Canadian Immigration Forms Library

Primary application form for nationals of countries that require a visa to visit Canada as tourists, transit passengers, or super visa applicants.

Supplementary background and declaration form submitted alongside IMM 5257 for all temporary residence applications.

Lists all family members in and outside Canada. Required for visitor visa, study permit, work permit, and permanent residence applications.

For foreign nationals applying for a study permit from their home country or country of residence.

For students already in Canada who need to extend their study permit or change conditions on their permit.

Primary form for applying for a work permit from outside Canada, typically with an LMIA or LMIA-exempt offer of employment.

For workers already in Canada who need to extend or change their work permit conditions.

Used by workers in abusive or exploitative situations to apply for a special open work permit to leave their employer.

For people who are inadmissible to Canada but need to enter for a compelling reason such as medical treatment, family emergency, or work.

Required for students under 18 coming to Canada without a parent. A Canadian citizen or PR must agree to act as custodian. Notarized by both custodian and parent.

Official IRCC checklist of documents required for temporary residence applications including visitor visas, study permits, and work permits.

Signed by applicants who require post-arrival medical surveillance (typically for tuberculosis). Commits you to report to a designated public health authority within 30 days of arrival.

The core permanent residence application form used across Express Entry, PNP, family class, and most other PR programs.

Used when the applicant has more dependants than can fit on the main IMM 0008 form.

Required for all PR applicants to declare travel history, education, employment, and background information since age 18.

Provides additional details about family members not included elsewhere. Required for most permanent residence programs.

Required for all PR applicants to detail travel history to countries outside their home country and Canada.

Continuation form when applicant has more education, employment, or travel history than fits on other forms.

Required for applicants who have worked for any government, including municipal, provincial/state, or federal.

Required for applicants who have served in any police force worldwide.

Required for applicants who have served in any military force worldwide.

Used when applying as a provincial nominee through the PNP stream, confirming provincial nomination details.

For provincial nominees who applied through a business class stream under a Provincial Nominee Program.

For economic class PR applicants who intend to reside in Quebec.

Checklist of required documents for submitting the federal stage of a Provincial Nominee Program application.

Official IRCC checklist of all documents required for a Federal Skilled Worker application through Express Entry. Includes education, language, work experience, and identity documents.

Schedule form for FSW applicants providing additional information for the points-based assessment: education, language, work experience, age, arranged employment, and adaptability.

The sponsorship application completed by the Canadian citizen or PR who is sponsoring a family member, legally committing to financial support.

Detailed questionnaire about the genuine nature of the spousal or partner relationship, used to detect marriage fraud.

Sworn declaration confirming the applicant and sponsor have lived together in a conjugal relationship for at least 12 consecutive months.

Additional sponsorship evaluation form used in certain family class applications to assess sponsor eligibility.

Used to prove the sponsor meets the minimum necessary income threshold to sponsor parents or grandparents.

The legal agreement between sponsor and the Canadian government for the Parents and Grandparents Program (PGP). Commits sponsor to financially support parents/grandparents for 20 years.

Proves that the sponsor meets the minimum income requirement (LICO + 30%) for the Parents and Grandparents Program. Requires 3 consecutive tax years of qualifying income.

Detailed questionnaire about your relationship history for spousal sponsorship. Covers how you met, cohabitation history, and relationship development. Both sponsor and applicant complete separate copies.

Checklist of all documents needed when making a refugee claim inside Canada.

Provides additional personal background information for refugee claimants inside Canada.

Authorizes a representative to file a refugee claim on the claimant's behalf via the IRCC Portal.

Additional schedule for refugees applying from outside Canada, providing details on persecution and refugee status.

Used by protected persons and convention refugees applying for permanent residence from inside Canada.

Checklist for organizations (churches, community groups) that sponsor refugees through the Private Sponsorship of Refugees program.

For organizations applying to become recognized refugee sponsorship groups under IRCC.

Assessment form for organizations undergoing renewal or review of their Sponsorship Agreement Holder status.

Checklist for SAH organizational assessment applications.

Settlement plan completed by Sponsorship Agreement Holders committing to settlement support for their sponsored refugees.

Commitment form for Groups of Five sponsors committing to support refugees they privately sponsor.

Settlement plan for community sponsors (organizations not registered as SAHs) sponsoring refugees.

Used to declare a medical condition that may affect an applicant's immigration application.

Main citizenship application form for adults (18+) applying under the standard subsection 5(1) route.

Citizenship application for minors under 18 applying under subsection 5(2), typically sponsored by a Canadian parent.

For minors applying independently under subsection 5(1) where they themselves have met residency requirements.

Required document checklist accompanying the adult citizenship application.

Required document checklist for minor citizenship applicants under subsection 5(2).

Document checklist for minors applying under subsection 5(1) independently.

Worksheet to help applicants correctly calculate the number of days physically present in Canada for citizenship eligibility.

For applicants who cannot meet language or knowledge test requirements due to a physical or mental condition.

Completed by a physician to support a waiver request for language or knowledge test requirements.

For people who are already Canadian citizens but need official documentary proof of citizenship — whether born or naturalized.

Checklist of required documents for applying for a citizenship certificate.

Sworn declaration when a citizenship certificate has been lost, stolen, destroyed, or never received.

For Canadian citizens who voluntarily wish to give up their Canadian citizenship, typically dual citizens.

Checklist for renunciation applicants under the standard provision.

For former citizens who lost citizenship (e.g., by becoming a citizen of another country before 1977) and wish to regain it.

For requesting a search of historical citizenship records — useful for proving past citizenship or ancestry.

For members or veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces applying for citizenship under the expedited CAF provisions.

Checklist for CAF citizenship applicants under the armed forces provisions.

Used to formally withdraw any pending citizenship application.

Used when a Canadian citizen has been residing outside Canada, relevant for physical presence calculations.

For stateless persons born abroad to a Canadian parent who wish to apply for citizenship through that parent.

Part 1 of adoption-related citizenship — confirms the adoptive parent is Canadian before a child is adopted internationally.

Part 2 of adoption citizenship — the child's actual citizenship application after international adoption is finalized.

For permanent residents who are outside Canada without a valid PR card and need this document to board a flight back to Canada.

For protected persons and refugees in Canada who need a travel document to travel internationally, as they cannot use their home country passport.

Supplementary schedule for Start-Up Visa applications with details about the business, designated organization commitment letter, and ownership structure.

For self-employed applicants with experience in cultural activities, athletics, or farm management who intend to contribute to Canadian life.

For business immigrants (investors and entrepreneurs) who intend to live in Quebec, required alongside Quebec provincial application.

Completed by individual employers (families) hiring home care workers through the Home Care Worker Immigration Pilots.

Completed by business employers (agencies) hiring home care workers through the pilot programs.

Checklist for workers already in Canada applying under the Home Care Worker Immigration Pilot.

Schedule form providing additional program-specific information for Home Care Worker Pilot applicants.

For workers applying under the public policy stream of the Home Care Worker Immigration Pilot.

Checklist for workers applying under the public policy stream of the caregiver pilots.

Used for the legacy Live-in Caregiver PR pathway. The LCP is closed to new applicants but existing applicants still use this form.

For people who are criminally inadmissible to Canada and want to permanently overcome their inadmissibility. Must wait 5+ years after sentence completion.

For people who are inadmissible to Canada but have a compelling reason to enter. Common for criminal inadmissibility (DUI, assault, theft). Fee: $200 CAD.

Authorizes a paid or unpaid representative (lawyer, consultant, friend) to act on the applicant's behalf in all dealings with IRCC.

Allows IRCC to share the applicant's information with a named third party who is NOT an authorized representative (e.g., a family member).

Checklist for Atlantic Immigration Program permanent residence applications covering New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and PEI.

Employer undertaking for LMIA-exempt work permits under the Atlantic Immigration Program.

Employer's formal job offer for candidates applying through the Atlantic Immigration Program.

Supplementary schedule for Agri-Food Immigration Pilot applications, covering agricultural and food processing workers.

Employer's job offer for workers applying under the Agri-Food Immigration Pilot.

Checklist for Agri-Food Immigration Pilot permanent residence applications.

Checklist for the Rural Community Immigration Pilot (RCIP) permanent residence applications.

Employer's formal job offer for candidates applying through the Rural Community Immigration Pilot.

Checklist for Hong Kong residents applying for permanent residence through Stream A (graduates) or Stream B (work experience).

For Hong Kong residents applying through Stream A based on Canadian graduation credentials.

For Hong Kong residents applying through Stream B based on Canadian work experience.

Document checklist for the Regional Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot (EMPP) for skilled refugees.

Schedule form for the EMPP providing additional program-specific information for skilled refugee applicants.