Paperwork & IDs
Passports, visas, IDs, certificates and the forms behind them.
- 0Renew your Canadian PR cardApply online once it's within nine months of expiring. It costs $50. Your status doesn't end when the card does, but you'll want the card before you travel.
- 0Paperwork after someone dies in CanadaThe federal side of it, in roughly the order it comes up. Most of it can wait a few days, and much of it can be shared out. Take it one piece at a time.
- 0Switch to an Ontario driver's licence as a newcomerYou can drive on a valid foreign licence for your first 60 days in Ontario. Some licences swap straight for an Ontario one; the rest go through the knowledge and road tests, with credit for experience.
- 0Get a Social Insurance Number (SIN) in CanadaThe number you need to work in Canada and to file taxes. It's free, and applying online is the fastest way. For citizens, permanent residents and anyone with a permit that lets them work.
- 0Renew an Indian passport in CanadaFor an adult renewing an Indian passport that's expiring or used up, while living in Canada. You fill the form online with Passport Seva, then hand it in to BLS International (or post it). Allow at least eight weeks.
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