Application to Change Conditions or Extend Your Stay in Canada as a Worker

For help with Completing an application form visit the CIC Help Centre.

If you are in Canada and need to extend your Work Permit and renew your Temporary Resident Visa (TRV), you may submit a separate application for the new TRV to the Case Processing Pilot Office in Ottawa (CPP-O) only after the extension of your Work Permit has been approved.

This application includes the following items:

1. Document Checklist [IMM 5556] (PDF, 47 KB)
2. Application to Change Conditions, Extend my Stay or Remain in Canada as a Worker [IMM 5710] (PDF, 413 KB)
3. Statutory Declaration of Common-Law Union [IMM 5409] (PDF, 97 KB)
4. Use of a Representative [IMM 5476] (PDF, 55 KB)
5. Fees Receipt
   You have two options to obtain a fees receipt:
   • Pay your fees online.
   • Pay your fees at a financial institution in Canada
     You will need an original fee receipt.
6. Instruction Guide [IMM 5553]

This application is for temporary residents who are already in Canada and wish to:

• extend their stay;
• change the conditions of their stay;
• change their type of temporary status; or
• correct problems with their status.

It is important to apply for the renewal before the expiry of your current status.

New: You now have two options available when submitting an application to change conditions or extend your stay in Canada as a worker:

Option 1

• Submit your application electronically
  
  or

Option 2

• Read your instruction guide and download your application forms
• Complete, sign and date your application forms
• Pay the fees
• Mail your completed application to the Case Processing Centre in Vegreville, Alberta