- Application form IMM5709
- You need to download the form from your online document checklist and open it with Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you don't have Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can download it for free.
- Please use this IMM5709 form template containing additional instructions on how to complete specific sections.
- The application form is not signed when applying online. Make sure you re-validate and re-save the form after making any changes.
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If you are a student in a co-op program and you’re applying for both a study permit and co-op work permit together in one application, you can have your study permit and co-op work permit mailed to Co-operative Education on campus. Under “current mailing address”, you would provide the following information:
- Street no.: 200
- Street name: University Avenue West, c/o International, Tatham Centre
- City/Town: Waterloo
- Country or Territory: Canada
- Province: ON
- Postal code: N2L 3G1
- We recommend including an alternative secure mailing address to students who are going to be moving from their current residential address within the six months following their application submission or for students who have issues receiving mail at their current address.
- A proof of enrolment letter from the University of Waterloo confirming registration for the current term, past academic terms, anticipated enrolment, and anticipated completion date. This is to be uploaded to your online application under Letter of Acceptance.
- Get your free proof of enrolment letter in Quest which will confirm your student enrolment status. The letter includes your student ID number, enrolment status, enrolment history, program length and anticipated completion date.
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- If you receive a message directing you to order a modified proof of enrolment letter, you will receive instructions from The Centre. Note there is a fee for students who require a modified proof of enrolment letter.
- If you are studying in a Canadian high school and are not at Waterloo yet, use your Offer of Admission and Letter of Acceptance.
- Passport scans
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Include the biographical page and all pages that include content from Canada or another country: e.g. stamps, visas, or markings.
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Include your current study permit and co-op work permit (if applicable).
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If you have renewed a passport since beginning your studies in Canada, include the past passport(s) with the newest passport first in the file.
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All images will need to be merged into 1 file which must be less than 4MB.
- Proof of financial support
- Generally this means proof of tuition payment for the current term and next term (if available) from Quest and your past four months of bank statements showing the minimum living expenses of $20,635 for the next year or more if you have dependents in Canada with you. If you don't have this, then you'll have to look at providing other documents, which could include proof of funding or scholarship, proof of a job, or proof of financial support from family shown through a letter of support from them and their bank statements or proof of their employment.
- Digital photo of you taken in the last six months that meets the requirements.
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Co-op letter (if you are in a co-op program and also applying for the co-op work permit)
- Proof of immigration medical exam
- Family Information form (if requested in your document checklist)
- Directly download the version given to you in your document checklist. Fill it out, print, and sign the form where required, then scan and upload it.
- Schedule 1 (only if you answered the IMM5709 Background Information questions 3-6 with yes)
- Letter of explanation or any additional documents (if applicable)
- Biometrics
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Biometrics collection is required for in-Canada temporary residence applications, if you have not completed biometrics in the past.
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If you have not provided biometrics before, you will need to select “no” when answering the questionnaire question regarding biometrics and pay the $85 biometrics fee. After submitting your application, you will receive a Biometrics Instruction Letter (BIL) in your online IRCC account with further information on how and where to provide your biometrics
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If you have provided biometrics to Canada in the past, use the check status tool to find out if your biometrics are still valid.
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NOTE: although biometrics is valid for 10 years, and although you had completed biometrics in the past, if the status tool indicates that your biometrics are NOT valid, we recommend that you still select “no” when answering the questionnaire question regarding biometrics and pay the $85 fee for biometrics and complete biometrics for your application.
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Your status documents will not be issued beyond a biometrics expiry date. If your biometrics is expiring in the near future, and the biometrics validity does not encompass the full duration of your temporary residence application, we recommend that you still pay for biometrics and complete biometrics for your application.
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Please book an appointment with us for assistance!
IRCC can ask for any other documents throughout the application process.
Alternatively, if you are outside of Canada, you would apply for a new study permit. This will be similar to when you applied for the first study permit and will be processed by the Canadian visa office outside of Canada serving the country where you are residing. You also need to include proof, and an explanation, of the studies you have already done in Canada. If you are a United States citizen or Green Card holder, or a resident of Greenland or Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, you could also apply for a new study permit at a Canadian port of entry.
You can check estimated application processing times on the IRCC website. The IRCC Client Support Centre is available from within Canada to answer questions by phone or web form