How can I contact CIC?
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Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) offers several ways to contact them for visa and immigration questions.
If you are within Canada, you can call the Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) call centre for immigration and visa questions. The call centre number is 1-888-242-2100. (Please note, this number will likely only work within Canada.)
You can find more information at the CIC Call Centre website.
CIC encourages users to make use of the website as much as possible to avoid long wait-times at the call centre.
If you are outside of Canada, you can usually call your local Canadian visa office. Canada has High Comissions, Embassies and Consulates worldwide who can provide some information. You can find the nearest Canadian Visa Office to you at the CIC website: http://www.cic.gc.ca/English/information/offices/apply-where.asp
In many cases, your question can can also be answered by a Canadian immigration consultant or lawyer. If you wish, you can also speak to a registered Canadian immigration consultant or lawyer. Qualified counsel can help advise you of your options and answer your immigration questions.
Learn more about immigration consultants and lawyers.
Please note that immigration consultants and lawyers work for private companies and will almost always charge a fee for immigration advice.
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If you need to call the normal in-Canada CIC call centre, some people have been able to call CIC from outside of Canada on +1 613 944 4000.
I am Currently working in Canada on work visa. I have invited my Father and Mother to make visit to Canada.They applied for visitor visa
in Dec 2007 and Canada Embassy in India issue Visitor VISA to them
They Landed in Vancouver Dt. 04-June-2008 .Please suggest how long they can stay in Vancouver Canada.
can we apply for a social insurance card and OHIP when our application for PR is “in the process?”
Hi Ankur, your parent’s visas should have expire dates on them. This date is the date that the visas expire, and are no longer valid in Canada. Alternatively, if you contact CIC and quote the visa reference numbers, they should be able to confirm the date for you. Visitor visas are usually valid for 6 months from the date of entry.
Hi vickie. Are you currently in Canada or outside? You will need a Canadian postal address for your SIN and OHIP. Please also note that OHIP is the Ontario health plan, not Alberta’s. It;s recommended to apply for your health insurance as soon as your arrive so that you are covered as soon as your 3 month residency requirement finishes.
Hello, i am 30 years old and from wales in uk. I am a painter and have been for 1 year. Am i eligible for a skilled worker visa, a working holiday visa or a temporary working visa with a view to actually living in canada for more than 1 year?
Many thanks for your help, i have been told so many different things.
As I have sponsering my mother ,sister and brother(adopted by my mom) but unfortunately they were rejected during interview process except my mom, on the basis that in india’ s law does not allow adoption from thier own family members and my sister was rejected on the basis of her over age (26), even though she is going to school,
another thing I like to say as a visa office (DELHI)told to my family that the mother of adopted son has to come for interview but when she got there she didn’t let into the office for interview.
please if some one help me to overcome from this situation as I have waited a long period of time to meet my family .hopefully I’ill get my answer.
I would like to know how does the work permit work?
Can somebody can help
I would like to know how long you have to wait for student visa.
thanks
I came to canada 2 months ago and back home i have engneering degree. I am looking for a job all the time but sofar i didn’t find what i am looking for. can somebody can help me where i can find resources.
Can you advise me how much that we have to pay for a temporary employee visa and what procedures that I have to follow?
HI I AM S .RASHID RAZA RIZVI i am interpass and Diploma in information technology. Can you advise me how much that we have to pay for a temporary employee visa and what procedures that I have to follow?
Hi am jaysree.Have applied for the PR since June 2006.Can you tell me how much time will the process take to be finalised?
I am Currently working in US on L1 visa.
I am interested to work from canada. Kindly could you please suggest what are the option to get easy and fasted immigartion.
i want ask one q. my wife she is working in hioliday inn inadmiminton she got work permit can she able to bring me (husband) and my two sons how long it will take and what is fastes way to bring us
Hi, I want to relocate to Alberta Canada. Why, because I would like to spend some years of my career in a different culture. I am a registered nurse. can I just migrate to Alberta and start job hunting/
Hello, I live in the U.S my work permit has expired. I am a citizen from Honduras , want to relocate to Canada could you suggest what is the fasted way to do it? also does it help if I apply with a citizen of U.S?
I immigrated to Canada from England during the war, in 1946, with my mother who married a Canadian. I need to find out when I arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia. We came over on the Queen Mary from Liverpool, England when I was only about 1-1/2 - 2 years old and my mother has no records of our arrival. How can I find out the month and day of our arrival? The Canadian government requires this date in order for me to apply for old age security.
My friend have landed in Jan05 and my PR will expire in Jan2010. They have so far spent 5 mnths in three years time inside Canada . Will they be able to enter Canada again before the expiry? What will be the deadline for them to enter?
Ana
i am a radiologic technologist here in philippine and a care giver graduate an now im graduating a BS Nusing this coming march.My Wife is a dentist also and we would like to seek advise on how to become an immigrant and whhat is the fastest way to bring us there?
Please , i have a question , i applied for a Canadian study permit since Oct.22 2008 till date , since then I haven’t been contacted by CIC , what do i have to do ? How long more do i have to wait? is it true that the longer the better chance you have in getting the visa?.
Thanks
Patrick CMR
I sponsored my parents. The visa office said that they have sent my parents a letter requesting further information. But my parents had never received such letter. Can anyone please can tell me what kind of info they ask.
thanks
Rashid
hi,
how do i go about getting a refund of my landing fee paid in excess.i am a landed immigrant residing in alberta
How to apply for “urgent” case for PR card renewal? I have waited for my new PR card for more than 3 months, no response yet.
Hello,
I’m visiting Canada on a two years with multiple entries business visa.
On my arrival in Canada I just received one stamp on my passport (the one with the entry date). I have no exit date stamped on my passport.
My ticket back home is on 1st of February 2009 and I entered in Canada on November, 12 2008. I intend to change my return date for travelling reasons with 7 weeks but I’m not sure about how long I am allowed to stay in Canada on this current travel.
I know that legally I can stay 6 months but I’m concern that if I’ll extend my current trip I might have problems next time when I will want to enter in Canada. Can you please advice me in this problem?
or please inform me if you know:
How can I receive an answer from an authority, is there any phone number that I can call?
Another question:
During this trip I went in US for visiting and when I re-enter in Canada I received another stamp with an entrance date and no exit date again.
My question is:
the six months that I can stay once in Canada will be consider from the first entrance or the second one?
Thank you.
hello. i am currently landed immigrant in canda i can’t seem to access the CIC call centre. i was wondering if, i go to school in the states i it will affect my permanent residency.
My neighbour became a Canadian Citizen many years ago using her married name. Since divorced, how does she go about changing to her maiden name. Thank you
hi
do you now how long the background checke tike for sponsership applaction,
I applied for a new work permit because i changed my employer…I was about to send my application together with receipt payment ( i paid it in the bank) to albert when my employer decided to try submitting it here in st. clair. When i gave them my application papers and all the requirements that were attached on it they did not accept the receipt but rather told us to pay in cash, so my employer used her credit card to pay for the work permit, (we’re unable to asked the person why the receipt that i paid in the bank was not accepted) and the person told us that i can still use it for the renewal of my work permit in case i’m still working to the same employer, he gave me only up to dec. 2009 because my passport will expire on dec 2009. I went to the bank and asked them if i can refund the payment that i’ve made, and they told me i cannot because as soon as you pay there is account no wherein your payment will automatically goes to the government account. So my question is, can i still use the receipt for my renewal of work permit and does it has an expiration.
Thank you and i appreciate your response.
I was applying for permanent resident since Oct. 2006 I am wondering why my application until now there’s no result yet.
How long I’m gonna wait to receive my PR?
Thank you.
hi this is me teklebrhan from eritrea africa as what happens here in eritrea there is no any human right icluduing freedom of worship.as a result i am one of the victims of this religiouse persecution.so how can you help me to come to canada to live there i have university degree in history.
u can contactme by the above email adress for more information .
urs teklebrhan
I have an LMO with expired on April 18 2009
I’am plannning to apply this March its is possible accept my documents in the embassy thanks
My mother has applied for visitor visa for canada.She has been to canada 2 yrs back on visitor visa and now applied the second time.First time she had applied when she was in US Atlanta. And she went back before the visa expired.This time she applied from India and she was told to get the medical done.The medical was done on 27 March 2009 but till now until April 14 th there is no reply.The local doctor who is a designated med practitioner from immigration deptt admitted that he sent the report one week after the medical was done becuase he had gone out of town for personal reason.Which is very irresponsible.But now I dont know how much time it will take for her to receive a reply and she was coming for my delivery on April 15th which became impossible now for her to be here when the baby is coming.Plz suggest
hi, this coming May 15 i am going to apply for my permanent resident visa and i am going to apply for my family too at the same time… the problem is my husband is leaving to Bahrain this May 5 and he told me not to include his name because its gonna take time if i include him because he’s gonna be gone that time… i wanted to know if i can do that remove his name to my sponsorship? if not, what do i need to do? do i need some documents from him? thank you very much
My case is a bit complicated.
I am from India. My wife applied for immigration in 2004 including my name as well as my daughter’s name. In 2008 when we were in newyork, US she received papers from UK visa office for sending passports for immigration visas. she sent her and my daughter’s passports for visas, which were stamped on their passports. whereas for me she said my name is not added for visa, WHEREAS my name was mentioned in the papers she received from visa office UK and all my paperwork was also done including medical, police verification etc. she lateron moved to canada with my daughter and i moved to India as my father was critically ill. she lateron filed a divorce from me with sole custody of the child. i need to know CAN I PURSUE THE IMMIGRATION CASE? WAS I ALSO APPROVED FOR PR in CANADA? WHAT EFFECT WILL MY WIFE’S PERMANENT RESIDENCE HAVE AFTER THE DIVORCE? Kindly help me out by giving me a response. Thank you in advance