Quebec residency: Situation 8
Three scenarios with corresponding documents to submit with your residency application.
Scenario 1
You immigrated to Canada, established your residence in Quebec and stayed here.
Submit these documents:
- A clear copy of your IMM 5688 form or both sides of your Permanent Resident of Canada card.
- A clear copy of your valid Quebec Medicare card.
- A complete signed legible copy of your lease(s) or municipal taxes covering the 3 months during which you lived in Quebec since you became a Permanent Resident of Canada.
- Two different pieces of official correspondence addressed to you, proving the receipt of mail during the three-months at the address indicated on the lease or Municipal/School tax assessment. These documents are acceptable:
- public service invoices
- driver’s license
- official correspondence from a municipal, provincial or federal government
- official correspondence from a financial institution
- correspondence from an educational institution
Scenario 2
You immigrated to Canada to get Permanent Resident status. Then you left Canada for a while and returned later to establish your residence in Quebec.
Submit these documents:
- A clear copy of your IMM 5688 form or both sides of your Permanent Resident of Canada card.
- Copies of your airline tickets showing when you arrived then departed and then returned to Canada and to Quebec.
- Copies of ALL pages of ALL your passports showing your travels between the time you become a Permanent Resident of Canada and when you finally established your residence in Quebec.
- Copies of school records and/or employment records covering the time when you become a Permanent Resident until to your permanent arrival in Quebec.
- A clear copy of your valid Quebec Medicare card.
- A complete signed legible copy of your lease(s) or municipal taxes covering the 3 months during which you lived in Quebec since you became a Permanent Resident of Canada.
- Two different pieces of official correspondence addressed to you, proving the receipt of mail during the three-months at the address indicated on the lease or Municipal/School tax assessment. These documents are acceptable:
- public service invoices
- driver’s license
- official correspondence from a municipal, provincial or federal government
- official correspondence from a financial institution
- correspondence from an educational institution
Scenario 3
You obtained Canadian citizenship at birth because one of your parents was a Canadian citizen and you have not lived in another Canadian province or territory for more than three months before coming to Concordia. You have come to live in Canada for the first time in your life.
Submit these documents:
- A clear copy of your Canadian Citizenship Certificate (both sides).Copies of school records and employment records covering the 10 years prior to your arrival in Quebec.A sworn statement, witnessed by a Commissioner of Oaths, detailing your activities for the 10 years prior to your permanent establishment in Quebec and swearing that you never lived in another Canadian province or territory for more than three months prior to coming to study at Concordia University.
- A clear copy of your valid Quebec Medicare card.A complete signed legible copy of your lease(s) or municipal taxes covering the 3 months during which you lived in Quebec since your permanent establishment in Quebec.
- Two different pieces of official correspondence addressed to you, proving the receipt of mail during the three-months at the address indicated on the lease or Municipal/School tax assessment. These documents are acceptable:
- public service invoices
- driver’s license
- official correspondence from a municipal, provincial or federal government
- official correspondence from a financial institution
- correspondence from an educational institution