Frequently Asked Questions

You can use this search tool by entering the name of your occupation or job duties. The tool will show you the closest NOC code along with its TEER category.

Fresh trips according to Canada's temporary residency forms are the last 5 years.

No, the telephone number is activated 24 to 48 hours prior to your arrival in Canada and works on Canadian territory.

If you are independent or freelance, the following are examples and alternatives that you can present:

• Company registration or alternatively,
• Registration as independent or alternatively,
• Service contracts with customers or alternatively,
• Letters from customers 2 or 3 attesting that you have rendered services to them.

Any of the above documents will allow us to attest to your self-employed occupations. In a complementary, but not main way, you can optionally add any of the following, to strengthen the genuineness of your business: 

• Self-employed business cards -this document alone does not carry much weight for the officer, ideally it should be accompanied by one of the documents mentioned above.

Web presence: website, facebook -this document alone does not carry much weight for the officer, ideally it should be accompanied by one of those mentioned above-.

You must file an extension application before your current permit expires, providing evidence of the reasons for staying longer in the country.