Add Surname Husband On Wife's Permanent Resident Card

[Harjap]

I want to add my husband’s surname on my permanent resident card. I sent application for renewal with my husband’s surname. Immigration sent my PR Card application back and requested name change certificate. I do not have any name change certificate. What should I do now?

[Rajpal (Admin)]

You can apply for name change and obtain a certificate from your province, e.g. Registrar General Ontario. You need to have completed one year of physical residence in Ontario before submitting your name change application. You need your original birth certificate and notarized translation along with the name change application. Apart from this you need passports, PR Card, Driver’s Licence or Provincial Identity, and your marriage certificate.