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The IMM 5465 / IMM 5406 Family Information Form
If you are trying to visit or immigrate to Canada, you will likely have to complete the IMM 5645/5406 Family Information Form as part of your application for temporary or permanent residence. There are two slightly different forms which ask for the same information: the IMM 5645 is for those visiting Canada or working or studying in Canada temporarily. The IMM 5406 form is for those immigrating to Canada (i.e. applying for permanent residence).
• What is the IMM 5645/5406 Family Information Form?
• Who needs to complete the form?
• How can I get the form?
• How do I complete the form?
• How do I submit the form?
What is the IMM 5645/5406 Family Information Form?
The IMM 5645 Family Information Form is part of the application package if you are immigrating to Canada as a temporary resident (visitor, worker, student) or permanent resident (it is called the IMM 5406 for permanent residents). It is the way you provide your family details to Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) when they are considering whether or not you should be allowed to immigrate. CIC wants to know about your family so they can establish if you or one of your family members is “inadmissible” to Canada. You can be inadmissible to Canada for financial, health or security reasons or for past violations of Canada’s immigration rules and regulations. To learn more about inadmissibility and what you can do about it, see this page.
Who needs to complete the IMM 5645 /5406 Family Information Form?
Most immigrants and visitors to Canada must complete the form as part of their application to visit or immigrate to Canada. The only people who do not have to complete the form are those who do not require a visa to visit and who are only traveling to Canada for tourist or business purposes for less than 6 months. To see who doesn’t need a visa to visit Canada for tourism or business, see the video description below.
Who doesn’t need a Visa?
You do not normally need a visitor visa to Canada if you are a citizen of one of the following countries and provided you are carrying valid, correct travel documents:
Andorra Croatia Holy See (Vatican City)#
Korea, South New Zealand Slovakia United Kingdom and all britishovereas territories##
Antigua and Barbuda Cyprus Hong Kong Latvia Norway Slovenia United States of America^^
Australia Denmark Hungary Liechtenstein Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands
Austria Estonia Iceland Lithuania^
Poland^
Spain
Bahamas Finland Ireland Luxembourg Portugal St. Kitts and Nevis
Barbados France Israel Malta Samoa Sweden
Belgium Germany Italy Monaco San Marino Switzerland
Brunei Greece Japan Netherlands Singapore Taiwan*
#Includes holders of passports issued by the Holy See that are not citizens of Vatican City
^Passport must be biometric
*Passport must include personal identification number
Includes citizens of the following territories:
• Anguilla
• Bermuda
• British Virgin Islands
• Cayman Islands
• Falkland Islands
• Gibraltar
• Montserrat
• Pitcairn
• St. Helena
• Turks and Caicos
And it also applies to
• British overseas citizens
• Citizens of British Overseas Territories not listed above
• British Nationals (Overseas)
• British Subjects – provided the passport notes the “Right of Abode”
^^Includes permanent residents provided they can show their green card and proof of permanent residence
If you are not a citizen of one of these countries, then you need a visa to visit Canada and you are required to complete the 5645 Family Information Form. If you are a citizen of one of these countries, and you want to come to Canada permanently or temporarily for school or work, you also need to complete the Family Information Form (5406 for permanent residence applicants, 5645 for temporary residence applicants).
How can I get an IMM 5645 / 5406 Family Information Form?
The form is available form Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s website as part of every application package it is required for; it will be listed with the other application Pdfs required for your application. If for some reason you cannot find it with your application package you can always search CIC’s website for 5645 or 5406 (depending on your application.
For video production please contact George Laczko at gl@immigroup.com
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