On August 8, 2022, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) published new instructions for complex permanent resident card applications referred by the Permanent Resident Card Centre (PRCC-Sydney). In addition, IRCC announced that the previous instruction – Operational Bulletin 536: Residency Determination Processing for Applicants Outside of Canada Referred by the Sydney Case Processing Centre’s Permanent Resident Card Centre, has expired and is not in effect anymore. As of August 8, 2022, the new instructions will replace the expired Operational Bulletin 536.
