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
Status and restoration deadlines are fact-specific. Recheck the official page immediately and obtain qualified advice when status may already have expired.
REVIEWED STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE
Responsibilities, outputs and checkpoints
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Record current visitor status
Record the current entry document, visitor-record conditions, passport expiry and the date authorized stay ends before selecting an extension action.
- Expected output
- A dated status and expiry timeline.
- Checkpoint
- Dates come from the passport stamp, visitor record or current IRCC instruction—not an estimate.
Official source reviewed · 2026-07-13Extend your stay in Canada (visitor record) · www.canada.ca - 02RESPONSIBLEApplicant
Choose the correct visitor-record action
Use the official page to distinguish extending a stay, changing temporary conditions and restoring status after expiry.
- Expected output
- The exact extension, change or restoration branch is recorded.
- Checkpoint
- A restoration case is not treated as a routine pre-expiry extension.
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Open the current online checklist
Sign in to your own IRCC account, answer the live eligibility questions and retain the document checklist produced for the selected visitor-record request.
- Expected output
- A current account-generated checklist for this request.
- Checkpoint
- The checklist belongs to the applicant’s current facts and has not been copied from an older case.
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Prepare stay-extension evidence
Prepare passport and status records, the factual reason and requested period, available-funds evidence and any host or itinerary records named by the live checklist.
- Expected output
- A checklist-indexed visitor-record evidence set.
- Checkpoint
- The requested dates fit passport validity and every factual claim has a supporting record or remains explicitly unexplained.
Official source reviewed · 2026-07-13Extend your stay in Canada (visitor record) · www.canada.ca - 05RESPONSIBLEApplicant
Submit before the applicable deadline
Review the online forms, upload the current records, pay IRCC directly and submit before status expires when using the extension branch.
- Expected output
- A dated submission confirmation and fee receipt.
- Checkpoint
- The official confirmation time and the prior status-expiry time are retained for any maintained-status question.
Official source reviewed · 2026-07-13Extend your stay in Canada (visitor record) · www.canada.ca - 06RESPONSIBLECanada
Follow the visitor-record decision
Monitor the IRCC account, answer additional requests by their stated dates and read the issued visitor record or refusal for its exact conditions and next action.
- Expected output
- The decision, issued record and any response confirmations are organized.
- Checkpoint
- No work or study authorization is inferred from a visitor record.
Official source reviewed · 2026-07-13Extend your stay in Canada (visitor record) · www.canada.ca
DOCUMENT PREPARATION SUMMARY
What this procedure organizes
- Prepare passport and current-status records, the requested stay dates and factual purpose, funds and host or itinerary evidence, the personalized IRCC checklist, forms, receipt and account messages.