing of the card will be delayed.

The latest requirements of the Canadian Maple Leaf Card photo

The specifications of the PR card are consistent with the requirements of the Canadian general ID card, which requires strict requirements. You must observe the following points!

The size of the Canadian permanent resident card is 5x7 cm, or a 2 -inch wide X23/4 inches. This is submitted offline, you can find the information submitted online for the following photos.

This photo can be colored or black and white.

This photo must be taken 6 months before the application;

Canadian permanent resident card format requires that faces and shoulders must be in the middle, and the camera can be used to become the right corner;

The pictures of the Canadian permanent resident card must be clear, clear and clear;

Lighting must be uniform. There should be no strong shadow in the picture, glare or flashing reflection. Need a natural skin color;

The background of the Canadian permanent resident card must be pure white. There must be a clear comparison with the applicant's face.

It is not allowed to wear colored glasses. Only when the lens or the frame does not cover the eyes can you accept the photos of the prescription glasses;

The facial expression must be neutral, without a smile or frown. Eyes must be looked forward directly.

Photos of the Canadian permanent resident card submitted online

To apply for a permanent resident card online, you need a digital photo instead of printing. The size of the digital photo is pixels. The height of the head is 50 %. The background is white. Other requirements are the same.

remember:

Check your application guide. It will tell you how many photos need to be used.

You must provide the same and unchanged photos.

This photo may be colorful or black and white.

The photo must be primitive and must not be modified or taken from existing photos in any way.

Filmed by a commercial photographer.

50 mm width X70 mm height (2-inch width X2-3/4 inches), the size makes the face height from 31 mm (1-1/4 inches) and 36 mm (1-7/16 inches)) to the top of the head ( The top of nature).

Clear, clear, focused.

Take a neutral facial expression (obviously you can see that you can open your eyes, close, without a smile).

Under uniform lighting, shadow, glare or flash reflection, shooting will not appear.

Directly shoot, the face and shoulders are in the middle, and the camera forms right angles (that is, the photo must show the full front view of the head and shoulders of the character, and the entire face is displayed in the photo).

Shooting in front of the pure white background, there is a significant difference between the face and the background. Photos must reflect/indicate natural skin tone.

The original photo did not change or shot from the existing photos in any way.

Reflect your current appearance (shooting in the past six months)

Professional printing on ordinary high -quality photo paper (not accepting photos printed at home and printed with heavy paper)

The back of the photo must include:

The name and birth date of the theme

The name and complete address of the photography studio

Photo shooting date

Photographers can use sealing or handwriting information. Unacceptable paste label.

Extra details

As long as the eyes are clearly visible and the glasses are not glare, you can wear glasses in the photo.

Sunglasses and color glasses are unacceptable.

Photos with red eyes or red eyes are unacceptable.

Unless religious beliefs or medical reasons, you must not put on a hat and headscarf. However, your face must be clearly visible, and the hood must not apply any shadow on your face.

Your hair will fall down.

The shadow is unacceptable. The lighting must be uniform to avoid the shadow on the face or shoulders, around the ears or on the background.

Children's photo

Children's photos must follow the same rules above.

Photos can only show children's heads and shoulders. Parents or children's hands must not appear in the photo.

We realize that it is difficult to obtain neutral expression of newborns and allow some subtle changes in this field.

For new babies, as long as your child is sitting on a car seat, as long as you put a white blanket on the seat behind your child's head, you can take pictures. There must be no shadows on the face or shoulders, ears or backgrounds.

If your photos do not meet these specifications, your application will be rejected.

Medical consideration

wheelchair:

If you are sitting on a wheelchair, we recommend placing a pure white blanket on the wheelchair behind the applicant's head in order to clearly see your facial features and facial edges.

Headgear or nose intubation:

If you need medical reasons, you can wear headdress or nose intubation in permanent resident-as long as your eyes are clearly visible. We recommend that you have an explanation of the signature in the application. We may ask you to submit a letter from the doctor.

Acceptable permanent resident photos

These photos do not represent the actual size of permanent resident photos.