If your Express Entry application is approved

If we approve your application, we’ll mail you a:

• Confirmation of Permanent Residence (COPR)
• a permanent resident visa (if you're from a country that requires a visa)

Your COPR will have information about who you are, as well as your photograph.

Check to make sure your information is correct. It should be the same as the information on your passport. If there is a mistake on your COPR, contact us through your account.

We can’t extend your COPR, so you should make sure to use it before it expires.

If you’re already in Canada

We’ll contact you and let you know what to do next.

You’ll need to have a short interview with an officer. You have two options for your interview:

• make an appointment at one of our offices in Canada (best option)
• go to a Canadian “port of entry” (border crossing), and present:
  • proof that you have the funds to support yourself and your family
  • your Confirmation of Permanent Residence (COPR) and your permanent resident visa (if we gave you one)

During the interview the officer will:

• make sure all your documents are valid
• ask you a few questions to make sure you still meet the terms to immigrate to Canada
• confirm your Canadian mailing address, so we can mail your permanent resident card (PR card)

If you change your address within 180 days of getting your status, you must tell us using the web form.

If you’re outside Canada

There are things you can do to prepare for life in Canada:

• use free pre-arrival services, which help you:
  • find out more about living and working in Canada
  • take steps to get recognition in Canada for your:
    • education
    • professional licences/certificates
• read about living and finding work in Canada

When you arrive in Canada

You must have:

• your valid passport and/or travel documents
  • your passport must be a regular, private citizen passport
  • you can’t immigrate to Canada with a diplomatic, government service or public affairs passport
• your Confirmation of Permanent Residence (COPR) and your permanent resident visa (if we gave you one)
• proof that you have the funds to support yourself and your family after you arrive in Canada

When you arrive in Canada, you’ll meet an officer from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). The officer will:

• make sure you’re entering Canada before or on the expiry date shown on your COPR
• ask to see your passport and other travel documents
• ask you a few questions to make sure you still meet the terms to immigrate to Canada
  • the questions will be similar to the ones you answered when you applied

To help speed up your entry to Canada, keep your passport and other documents with you at all times. Don’t pack them in your luggage.

We won’t allow you into Canada if you:

• give false or incomplete information
• don’t convince the officer that you meet the conditions to enter Canada

If you’re admissible and there are no problems when you arrive, the officer will:

• allow you to enter Canada as a permanent resident
• confirm your Canadian mailing address where we’ll mail your permanent resident card

If you change your address within 180 days of arriving in Canada, you must tell us using the web form.

Disclosure of funds

If you arrive in Canada with more than CAN$10,000, you must tell this to the CBSA officer. If you don’t tell them, you could be fined, and your funds could be seized.

What you can bring into Canada

Before you travel to Canada, see the CBSA website to find out what you can and cannot bring into the country.

After you arrive in Canada

• find immigrant services in Canada, who will help you:
  • settle
  • adapt to life
• read the Welcome to Canada guide to help you adjust
• use the Living in Canada tool to find the right services