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Guide 5487: Applying for a Work Permit outside Canada

Languages

Question 1
  1. Choose your native language (mother tongue).
  2. If your native language is not English or French, choose the language you would most likely use.
    • Both
    • English
    • French
    • Neither
  3. Choose English, French or both as your language of communication:
    • English
    • French
    • Both
    • Neither
  4. Check Yes or No to tell us if you have taken a test from a designated testing agency to test your abilities in English or French.

Passport

Question 1
Type your valid passport or travel document number exactly as shown on the document. Make sure there is no space between each number or letter.
Question 2
From the list, select the name of the country or territory that issued your passport or travel document.
Question 3
Enter the date your passport or travel document was issued.
Question 4
Enter the date your passport or travel document will expire.
Question 5
For this trip – Check Yes or No to tell us if you are using a passport issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taiwan that shows your personal identification number.
Question 6
For this trip – Check Yes or No to tell us if you are using a National Israeli passport.

Venezuelan passport holders

You may need to complete extra steps when you fill out your application.

If the printed expiry date on your Venezuelan passport has passed

If the printed expiry date has passed and you’re applying for a visitor visa, study permit, work permit or to extend your stay as a temporary resident in Canada, follow these steps:

  1. Add 5 years to the printed expiry date shown on your passport and enter it in the expiry date field of the application form.
  2. Include a letter of explanation with your application stating: “I am a Venezuelan national with a Venezuelan passport, which has been extended for 5 years”.

Warning: If your passport is still expired after adding 5 years to the printed expiry date, your passport is considered expired. You’re not eligible to submit an application with that passport.

National Identity Document

Question 1
Check Yes or No to tell us if you have a national identity document.
Question 2
Enter your national identity document number exactly as shown on the document.
Question 3
From the list, select the name of the country or territory that issued your national identity document.
Question 4
Enter the date your national identity document was issued.
Question 5
Enter the date your national identity document will expire.

US PR Card

Question 1
Check Yes or No to tell us if you are a lawful Permanent Resident of the United States with a valid alien registration card (green card).
Question 2
Enter your valid alien registration card (green card) document number exactly as shown on the document.
Question 3
Enter when your alien registration card (green card) document will expire.

Contact Information

Question 1
Type your current mailing address (where information should be mailed). Make sure you include the following information:
  • Post Office Box (P.O. Box) number, if you have one. If you do not have a post office box number, you must type the street number.
  • Apartment (Apt.) or Unit,
  • Street number (No.). If you did not type in a P.O. Box number, you must type the street number,
  • Street name. Do not abbreviate words (Street, Avenue, Boulevard, Drive, etc.) except for directions (NW, SE, W, etc.)
  • City or Town
  • From the list, choose the country or territory of your current mailing address.
  • Province or State
  • Postal code or zip code
  • District, if it applies to you.

All correspondence will go to this address unless you give us your e-mail address.

If you wish to have a representative who can conduct business on your behalf, you must give us their email and mailing addresses in this section and fill out the Use of a Representative (IMM 5476) form.

Question 2
Check the box to tell us if the address you live at is the same as your mailing address. If “No”, type the following information:
  • Apartment (Apt.) or Unit, if it applies to you
  • Street Number (No.)
  • Street Name. Do not abbreviate words (Street, Avenue, Boulevard, Drive etc.) except for directions (NW, SE, W, etc.)
  • City or Town
  • Country or territory
  • Province or State
  • Postal Code or zip code
  • District, if it applies to you.
Question 3
Check the correct box to tell us if the telephone number is from Canada, the United States (US) or Other (any other country).

Choose the type of telephone:

  • Residence (home)
  • Cellular (cell or mobile)
  • Business (work)

Type your telephone number including the country code, area or regional codes, etc.

If you have an extension number, write it after your phone number under “Ext.”

Question 4
Check the correct box to tell us if your other telephone number is from Canada, the United States or Other (any other country).

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