Canada Immigration Application Forms
This part helps you navigate the hundreds of Canadian immigration forms (both federal and provincial) and find the appropriate forms for your immigration goals. This will also help you to avoid immigration scammers who are peddling fake forms. From Canadian visa application form to Canadian citizenship application form. The links fetch the official forms directly from the IRCC government website.
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Find application forms and guides
There are two sections on this page:
- Section 1 is a list of all current forms/guides by IRCC number and title
- Section 2 allows you to find a form or guide by immigration program or goal
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Section 1
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- CIT 0001 — Application for a Citizenship Certificate – May 2018
- CIT 0002 — Application for Canadian Citizenship — Adults – June 2018
- CIT 0003 — Application for Canadian Citizenship — Minors – March 2018
- CIT 0007 — Document Checklist — Application for Canadian Citizenship under Subsection 5(1) — Adults (18 years of age and older) – May 2018
- CIT 0008 — Document Checklist – Application for Canadian Citizenship under Paragraph 5(2) — Minors (under 18 years of age) – May 2018
- CIT 0010 — Confirmation of Canadian Citizenship of the Adoptive Parent(s) – March 2016
- CIT 0012 — Adoptee’s Application – March 2016
- CIT 0014 — Document Checklist – Application for a Citizenship Certificate (Proof of Citizenship) – August 2017
- CIT 0027 — Withdrawal of Citizenship Application – June 2014
- CIT 0058 — Application for a Search of Citizenship Records – November 2012
- CIT 0172 — Document Checklist – Application for Canadian Citizenship – Adults – Canadian Armed Forces under Subsection 5(1.2) or 5(1.3) – May 2018
- CIT 0177 — Residence Outside Canada – June 2015
- CIT 0301 — Application to Resume Canadian Citizenship – August 2017
- CIT 0302 — Application to Renounce Canadian Citizenship – April 2016
- CIT 0402 — Document Checklist – Application to Renounce Canadian Citizenship under Subsection 9(1) – August 2017
- CIT 0403 — Application for Canadian citizenship – Minors (under 18 years of age) applying under Subsection 5(1) – May 2018
- CIT 0404 — Request form for a Change of Sex Designation (CIT 0404) – August 2017
- CIT 0407 — How to Calculate Physical Presence – February 2018
- CIT 0457 — Solemn Declaration Concerning a Citizenship Certificate That Was Lost, Stolen, Destroyed or Never Received – November 2012
- CIT 0458 — Statutory declaration of common-law union – June 2015
- CIT 0464 — Request to Correct a Date of Birth for Citizenship – February 2006
- CIT 0480 — Canadian Citizenship Certificate Preparation Form – September 2015
- CIT 0484 — Document Checklist — Part 1 — Confirmation of Canadian Citizenship of the Adoptive Parent(s) – August 2017
- CIT 0485 — Document Checklist — Part 2 — Adoptee’s Application – February 2018
- CIT 0496 — Application to Renounce Canadian Citizenship (R7.1) – June 2015
- CIT 0497 — Application for Grant of Citizenship for Stateless Persons Born to a Canadian Parent (Subsection 5(5)) – January 2018
- CIT 0499 — Document Checklist — Application for Grant of Citizenship for Stateless Persons Born to a Canadian Parent (Subsection 5(5)) – August 2017
- CIT 0501 — Document Checklist — Application to Renounce Canadian Citizenship (For certain persons who acquired citizenship on April 17, 2009 – R7.1) – August 2017
- CIT 0532 — Application for Canadian citizenship – Adults – Canadian Armed Forces – Under Subsection 5(1.2) or 5(1.3) – January 2018
- CIT 0534 — Application to Resume Canadian Citizenship – Canadian Armed Forces – June 2017
- CIT 0550 — Educational enrolment confirmation letter for Citizenship – June 2015
- CIT 0560 – Document checklist – Application for Canadian citizenship under subsection 5(1) – Minors (under 18 years of age) – May 2018
- IMM 0008 — Generic Application Form for Canada – October 2018
- IMM 0008 SCH2 — Schedule 2: Refugees Outside Canada – July 2018
- IMM 0008 SCH3 — Schedule 3: Economic Classes – August 2014
- IMM 0008 SCH4 — Schedule 4: Economic Classes: Provincial Nominees – October 2015
- IMM 0008 SCH4a — Schedule 4A: Economic Classes: Provincial Nominees – Business Nominees – October 2015
- IMM 0008 SCH5 — Schedule 5: Economic Classes – Declaration of Intent to Reside in Quebec – October 2002
- IMM 0008 SCH6 — Schedule 6 Business Immigrants – Investors and Entrepreneurs – June 2014
- IMM 0008 SCH6A — Schedule 6A Business Immigrants – Self-Employed Persons – March 2018
- IMM 0008 SCH9 — Schedule 9: Economic Classes – Declaration of Intent to Reside in Quebec – April 2010
- IMM 0008 SCH12 — Schedule 12: Additional Information – Refugee Claimants inside Canada – October 2018
- IMM 0008 SCH 13 — Schedule 13: Business Immigration Programs – Start Up Business Class – April 2018
- IMM 0008 SCH14 — Schedule 14: Protected Persons and Convention Refugees – April 2013
- IMM 0008 SCH15 — Schedule 15: Caring for children class – November 2014
- IMM 0008 SCH16 — Schedule 16: High Medical Needs Caregiver Class – November 2014
- IMM 0008 DEP — Additional Dependants/Declaration – October 2018
- IMM 1283 — Financial Evaluation – February 2016
- IMM 1294 — Application for a Study Permit Made Outside of Canada – October 2018
- IMM 1295 — Application for Work Permit Made Outside Canada – October 2018
- IMM 1324 — Undertaking/Application for a Joint Assistance Sponsorship – October 2013
- IMM 1344 — Application to Sponsor, Sponsorship Agreement and Undertaking – October 2018
- IMM 1436 — Application to Amend the Record of Landing, Confirmation of Permanent Resident or Valid Temporary Resident Documents – March 2018
- IMM 1444 — Application for Criminal Rehabilitation – August 2012
- IMM 5009 — Verification of Status or Replacement of an Immigration Document – August 2015
- IMM 5257 — Application for Temporary Resident Visa – October 2018
- IMM 5257 SCH1 — Schedule 1: Application for a Temporary Resident Visa – October 2018
- IMM 5280 — Document Checklist — Humanitarian & Compassionate Considerations – January 2015
- IMM 5282 — Document Checklist — Live-in Caregiver – August 2018
- IMM 5283 — Supplementary Information – August 2013
- IMM 5286 — Document Checklist — Protected Person – Permanent Residence – April 2013
- IMM 5287 — Document Checklist — Sponsor – June 2018
- IMM 5321 — North American Free Trade Agreement application for trader/investor status (work permit) — June 2002
- IMM 5349 — Right of Permanent Residence Fee Loan Application – June 2002
- IMM 5373 — Undertaking/Application to Sponsor – April 2018
- IMM 5373A — Settlement Plan and Financial Assessment – February 2018
- IMM 5373B — Financial Profile — Group of Five – April 2018
- IMM 5373PP — Undertaking/Application to Sponsor Under a Public Policy – October 2018
- IMM 5406 — Additional Family Information – May 2018
- IMM 5409 — Statutory Declaration of Common-Law Union – April 2015
- IMM 5438 — Request for a Refugee Profile – January 2014
- IMM 5440 — Settlement Plan — Sponsorship Agreement Holder or Constituent Group – April 2018
- IMM 5444 — Application for a Permanent Resident Card – August 2016
- IMM 5451 — Solemn Declaration Concerning a Permanent Resident Card That Was Lost, Stolen, Destroyed or Never Received – September 2003
- IMM 5457 – Document checklist – Atlantic High-Skilled Program – July 2018
- IMM 5467 – Document checklist – Atlantic Intermediate-Skilled Program – July 2018
- IMM 5475 — Authority to Release Personal Information to a Designated Individual – September 2015
- IMM 5476 — Use of a Representative – September 2015
- IMM 5481 — Sponsorship Evaluation – December 2016
- IMM 5483 — Document Checklist — For a Study Permit – February 2018
- IMM 5484 — Document Checklist — For a Temporary Resident Visa – January 2018
- IMM 5488 — Document Checklist — For a Work Permit – February 2018
- IMM 5492 — Sponsor Assessment – April 2018
- IMM 5494 — Settlement Plan — Joint Assistance Sponsorship – September 2015
- IMM 5495 — Document Checklist — Joint Assistance Sponsorship – September 2004
- IMM 5498 – Document checklist – Atlantic International Graduate Program – July 2018
- IMM 5501 – Economic classes-Atlantic immigration pilot program – March 2017
- IMM 5504 — Request for a Joint Assistance Sponsorship Refugee Profile – September 2015
- IMM 5507 — Document Checklist — Rehabilitation – May 2015
- IMM 5515 — Settlement Plan and Financial Assessment — Community Sponsors – February 2018
- IMM 5519 — Statutory Declaration of Severance of Common-Law Union – December 2016
- IMM 5524 — Application for a Permanent Resident Travel Document – July 2016
- IMM 5526 — Supplementary Relationship Questionnaire – December 2016
- IMM 5528 — Document Checklist — Permit Holders Class – January 2016
- IMM 5531 — Request to Reissue a Permanent Resident Card – June 2016
- IMM 5532 — Relationship Information And Sponsorship Evaluation – April 2017
- IMM 5533 — Document Checklist – Spouse (Including Dependent Children) – June 2018
- IMM 5534 — Document Checklist – Dependent Child – February 2018
- IMM 5536 — Authorization To Disclose Information – December 2016
- IMM 5543 — Request for Permanent Resident Card indicating sex designation other than sex shown on foreign travel document – March 2016
- IMM 5546 — Details Of Military Service – December 2016
- IMM 5555 — Document Checklist — Student – February 2017
- IMM 5556 — Document Checklist — Worker – February 2018
- IMM 5557 — Document Checklist — Temporary Resident Permit – August 2018
- IMM 5558 — Document Checklist — Visitor – August 2018
- IMM 5562 —Supplementary Information – Your Travels – May 2004
- IMM 5563 — Access to Information and Personal Information Request – June 2016
- IMM 5564 — Application for the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) Coverage – September 2016
- IMM 5571 — Request for Processing Family Members under the One-Year Window of Opportunity Provisions – April 2018
- IMM 5575 — Humanitarian and Compassionate Considerations under the February 4, 2016 Temporary Public Policy for nationals of Haiti and Zimbabwe – May 2016
- IMM 5583 — Document Checklist — Students Applying for a Work Permit – June 2017
- IMM 5589 — Document Checklist – Common-Law Partner (Including Dependent Children) – June 2018
- IMM 5604 — Declaration from Non-accompanying Parent/Guardian for Minors Immigrating to Canada – September 2015
- IMM 5618 – Request to Add a Family Member to a Privately Sponsored Refugee Application – April 2018
- IMM 5627 — Document Checklist — Applying for a Permanent Resident Travel Document – March 2018
- IMM 5629 — Document Checklist – Conjugal Partner (Including Dependent Children) – February 2018
- IMM 5634 — Live-in Caregiver — Employer Declaration of Hours Worked – October 2014
- IMM 5644 – Document Checklist – Application for a Permanent Resident Card – August 2017
- IMM 5645 — Family Information – May 2018
- IMM 5646 — Custodian Declaration – January 2015
- IMM 5650 – Offer of employment to a foreign national – Atlantic Immigration Pilot – January 2018
- IMM 5652 – Document Checklist for candidates under the Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program – worker (In Canada applicant) – March 2017
- IMM 5653 – Document checklist for candidates under the Atlantic Immigration pilot program – for a work permit applied outside Canada) – March 2017
- IMM 5654 – Undertaking for an application for a work permit exempted from a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) as part of the AIP – March 2017
- IMM 5657 – Request for a citizenship or immigration document with an “X” in the sex field – December 2017
- IMM 5663 – Sponsorship Undertaking and Settlement Plan – Community Sponsor (CS) – April 2018
- IMM 5669 — Schedule A – Background/Declaration – To be used only with kits IMM 5289 and IMM 5772 – October 2018
- IMM 5669 — Schedule A: Background / Declaration – December 2012
- IMM 5670 – Sponsorship Undertaking and Settlement Plan – Groups of Five – April 2018
- IMM 5683 — Settlement Plan and Financial Assessment – Settlement organizations sponsoring under a Public Policy – December 2014
- IMM 5690 — Document Checklist – Provincial Nominee Program and Quebec Skilled Workers – October 2017
- IMM 5707 — Family Information – May 2018
- IMM 5708 — Application to change conditions, extend my stay or remain in canada as a visitor or temporary resident permit holder – October 2018
- IMM 5709 — Application to change conditions, extend my stay or remain in canada as a student – October 2018
- IMM 5710 — Application to change conditions, extend my stay or remain in canada as a worker – October 2018
- IMM 5721 — Document Checklist – Applicants in Canada – April 2018
- IMM 5722 — Document checklist – Permanent residence – Federal and Quebec selected business class applicants – October 2017
- IMM 5741 — Return of Processing Fee, Right of Permanent Residence Fee or Right of Landing Fee – September 2017
- IMM 5744 — Consent for an Access to Information and Personal Information Request – October 2018
- IMM 5745 — Document checklist – Applying for Refugee Protection within Canada – May 2017
- IMM 5760 — Document Checklist – Permanent Residence – Start up Business Class – May 2016
- IMM 5768 — Financial Evaluation for Parents and Grandparents Sponsorship – July 2018
- IMM 5771 — Document Checklist – Sponsor for parents and grandparents – July 2018
- IMM 5778 — Return of application fees for the federal immigrant investor program (IIP) and Entrepreneur program (EN) — September 2017
- IMM 5782 — Application to Voluntarily Renounce Permanent Resident Status — November 2014
- IMM 5783 — Document Checklist — January 2016
- IMM 5784 — Document Checklist – Permanent Residence – Quebec selected self-employed and federal self-employed persons — March 2018
- IMM 5799 — Document Checklist — Caring for Children Class — August 2018
- IMM 5800 — Document Checklist — Caring for People with High Medical Needs Class — August 2018
- IMM 5955 — Medical Condition Questionnaire — August 2015
- IMM 5956 – Appointment of Representative(s) in Expected Community of Settlement – July 2018
- IMM 5964 — International Mobility Program Employer Compliance Voluntary Disclosure Form — October 2017
- IMM 5965 — Important Medical Information – Syphilis Treatment Form — January 2016
Section 2
Select a program and click to get all applicable forms
1. Temporary residence
Come to Canada temporarily
Stay in Canada longer
2. Permanent residence
Family sponsorship
- Spouse, partner or dependent child
- Adopted children and other relatives:
- Parents and Grandparents
- Financial Evaluation for Sponsorship
Economic classes
- Express Entry
- Federal skilled workers
- Federal Skilled Trades Class
- Canadian Experience Class
- Start Up Visa
- Quebec Investors and Entrepreneurs
- Quebec-Selected Skilled Workers
- Self-Employed Persons
- Provincial Nominees
- Caring for Children Class
- Caring for People with High Medical Needs Class
- Live-in Caregivers in Canada
- Atlantic Immigration Pilot
3. Refugees and asylum
Refugee claimants, refugees and protected persons
Refugee sponsorship
- Community Sponsors, Groups of Five and Sponsorship Agreement Holders and Constituent Groups
- Joint Assistance Sponsorship
- Request to Process Following Family Members under the One-Year Window of Opportunity Provisions
- Request for a Refugee Profile
(Don’t know what these mean? Find out more about sponsoring refugees.)
Permanent resident documents
Permanent Resident Card (PRC)
Permanent resident status and documents
4. Citizenship
Canadian citizenship
- Adult (18 and over)
- Minor (under 18) applying under 5(2)
- Minor (under 18) applying under 5(1)
- Adopted person
- Stateless person born to a Canadian parent
- Adult – Canadian Armed Forces
Proof of citizenship (citizenship certificate)
Citizenship status and records
- Search of Citizenship Records
- Renounce Canadian Citizenship
- Application to renounce Canadian citizenship – R7.1 (for certain persons who acquired citizenship under amendments to the Citizenship Act in 2009 or 2015)
- Resume Canadian Citizenship
- Resume Canadian Citizenship – Canadian Armed Forces
- Request to correct a date of birth for Citizenship (PDF, 1.15MB)
- Withdrawal of Citizenship Application (PDF, 725.77KB)
5. Other applications
- Medical Condition Questionnaire (PDF, 620.99KB)
- Application for a Pre-Removal Risk Assessment
- Application for a Verification of Status (VOS) or replacement of an immigration document
- Access to information and privacy requests
- Consent for an access to information and personal information request
- Rehabilitation for Persons who are Inadmissible to Canada because of Past Criminal Activity
- Use of a Representative
- Release of Information to an Individual
- Application to Amend the Record of Landing, Confirmation of Permanent Resident or Valid Temporary Resident Documents
- Passport
- Fees return for terminated programs – Federal Immigrant Investor and Entrepreneurs
- Statutory declaration of common-law union (PDF, 621.91KB) June 2015
- International Mobility Program Employer Compliance Voluntary Disclosure Form (PDF, 1.83MB)
- Request for a citizenship or immigration document with an “X” in the sex field
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