If you can’t complete a medical exam before the deadline to submit your work permit application, you can submit proof that you’ve made an appointment to get one.
Your medical exam results are valid for 12 months. To make sure they don’t expire, you should wait until you’re invited to apply before getting a medical exam.
Learn more about medical exam requirements.
You don’t need to have health insurance when you apply. You do need to have it before you arrive in Canada. Your health insurance must cover the entire time you’re here.
You should purchase 1 policy to cover the entire length of your work permit. If this isn’t possible, you can get 2 consecutive policies instead.
Your insurance must cover
Before purchasing your policy, ask your provider what medical coverage is included.
If you don’t have sufficient coverage, you may be denied entry into Canada.
We strongly recommend you wait to get your health insurance until after you get your port of entry letter of introduction.
If your health insurance doesn’t last the entire length of your stay in Canada, you’ll be given a work permit that expires on the same day as your insurance.
If this happens, you won’t be able to apply to change the conditions of your work permit at a later date.
In most cases, you’ll need to get police certificates for countries or territories where you’ve spent 6 or more months in a row since the age of 18.
When processing your application, an officer might ask you for more police certificates.
For the country or territory where you currently live, the certificate cannot be older than 6 months from the day you apply.
For any other country or territory where you’ve stayed for 6 or more months in a row, the certificate must have been issued after you left. You can use the certificate for your IEC application as long as you haven’t gone back to that country or territory.
There will only be 1 upload field for police certificates. If you need to give us more than 1 certificate, make sure to include all your certificates together in 1 single file.
If your police certificate doesn’t have an expiry date, select a day that’s at least 1 year after the date it was issued. It doesn’t have to be exactly 1 year after.
If your police certificate doesn’t have a document number, type N/A in the field.
If you can’t get a police certificate before the deadline to submit your application, you can upload
An officer will send you a request letter in your account later on to ask for your police certificate. You must give us the certificate by the deadline shown in the request letter or your application will be refused.
Some places of special instructions for IEC applicants. Read the special notes and considerations for the countries below:
Learn more about police certificates.
You’ll need to provide a copy of your CV or résumé. A curriculum vitae or résumé is a brief description of your:
It should also include your current job title and the city and country where you currently live.
You must provide a clear, readable copy of your passport.
Your passport must be valid:
Your work permit will not be issued for longer than the validity of your passport. Your passport must include a blank page other than the last page.
You must provide a digital photo of yourself.
If you scan a photo you already have, the minimum resolution must be 600 pixels per inch.
You must complete the Family Information (IMM 5707) (PDF, 640.83 KB).
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