An Invitation to Apply (ITA) is not an endorsement of permanent residence.
You now have 60 calendar days to submit a full application for permanent residence through Express Entry or decline the invitation.
The main task of this stage is not just to upload documents, but to confirm the information on the basis of which you received an invitation, fill out additional information and make sure that after the changes your situation still meets the requirements.
Before the invitation, there was enough information in the profile for IRCC to:
After the ITA, this is no longer enough.
Now you need:
Check which program you were invited to and whether you continue to fulfill its requirements.
Ensure that the information on which your result was calculated remains correct.
After the ITA, additional questions arise about family, addresses, travel, activities and other circumstances.
After filling out the online form, the system creates a personal list of documents specifically for your application.
For Express Entry, a medical examination must be completed after the ITA but before submitting the application.
ITA gives the right to submit an application, but does not guarantee its approval.
Don't start with random file downloads.
First, fix the scope of the case.
Write down the exact date and time when your 60 calendar days expire.
If the profile fits several federal programs at once, IRCC invites you according to the established procedure. You cannot independently select another program after ITA.
They will be needed for comparison with the application.
Work, marital status, provincial nomination, status, language results and other circumstances may affect the application.
Especially police certificates, employer documents, translations and documents from other countries.
For Express Entry, this is a pre-filing immigration physical: this is done after the ITA and before filing.
Compare the information the invitation gave you with what actually exists on the date of submission.
Check:
Are they valid and have they not changed after the retake?
If the invitation was associated with a nomination, it must remain valid.
If work circumstances have changed, check to see if the program or CRS is affected.
Do the diplomas and ECA report match what was stated in the profile.
Marriage, divorce, the birth of a child and other changes cannot simply be left “as they were.”
Dates, NOCs, hours and documents must support the details you declare.
IRCC specifically recommends recalculating the CRS if your situation or that of your spouse or partner has changed since the ITA.
If the new score is below your round's minimum passing score, IRCC recommends that you decline the invitation.
If you apply anyway, IRCC may deny your application and fees may not be refunded.
Examples of changes that IRCC separately cites:
Important: Not every change automatically requires an ITA waiver. The first step is to understand whether it changes program requirements, CRS, or other important terms of your invitation.
Don't leave complex documents until the end.
This is not the official IRCC schedule and does not mean you have to wait until the last days. The sooner the application is actually ready, the lower the risk of running into a technical or documentary problem near the deadline.
After an invitation, you don't just need to repeat your profile information.
The application contains or expands information about:
A separate difficulty is that different types of history do not exist in isolation.
For example, the period of work is associated simultaneously with:
Therefore, it is important not to complete each section as a separate form.
For detailed work with chronology, use a separate page: history of travel, addresses, work and activities after ITA.
IRCC generates a personal list of documents after filling out the online application.
Most applicants may need:
Your selections remain only on this page and are not sent anywhere.
Don't use someone else's list of documents as the final list for your case.
For Express Entry, rules vary by country.
The certificate must be issued no more than 6 months prior to submission and must not be expired.
Typically the certificate must be issued after the last period you lived there for 6 consecutive months or longer.
If the certificate cannot be received by the deadline, IRCC allows you to upload:
For example, a receipt, order confirmation, tracking number or explanation of the authority that issues the certificate.
But this does not mean automatic release from the document. The officer decides whether your attempts were sufficient.
After the ITA, you must undergo an immigration medical examination from a doctor on the official IRCC list.
For Express Entry, this is called a pre-application immigration physical:
The Immigration Medical Examination must be carried out by a doctor on the official IRCC list and not by a regular family doctor.
The required funds confirmation amount depends on:
IRCC updates the amounts periodically.
Not all Express Entry applicants are required to provide proof of funds.
Therefore, on this page we deliberately do not record a specific amount.
Before serving:
For some documents, IRCC provides a specific procedure if it is objectively difficult to obtain them on time.
A police certificate is a good example: you can submit a letter of explanation and evidence that you tried to obtain the document in time.
But this approach cannot automatically be transferred to any missing document.
If a required document is missing and there is no suitable basis or explanation for it, the application may be considered incomplete.
Therefore, each missing document must be analyzed separately.
Check not the files one by one, but the connections between them.
The information on which the ITA was based should not unexpectedly conflict with the electronic application for permanent residence.
Dates, responsibilities, hours and positions should all add up to one story.
Periods should not create unexplained gaps or contradictions.
Places of residence and travel should logically coexist.
Marital status and family members must be confirmed by relevant documents.
Correct and valid results are used.
The information in the application matches diplomas and educational assessments.
If confirmation of funds is required, the amount is calculated according to current requirements.
Before submitting, IRCC requires:
The Permanent Residence Fee can be paid up front to avoid creating an extra step later.
After submission, another stage begins - consideration of the IRCC application.
If you decline the invitation, the profile will be returned to the pool if it is still eligible.
You may be invited back in future rounds, but there is no guarantee of a new ITA.
If you do nothing and just skip the 60-day period:
Therefore, if you understand that you cannot or should not apply under the current ITA, do not leave the invitation without a decision.
After submission, IRCC also reviews the program, CRS, documents and circumstances that may affect the decision on the application.
First you need to check the program, CRS and changes after the invitation.
During your time in the pool, circumstances could change.
Some documents take a long time to receive.
Histories of work, activities, addresses and trips are interconnected.
The IRCC list is generated personally after completing your application.
A technical error or a missing document on the last day leaves little time for correction.
After an ITA, it is important to work with the current situation, and not just what was in the profile a few months ago.
Your selections remain only on this page and are not sent anywhere.
This list is intended to help you organize your work, but is not a substitute for checking your specific program requirements and your personal IRCC document list.
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60 calendar days from the date of receipt of the invitation.
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