What are you trying to do?
Each route below leads to the rules that actually apply, current as at the date shown on the page, and tools to check where you stand.
Immigrate permanently
Become a permanent resident through work, skills, a business, or family. Federal and provincial routes.
Explore →Work temporarily
Work permits, employer supported and open, and the routes from temporary work to permanent residence.
In preparationStudy in Canada
Study permits, the financial requirements, and what your options are once you graduate.
In preparationVisit Canada
Visitor visas, electronic travel authorisations, the Super Visa, extensions and restoring status.
In preparationBring your family
Sponsoring a spouse or partner, children, parents and grandparents.
In preparationSeek protection
Refugee claims, humanitarian and compassionate applications, and pre-removal risk assessments.
In preparationBecome Canadian
Citizenship eligibility, the residence calculation, the application and the test.
In preparationSomething went wrong
A refusal, an admissibility problem, an appeal, or status that has expired.
In preparationIf more than one of these fits, that is normal. A person on a work permit thinking about permanent residence is in at least two of them, and the order you do things in usually matters more than which one you pick.