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Immigration measures and support for Ukrainians and their families

You may experience delays renewing your Ukrainian passport in Canada

Due to a backlog of applications at the Embassy of Ukraine in Canada, you may experience delays renewing your Ukrainian passport. If you want to extend your temporary resident status in Canada but you can’t renew your passport in time, you can still submit an application. We’ll assess these applications on a case-by-case basis.

If you get your new passport while we’re processing your application to extend your status, send us a copy of it using our web form.

The deadline to apply for a visa under the Canada-Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel (CUAET) was July 15, 2023. However, if you’re already in Canada under the CUAET measures, you may be able to apply for an open work permit, an extension of your open work permit or a study permit under temporary in-Canada measures.

Select your situation below:

You’re in Canada under the CUAET measures

Temporary measures are available

You arrived in Canada on or before March 31, 2024.

Temporary measures are available

Apply for an open work permit or a study permit or to extend your status in Canada

Temporary measures are in place for you to apply for the following from inside Canada

Standard application fees apply.

Deadline: Submit your application on or before March 31, 2026. Extended

Apply for the following through the regular application process:

Standard application fees apply.

Deadline: Submit your extension application at least 30 days before your current status expires.

You arrived in Canada after March 31, 2024.

You can continue to stay in Canada until the expiry date on your temporary resident document.

If you want to apply to extend your stay, work permit or study permit, you must apply through the regular process and you’ll have to pay standard processing fees.

Find out how to

You’re not in Canada under the CUAET measures

Your CUAET application was approved but you haven’t arrived in Canada yet.

You can still travel to Canada using your approved temporary resident visa until it expires.

If you were also approved for an open work permit, you’ll get it when you arrive in Canada, as long as your letter of introduction is valid.

However, because the deadline to enter Canada to benefit from the CUAET measures was March 31, 2024, you

Basic entry requirements

To visit Canada, you will need to meet some basic requirements, such as:

  • have a valid travel document, such as a passport,
  • be in good health,
  • have no criminal or immigration-related convictions,
  • convince an immigration officer that you have ties—such as a job, home, financial assets or family—that will take you back to your home country,
  • convince an immigration officer that you will leave Canada at the end of your visit, and
  • have enough money for your stay. (The amount of money you will need can vary. It depends on things such as how long you will stay, and whether you will stay in a hotel, or with friends or relatives.)

You haven’t gotten a decision on your CUAET application yet.

If you applied under the CUAET measures on or before July 15, 2023, and you haven’t gotten a decision yet (an approval or a rejection), it may be due to the complexity of the application.

We’re still working on processing it as soon as possible. However, the last day for you to benefit from the temporary measures was December 31, 2024.

If your application is approved

You can still travel to Canada using your approved temporary resident visa until it expires. If you were also approved for an open work permit, you will get one when you arrive in Canada.

However, because the deadline to enter Canada under these temporary measures has passed, you need to meet all the general requirements to enter Canada.

You’re in Canada as a temporary resident, but not under the CUAET measures.

You can continue to stay in Canada until the expiry date on your temporary resident document.

If you want to apply to extend your stay, work permit or study permit, you must apply through the regular process and you’ll have to pay standard processing fees.

Find out how to

You applied for permanent residence as a Ukrainian national with family in Canada.

The permanent residence pathway for Ukrainian nationals with family members in Canada closed on October 22, 2024.

We’ll continue processing the applications we received on or before this date.

You can check your application status online at any time.

Your application was rejected.

This means you did not meet the requirements for the temporary measures.

If you’re still interested in coming to Canada, you can explore our immigration programs to see if there’s a program for you.

You didn’t submit an application to come to Canada yet.

There are no temporary measures for your situation.

If you’re interested in coming to Canada, you can explore our immigration programs to see if there’s a program for you.

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