Sponsorship of parents, grandparents, adopted children and other relatives — The sponsor’s guide (IMM 5196)

Mailing your application

Put your forms along with your receipt and all the supporting documentation in an envelope and mail it to:

Case Processing Centre - Mississauga
P.O. Box 6100, Station A
Mississauga ON  L5A 4H4

If you are sponsoring an adopted child, print “ADOPTION” immediately above Case Processing Centre on the envelope.

The envelope will require more postage than a normal letter. To avoid having your application returned to you, have the post office weigh it before mailing.

Should you require confirmation that your application arrived at destination, contact your local postal outlet for information on various mailing options available to you.

Unless notified otherwise, advise us immediately, by mail at the address above or facsimile (905 803-7392) if, following the submission of your application, there are any changes to your family status such as marriage, divorce, births, deaths, your address, telephone or fax number, or any other important information. When advising the office of such changes, you must clearly state your file number, which will be found at the top of any correspondence we will send you to acknowledge the receipt of your application.

If you move

If your address changes after you have submitted your application, let us know immediately

• by e-mail, using CIC’s online service. Just go to CIC’s website and follow the instructions for filling out and submitting the electronic change of address form; or
• by telephone, by contacting our Call Centre.

Sponsors who signed an “engagement” with the province of Quebec and subsequently move from Quebec to another province in Canada while their sponsorship application is in process must sign a new undertaking and agreement. Conversely, sponsors who signed an undertaking with the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and subsequently move to Quebec from another province in Canada while their sponsorship application is in process must sign an “engagement” with the province of Quebec.

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