After you apply

On this page

• Keep your information up to date
• Get your fingerprints and photo taken
• Book your medical exam
• Check your application status
• Processing your application

Keep your information up to date

Use the web form if you need to:

• update your contact information
• tell us about changes to your family situation like a marriage, birth, divorce or death

Update your personal information

Get your fingerprints and photo taken

If you’re between 14 and 79 years old, you need to give your fingerprints and photo (biometrics). This is true even if you gave your biometrics in the past and they’re still valid.

We’ll email you instructions after you’ve paid your biometrics fee and submitted a complete application. This can take up to several weeks.

• You have 30 days from the date on the letter to get your biometrics done.
• All appointments are in-person at collection sites.

Book your medical exam

You and your family (partner and children) must have a medical exam before you come to Canada. We’ll email you instructions on how to get your medical exam done.

We won’t accept your application if your health:

• is a danger to Canada’s public health or safety or
• would cause too great a demand on health or social services in Canada

Learn more about medical exams

Check your application status

Once you have an acknowledgement of receipt (AOR) letter, you can begin to track the status of your application.

Check the status of your application

Processing your application

If you want to withdraw your application

You can submit a webform to withdraw or cancel your application. You might get some of the fees you paid refunded, depending on whether we’ve starting processing it or not.

Withdraw or cancel your application]

If we approve your application

We’ll let you know right away. We’ll also email you instructions on what to do next.

If we refuse your application

If your application is refused, we’ll send you a letter that explains why.

If we choose your application for a special review

Our Quality Assurance Program randomly selects applications for a special review. If your application is selected, we’ll

• let you know by email or mail
• ask you to provide additional information
• schedule an interview with our official, which will help us to
  • confirm the accuracy of the documents and information you provided
  • make sure you filled out your application correctly
  • verify that you meet all the citizenship requirements