GUIDE 3999 Steps – Sponsorship Of A Spouse, Common-Law Partner, Conjugal Partner Or Dependent Child Living Outside Canada
Note: All correspondence will go to this address unless you indicate your e-mail address.
If you wish to have a representative who can conduct business on your behalf, you must provide their address in this section and on the Use of a Representative (IMM 5476) form.
For more information read the Use of a Representative section in this guide.
- Apartment (Apt.) or Unit, if applicable
- Street Number (No.). It is the number on your house or apartment building.
- Street Name
- City or Town
- Country
- Province or State
- Postal Code/zip code
- District, if applicable
- Residence (home)
- Cellular (cell/mobile)
- Business (work)
Indicate your telephone number including the country code, area/regional codes, etc.
If you have an extension number, indicate it after your phone number under “Ext.”
- Residence (home)
- Cellular (cell/mobile)
- Business (work)
Indicate your telephone number including the country code, area/regional codes, etc.
If you have an extension number, indicate it after your phone number under “Ext.”
Note: By indicating your e-mail address, you are hereby authorizing CIC to transmit your file and personal information to this specific e-mail.
Passport
- Question 1
- Check the appropriate box to indicate if you have a valid passport or travel document.
- Question 2
- If you checked “Yes”, provide your passport or travel document number. Make sure there is no space between each number or letter.
- Question 3
- From the list, select the country that issued your passport or travel document.
- Question 4
- Enter the date your passport or travel document was issued.
- Question 5
- Enter the expiry date of your passport or travel document.
National Identity Document
- Question 1
- Check the appropriate box to indicate if you have a valid identity document.
- Question 2
- If you checked “Yes”, provide your identity document number. Make sure there is no space between each number or letter.
- Question 3
- From the list, select the name of the country that issued your identity document.
- Question 4
- Enter the issue date of your identity document.
- Question 5
- Enter the expiry date of your identity document.
Education/Occupation Detail
- Question 1
- From the list, select your highest level of education.
Type of education
- None
- No education.
- Secondary or less
- High school diploma obtained after elementary school and before college, university, or other formal training.
- Trade / Apprenticeship certificate / Diploma
- Diploma completed in a specific trade, such as carpentry or auto mechanics.
- Non-university certificate / Diploma
- Training in a profession that requires formal education but not at the university level (for example, dental technician or engineering technician).
- Post-secondary – No degree
- Post-secondary studies at a college or university but no degree earned.
- Bachelor’s degree
- Academic degree awarded by a college or university to those who completed an undergraduate curriculum; also called a baccalaureate. Examples include a Bachelor of Arts, Science or Education.
- Post Graduate – No degree
- Post Graduate studies at a college or university but no degree earned (Master or PhD).
- Master’s degree
- Academic degree awarded by a graduate school of a college or university. You must have completed a Bachelor’s degree before a Master’s degree can be earned.
- Doctorate – PhD
- Highest university degree, usually based on at least three (3) years of graduate studies and a thesis. Normally, you must have completed a Master’s degree before a PhD can be earned.
- Question 2
- Indicate the total number of years of formal education that you have completed, including elementary and secondary school.
- Question 3
- Indicate your current occupation.
Note: If you are a parent of a child to be adopted in Canada who is not yet identified, indicate “Unknown”.
- Question 4
- Indicate your intended occupation in Canada.