Before you start
- Use only your own government account.
- Never share government or email credentials.
- Confirm fees, deadlines and checklists when you act.
CHANGING CONDITIONS
Invitation response and submission deadlines are account-specific and may not be extendable. Use the live checklist and disclose profile changes before filing.
REVIEWED STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE
Responsibilities, outputs and checkpoints
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Verify the invitation record
Read the IRCC account invitation for the named program, round, score, issue date and exact response and submission deadlines before accepting or declining it.
- Expected output
- A saved invitation and deadline record.
- Checkpoint
- The invitation is in the applicant’s account and the program and deadlines are copied exactly.
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Reconcile profile facts
Compare the invited profile snapshot with current passport, family, status, work, language, education, funds, offer and nomination records and list every material change.
- Expected output
- A profile-to-evidence reconciliation with identified changes.
- Checkpoint
- Any score- or program-relevant change is handled through current IRCC instructions before submission.
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Open the invitation-linked checklist
Accept the invitation only after review, open the personalized PR checklist and record forms, country-specific police, medical, translation, photo and family requirements.
- Expected output
- A dated invitation response and personalized checklist.
- Checkpoint
- The checklist comes from this invitation and includes every accompanying and non-accompanying family member.
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Prepare forms and evidence
Complete the current online form sections and prepare identity, civil, work, education, language, funds, police, medical and nomination or offer records named by the checklist.
- Expected output
- A complete checklist-indexed PR evidence package.
- Checkpoint
- Every translated or certified record follows the current control and no missing fact is replaced with invented prose.
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Submit before the account deadline
Review the full application, upload legible current records, pay IRCC directly and submit in the applicant’s own account before the displayed deadline.
- Expected output
- An official PR submission confirmation, receipt and package copy.
- Checkpoint
- The submission time precedes the invitation deadline and the final answers reflect all reconciled changes.
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Complete admissibility and finalization
Monitor the account, respond to biometrics, medical, police, interview or additional-document requests and follow the final confirmation or refusal instructions.
- Expected output
- An AOR, request-response file and final permanent-residence decision record.
- Checkpoint
- Every request is answered by its official date and no travel or status result is assumed before the final document.
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DOCUMENT PREPARATION SUMMARY
What this procedure organizes
- Prepare the invitation and deadline record, invited profile snapshot and change reconciliation, personalized PR checklist, online forms, identity/civil/family, work, education, language, funds, police, medical, offer/nomination and translation records, receipts, AOR, requests and final decision.