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Come to Canada
Visiting Canada
Working Temporarily in Canada
- Who Can Apply
- What You Should Know
- Eligibility to Apply (from outside Canada, inside Canada or as you enter Canada)
- Jobs That Do Not Require a Work Permit
- How To Apply
- Extending your stay
Special Categories of Temporary Workers:
- Information Technology Workers
- Live-in Caregivers
- Business People Visiting Canada Under Free Trade Agreements (Professionals, intra-company transferees, and traders and investors.)
Information for Canadian employers hiring temporary foreign workers:
Study in Canada
Work Permits for Students: General Information and Working on Campus
Work Available to your Spouse or Common Law Partner:
- Work Available to your Spouse or Common Law Partner
- Application Guide and Forms
- Apply Online (For Spouses or Common Law Partners to Work in Canada)
- Find Out More About a Labour Market Opinion
- Application Processing Times for All Study and Work-Study Applications
- Canadian Experience Class Immigration (for graduates), please see Canadian Experience Class
Immigrating to Canada
- Skilled workers and professionals
- Quebec-selected skilled workers
- Quebec-Haiti Humanitarian Sponsorship Application Guide and Forms
- Investors
- Entrepreneurs
- Who can apply
- Selection criteria
- How to apply
- Application Guide and Forms (Simplified Application Process)
- Application Guide and Forms (Regular Application Process)
- Medical Exams
- Police Certificates
- Application Processing times
- After applying
- Arriving
- Self-Employed Persons
- Who can apply
- Selection criteria
- How to apply
- Application Guide and Forms (Simplified Application Process)
- Application Guide and Forms (Regular Application Process)
- Medical Exams
- Police Certificates
- Application Processing Times
- After applying
- Arriving
- Canadian Experience Class
- Provincial nominees
Information on Family Sponsorships:
- Sponsoring your family
- Sponsoring spouses, partners and dependent children (includes common-law and conjugal partners)
- Who can apply
- How to apply
- Application Guide and Forms (For family members living inside of Canada)
- Application Guide and Forms (For family members living outside of Canada)
- Medical Exams
- Police Certificates
- Application Processing Times
- After applying
- Arriving
- Sponsoring other eligible relatives
- Sponsoring spouses, partners and dependent children (includes common-law and conjugal partners)
Refugees
Resettlement from inside Canada
Resettlement from outside Canada
- Refugees: Resettlement from outside Canada
Sponsoring refugees
Permanent Resident Card
Permanent Resident Card
Canadian Residents
Sponsor Your Family
Adoption
- Intercountry Adoption
Hiring a Foreign Worker
See Hiring a Foreign Worker section of Working Temporarily in Canada.
Citizenship
Applying for Citizenship
Renouncing Citizenship
- Who can apply
- How to apply
- Application Guide and Forms
- Application Guide and Forms (for certain persons who acquired citizenship on April 17, 2009)
- Application Processing Times
- After applying
Resuming Citizenship
Proof of Citizenship
Search of Records
Celebrate Citizenship
Citizenship Judges
Newcomers to Canada
Newcomers to Canada
Online Services
Online tools
Contact Us
- Call Centre services (if you are in Canada only)
- Find a CIC Office
- Canadian visa office
- Canadian embassy, high commission or consulate
- Technical difficulties
- CIC Partners – Related Government Services
- Multiculturalism Program Offices
The Department
About Us
Consultations
Media Centre
Resources
- Application Guide and Forms
- Publications and Manuals
- Audits and Evaluations
- Research and Statistics
- E-newsletter
Partner With Us
Multiculturalism
- About the Canadian Multiculturalism Program
- Black History Month
- British Home Children
- A Fun Path to Learning: CIC’s new Teachers and Youth Corner
- Inter-Action: Canada’s New Multiculturalism Grants and Contributions Program
- Community Historical Recognition Program (CHRP)
- The Mathieu Da Costa Challenge
- Racism, Stop It!
- Paul Yuzyk Award for Multiculturalism
- Asian Heritage Month
- Annual Report on the Operation of the Canadian Multiculturalism Act 2008-2009
- Holocaust Task Force
Educational Institutions
Service Providers
Volunteers
Protect Yourself
Immigration Representatives
Be Informed About Fraud
Know Your Rights
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
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