CSC Visa Information Service

Required Documents, Forms, and Checklists

This page hosts the forms and checklists required for your application. Please click on the relevant file to download it. For assistance in determining what type of application you will be submitting, please contact the VAC.

Mexico City: VACSupport@CICMEX.com.mx
Monterrey: VACSupportmty@CICMEX.com.mx
Guadalajara: VACSupportgdl@CICMEX.com.mx

You must print out the relevant checklist, mark each document you are submitting, and include the checklist with your application.

Misrepresentation or submission of false documentation will result in the application being refused. If an applicant or someone acting on their behalf directly or indirectly misrepresents facts relating to their application for a Temporary Resident Visa:

The application will be refused;
The circumstances of their refusal will be entered into Canada’s global immigration database; and
They could become inadmissible to Canada for two (2) years under section 40(2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.

Temporary Resident Visa
VAC Consent Form Visitor Form – IMM 5257 Family Information Form – IMM 5645 Visitor Form – Schedule 1 Additional Document Checklist – IMM 5484 Photograph Specifications
Choose the Applicable Checklist:
Checklist of Documents - Business Visitors Checklist of Documents - Private Visitor - Visiting Family or Friends Checklist of Documents - Returning Students Holding Valid Study Permit Checklist of Documents - Returning Workers Holding Valid Work Permit Checklist of Documents - Short-Term Students Checklist of Documents - Tourists Checklist of Documents - Transit
If applicable to your situation:
Authority to Release Personal Information to a Designated Individual Form - IMM 5475 Instructions – Use of a Representative Form IMM 5561 Representative Form - IMM 5476 Statutory Declaration of Common-Law Union Form - IMM 5409 "Authorization for a Minor to Travel to Canada" Form A photocopy of the child’s birth certificate and a photocopy of the passport (or an identity document with signature) for each parent or for the legal guardian MUST be attached.

Study Permit
VAC Consent Form Study Permit Form - IMM 1294 Study Permit Form - Annex Family Information Form – IMM 5645 Addresses Form Photograph Specifications
Checklist:
Checklist of Documents - Study Permits
If applicable to your situation:
Instructions - Use of a Representative Form IMM 5561 Representative Form - IMM 5476 Statutory Declaration of Common-Law Union Form - IMM 5409 "Authorization for a Minor to Travel to Canada" Form A photocopy of the child’s birth certificate and a photocopy of the passport (or an identity document with signature) for each parent or for the legal guardian MUST be attached.

Work Permit
VAC Consent Form Work Permit Form - IMM 1295 NAFTA TLCAN ALENA Form - IMM 5321B, if applicable Family Information Form – IMM 5645 Additional Information Form Photograph Specifications
Checklist:
Checklist of Documents - Work Permits
If applicable to your situation:
Instructions - Use of a Representative Form IMM 5561 Representative Form - IMM 5476 Statutory Declaration of Common-Law Union Form - IMM 5409 "Authorization for a Minor to Travel to Canada" Form A photocopy of the child’s birth certificate and a photocopy of the passport (or an identity document with signature) for each parent or for the legal guardian MUST be attached.