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Invalidity of Expired Refugee Protection Claimant Documents

Validated finding · five-country-2010-20260922-v118-evidence-presentation-fix

CountryCanada
Operative dateApril 1, 2025
CategoryResidence
Policy toolDocumentation
Affected groupExisting holders

Policy effect

Expired Refugee Protection Claimant Documents (RPCDs) are no longer valid as of April 1, 2025. Claimants must use the online IRCC web form to request replacements, as paper applications are no longer processed.

Conditions and exceptions

Validated condition or limit: Claimants must use the online IRCC web form to request replacements, as paper applications are no longer processed.

Official source excerpt

Quoted verbatim from the official source below. Ellipses indicate omitted text.

[Get a birth certificate](https://www.canada.ca/en/services/life-events/child/register-birth.html) - [Apply for a SIN](https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/services/sin.html) ## You are here: 1. [Canada.ca](https://www.canada.ca/en.html) 2. [Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship.html) # Replace your refugee protection identity document (RPID) The refugee protection identity document (RPID) (formerly the refugee protection claimant document \[RPCD]) confirms: - that you made a refugee (asylum) claim in Canada - … that you’re eligible for health coverage under the Interim Federal Health Program **Expired RPIDs or RPCDs aren’t valid as of April 1, 2025.** **If your asylum claim or pre-removal risk assessment (PRRA) was already approved** You can [apply for permanent residence (PR)](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/application-forms-guides/guide-5205-applying-permanent-residence-within-canada-protected-persons-convention-refugees.html) right away. You don’t need an RPID. You can apply to your province or territory for health coverage while we process your PR application …
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship CanadaImmigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. Invalidity of Expired Refugee Protection Claimant Documents. Effective 2025-04-01.Open official source
Retrieved from https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/asylum/replace-rpcd.html

Review method

Two separate automated exact-claim source reviews

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