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Learn how to apply for permanent resident card, citizenship, travel document and other services for new immigrants. Find out what to expect for your first tax year, how to avoid fraud and what to do if you want to travel or renounce your status.
Learn how to travel, visit, work, or transit through Canada with the right documents and information. Find out about visa, eTA, super visa, border, and immigration programs for Canada.
Whether you’re returning home or visiting, you’ll follow the same 3 steps to enter Canada: Step 1. Pre-arrival: Use Advance Declaration or complete a Declaration Card. If you’re arriving by air at one of Canada’s participating international airports, you can save time at the border.
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- Weather. Keen to emigrate but can’t choose between sun or snow? Why not have both? Unless you’re living on the BC coast (or to a lesser extent, parts of Southern Ontario), you are almost certain to experience cold, snowy winters and hot summers, with short transitional seasons.
- Diversity. Generations of immigrants have received a warm welcome to Canada. Multiculturalism is part of the Canadian ethos, and central to national policy.
- Tipping. You may come from a country where workers in the service and hospitality sectors earn a guaranteed livable wage with additional benefits, and therefore tipping may not be a part of your culture.
- The job hunt. Researching, looking for and applying for jobs in Canada can be a lengthy process — perhaps much longer than what you are used to, as you establish connections in your new home.
