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Document checklists to prepare before you apply.
General starting points — not a substitute for a case-specific review of your file.
Most refusals blamed on "missing paperwork" are actually formatting problems — a document that's present but improperly translated, uncertified, or inconsistent with the rest of the file. Every checklist below links to a full page covering certified translations, colour-copy requirements, and the specific traps that don't appear on the official government checklist.
Express Entry readiness
Full checklist & document standards- Valid passport or travel document
- Approved language test results
- Educational Credential Assessment, when required
- Complete personal and address history
- Detailed employment history with NOC analysis
- Reference letters describing actual duties
- Civil-status and family documents
- Settlement-fund evidence, when required
- Police certificate planning
- Review of prior applications and refusals
Spousal sponsorship readiness
Full checklist & document standards- Sponsor status and eligibility evidence
- Marriage or common-law evidence
- Relationship history and chronology
- Communication and visit records
- Shared financial or residential evidence
- Previous marriage and divorce records
- Applicant identity and civil-status records
- Police certificate planning
- Medical examination instructions
- Review of past sponsorships or refusals
Study permit readiness
Full checklist & document standards- Letter of acceptance and DLI review
- Provincial or territorial attestation, when required
- Tuition payment evidence
- Traceable proof of funds
- Academic records and language results
- Program-choice explanation
- Employment and career history
- Family and home-country circumstances
- Post-graduation work permit eligibility check
- Review of previous refusals
Canadian work permit readiness
Full checklist & document standards- Job offer and employment terms
- Employer compliance or LMIA evidence
- Correct exemption or program code
- Worker qualifications and experience
- Professional licensing, when relevant
- Current status and expiry dates
- Family application planning
- Medical or police requirements, when applicable
- Evidence of temporary purpose
- Prior application and refusal review
EB-5 investor readiness
Full checklist & document standards- Independent immigration counsel review
- Independent securities and financial due diligence
- Lawful source-of-funds chronology
- Complete path-of-funds records
- Tax returns and business records
- Gift, inheritance, loan or sale evidence, if applicable
- Project and offering documents
- Job-creation framework review
- Family and visa-availability planning
- Conditional residence and I-829 record plan
E-2 treaty investor readiness
Full checklist & document standards- Treaty nationality confirmation
- U.S. enterprise ownership structure
- Committed investment evidence
- Lawful source and path of capital
- Operating business plan
- Premises, licences and contracts
- Staffing and non-marginality evidence
- Investor’s develop-and-direct role
- Dependent family planning
- Long-term immigration strategy
L-1A new office readiness
Full checklist & document standards- Qualifying corporate relationship
- Foreign company operating evidence
- Transferee’s qualifying employment abroad
- Executive or managerial duties analysis
- U.S. premises evidence
- Capitalization and spending records
- Twelve-month operating plan
- U.S. staffing and organizational chart
- Foreign and U.S. financial records
- Extension and EB-1C record strategy
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