Section 57 — Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations: Applicants

Subject to subsection (3), every person who applies for a permanent resident card must make and sign the application on their own behalf. The application of a child who is 14 years of age or more but less than 18 years of age must be signed by the applicant and one of their parents unless a Canadian court has made another person responsible for the child, in which case that person must co-sign the application; or the parents are deceased, in which case the person legally responsible for the child must co-sign the application. The application of a child who is less than 14 years of age must be signed by one of their parents unless a Canadian court has made another person responsible for the child, in which case that person must sign the application; or the parents are deceased, in which case the person legally responsible for the child must sign the application.