www.cic.gc.ca - Canada’s Official Immigration Website

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www.cic.gc.ca is the website of Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) - Canada’s governing body for citizenship and immigration regulations.

Cic.gc.ca is available in English and French.

About cic.gc.ca

The Citizenship and Immigration Canada website is the official source of information for foreign nationals who want to come to Canada to visit, study, work, immigrate or apply for citizenship.

Information

The CIC website contains immigration and visa information for people who want to:

  • Visit Canada and need visitor visa information.
  • Work temporarily in Canada and need a Temporary Work Permit.
  • Study in Canada and need a Study Permit.
  • Immigrate to Canada as a Skilled Worker or via Family Sponsorship.
  • Apply for refugee or asylum status in Canada.
  • Adopt a child from another country.

The website also includes information to help newcomers transition to life in Canada, both before they arrive in Canada, and after they enter the country.

Forms

The CIC website provides includes all official Canadian government visa application forms, as well as application instruction kits free of charge.

The site also makes available statistics, audits and publications from Citizenship and Immigration Canada free to the public.

More Information

You can find the CIC website at www.cic.gc.ca.  If you do not have internet access, you can contact CIC by telephone:

How to contact Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

11 Responses on “www.cic.gc.ca - Canada’s Official Immigration Website”

  1. Mauricio on August 22nd, 2008

    Necesito informacion en spanish,por favor,gracias.

  2. jules alexander on August 25th, 2008

    how can i get to come to canada again even to visit ?

    i was in canada before married and divoce aply for refuge status
    was refuse and ask to leave which i did because of depotation
    if they didn’t accept me what can i do?

  3. Abayomi muyiwa .O on August 27th, 2008

    Since 1995,i have be wishing to migrate to canada to live & work been a trained accountant.How do i go about it?

  4. jatsindhar on September 4th, 2008

    if ireport a fruadulent marriage and a case to get immigration of canada by changing the of applicant &same person had the tubroclosis from india please let me know about it

  5. james olayinka on September 16th, 2008

    send me details of how i can live and work in canada, i am a graduate of electrical engineering and i intend to come and work in canada.

  6. nabeela ashraf on September 19th, 2008

    hello, i am a30 years old school teacher with three kids.My husband is a lawyer, my sister lives in toronto and i am dying to get an immigration of the land of opportunities.how long is the processand and is my case strong.

  7. edwin lawrence kristianson on September 23rd, 2008

    i am trying to download form IMM-1249 from the web and i am unable to do so.
    regards edwin l kristianson

  8. Reza on September 24th, 2008

    I would like to apply for post doctorate education in Canada.How can I do it?

  9. millard palinar on October 7th, 2008

    i just heard this website recently,and im interested to know the process of looking/finding a work/living in canada…if you can give me more details what to do,plz send me info’s to my e-mail ad…im 30yrs old…my work experience is in international call center…im a graduate of computer engineering…and i heard also if you have a program which is “fly now pay later”,is that true…hope you can send me info’s….more power!

  10. Marjorie enriquez on October 10th, 2008

    Salut! Bonjour! Your website helps a lot of people just like me who wanted to work and live in canada. Im eager to apply but dont know where to start until i’ve found this site. Im 42 yrs old, working here in libya as laboratory tech’n.Im also doing hair styling (cutting) as my part time job. Do i have a chance to fulfill my dream? Au revoir et merci beaucoup.

  11. Joanne Massi on October 28th, 2008

    I am a U.S citizen and a landed immigrant in Canada for the past 38years
    my question is if I apply for a Canadian Citizenship will I lose my U.S.citizen status?

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