Change my address – Immigration and citizenship

If you’re in Canada

Step 1 – Check if you can use the Change of address service

The changes should appear in your file within 5 business days.

You can use this service if you meet all of the following criteria:

• You applied on paper.
• Your case is being processed in Canada.
• Your address is in Canada.
• You’re moving within 3 weeks or have already moved.
• You must also have either
  • sponsored a member of the family class
  • applied for permanent residence from within Canada
  • applied for a permanent resident card
  • applied for Canadian citizenship (for yourself or for a person adopted by a Canadian citizen)
  • applied for proof of citizenship (citizenship certificate)
  • applied to renounce or resume Canadian citizenship, or
  • applied for a search of citizenship records

Step 2 – Gather your documents

You may need documents related to your application, including 1 or more of these:

• a copy of your application
• your fee receipts
• any letter or official document we issued to you

Step 3 – Change your address

Use the service to tell us about your change of address.

If you have an immigration application in process and a representative on file (paid or unpaid), the mailing address in your file will be your representative’s address.

Go to the Change of address service

If you can’t use the Change of address service

Use the web form if you can’t use the Change of address service. Follow the instructions and include all the details we ask for.

If you recently immigrated to Canada

If you recently immigrated to Canada, you must tell us your new address to receive your permanent resident card.

Go to the address notification service

If you can’t use the address notification service, use the web form.

If you moved to Canada after submitting a citizenship application

If you moved to Canada after submitting an application to a mission outside Canada or the United States for any of the following reasons, you must contact the Canadian embassy, high commission or consulate where you submitted your application to change your address:

• proof of citizenship (citizenship certificate)
• search of citizenship records
• to renounce (give up) your Canadian citizenship

If you’re in the United States

Immigration application

Contact the Canadian visa office for your region to change your address.

Citizenship application

Use the web form to tell us your new address. This includes applications

• to become a Canadian citizen
• for a citizenship certificate (proof of citizenship)
• for search of citizenship records
• to renounce (give up) your Canadian citizenship

Refugee and asylum application

Send your change of address to the Backlog Reduction Office in Vancouver if you applied for

• a pre-removal risk assessment, or
• permanent residence based on humanitarian and compassionate grounds

If you’re outside Canada and the United States

Immigration application

Contact the Canadian visa office for your region to change your address.

Citizenship application

Refugee and asylum application

Send your change of address to the Backlog Reduction Office in Vancouver if you applied for

• a pre-removal risk assessment
• permanent residence based on humanitarian and compassionate grounds