Who can apply
For the purposes of this public policy, being in state care means
- you were under the legal responsibility of a child and family services provider
- the responsible provincial or territorial authorities obtained full legal “parental” responsibilities for you by court order
If you applied for the temporary resident permit
If you applied for and obtained a temporary resident permit (TRP), your TRP is still valid until
- the expiry date shown on the permit or
- we approve your application for permanent residence
During the application process for permanent residence, you might have to submit some of the same documents you submitted for the TRP application.
Eligibility for permanent residence
To be eligible to apply, you must
- have come to Canada before you were 19 years old
- have continuously resided in Canada for at least 3 years before you apply
- have continuously resided in Canada since you were 19 years old (if you're now over 19 years)
- have been under the legal responsibility of a child and family services provider under a provincial or territorial government's designated ministry for child protection for at least 1 year (cumulative)
- be physically present in Canada when you submit your application and when we grant you permanent residence
- not be a person against whom there are serious reasons for considering that
- you have committed a crime against peace, a war crime or a serious non-political crime outside of Canada
- you have been guilty of acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations
- have a valid
- passport
- travel document
- identity document, or
- statutory declaration
- not be inadmissible to Canada
If you plan to live in Quebec
We’ll refer your application to the Ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration du Québec. You need a Certificat de Sélection du Québec from the province before we can grant you permanent residence.
Exceptions for inadmissibility
You can only apply for permanent residence if you're inadmissible for one or more of the following reasons:
- for serious criminality
- for criminality
- for health reasons (for a health condition that might reasonably be expected to cause excessive demand on health or social services)
- for financial reasons
- for misrepresentation related to
- your entry to Canada or
- overstaying your temporary resident status and working or studying without authorization
- for being or having been sponsored by a person who is determined to be inadmissible for misrepresentation
- for non-compliance
- for having a family member who is inadmissible or for being the accompanying family member of an inadmissible person
Who you can include in your application
You can include your eligible family members in Canada in your application.
You must declare all your accompanying family members as well as your non-accompanying family members in your application. If you don't include your non-accompanying family members, you won't be able to sponsor them as family members later.
Definition of a family member
A family member is defined as
- your spouse or common-law partner Opens in new tab
- your or your spouse or common-law partner's dependent child Opens in new tab
- the dependent child of a dependent child