Your application will be finalized at the Consulate General of Canada in São Paulo, Brazil. If you have any questions after reading the information and instructions, please contact this office, by following the instructions on their website:
1. CHANGE IN FAMILY COMPOSITION OR MAILING ADDRESS
You must notify the Visa Section, Consulate General of Canada in São Paulo, Brazil in writing if there are or will be changes in your life circumstances before using your visas, such as:
Family status (e.g. marriage or common-law union, divorce, annulment, legal separation, birth, adoption, death of the sponsor, principal applicant or any accompanying family member, any grandchildren born to dependent children); or
You or any of your family members being charged or convicted of a criminal offence; or
Changes to mailing address/e-mail address/contact information.
Failure to inform CIC of any of these changes may delay processing, may result in the cancellation of your immigrant visas and may render you and your family members inadmissible to Canada. Failure to inform CIC of dependent family members during your application processing will permanently exclude them from later sponsorship in the Family Class.
2. VISA VALIDITY
The issuance of your Confirmation of Permanent Resident document(s) is time sensitive so it is important for you to submit your passport(s) when requested.
Once you receive your Confirmation of Permanent Resident document(s), please check the information on it to make sure it is correct. If there are any errors, such as incorrect spelling of name or incorrect date of birth, please inform the Sao Paulo Visa Section immediately. Your name will appear in the same format as it appears in your passport.
The immigrant visa will have the same validity date as the medical examination results, that is, 12 months from the date of the first examination, or according to the validity of your passport or any accompanying family member’s passport, whichever is the earliest. Once issued, the validity of an immigrant visa cannot be extended.
You must travel to Canada and present your immigration documents at a Canadian Port of Entry before they expire. If you fail to enter Canada before this date and still wish to immigrate to Canada, you must reapply by submitting a new application and paying new processing fees. All such applications will be assessed according to the immigration laws in force at the time of receipt of the application. There is no guarantee a future application would be successful.
3. PASSAPORTS AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Please provide the following information:
Two (2) recent photographs of yourself, your spouse or common-law partner and dependent children (if applicable). Follow the instructions provided in the section How to Complete the Forms of the application guide and in Appendix A: Photo Specifications. The application guides may be found on the CIC website at:
Height and Eye Colour details for you and your spouse or common-law partner and dependent children (if applicable).
a. If you are a citizen of a country that is required to obtain a visa to visit Canada, please follow the instructions below regarding your passport requirements:
Submit your original passport and the original passport of your accompanying spouse and dependent children, if applicable to the Visa Section, Consulate General of Canada in São Paulo, Brazil. Passports for you and your accompanying spouse and dependent children (if applicable) must be submitted together.
There must be at least two blank visa pages in each passport and your passport(s) must be valid for at least six months.
b. If you are a citizen of a country that is exempt from obtaining a visa to visit Canada under Regulation 190 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, please follow the instructions below regarding your passport requirements (NOTE: To find out if you are visa-exempt under Regulation 190, consult the CIC webpage:
Send a photocopy of your passport (all pages) and of the passport of your accompanying spouse and dependent children (all pages), if applicable to the Visa Section, Consulate General of Canada in São Paulo, Brazil.
4. PAYMENT OF THE RIGHT OF PERMANENT RESIDENCE FEE (RPRF)
If the RPRF has already been paid, please disregard this request and go to item 5. If not follow instructions as follows. The Fee is 490 Canadian dollars per person. Principal applicants and spouses and common-law partners coming with the principal applicant to Canada must pay this fee. If you have not already done so, you must pay your RPRF. Please check the Application Guide on the CIC website or visit the following webpage for more information about fees and fee payment options:
*** In all cases, dependent children regardless of their age are exempt from paying the RPRF ***
Once you have completed your payment, you must send the original receipt together with the passport(s) to the Visa Section, Consulate General of Canada in São Paulo, Brazil. Please quote your complete application number on your correspondence. Failure to quote this file number may cause delays in the finalization of your application.
5. SUBMITTING YOUR PASSPORT(S)
You must submit your current, valid, actual passport with at least two blank visa pages in each passport and your passport(s) must be valid for at least six months. Do not send expired passport/s.
Applicants residing: OUTSIDE CANADA
If you live outside Canada, you can submit your passport(s) to the Visa Section, Consulate General of Canada in São Paulo, Brazil either by:
i. Sending your passport(s) using the Visa Application Centres (VACs). Visit for more information on the Visa Application Offices serving Brazil.
OR
ii.Sending your passport(s) by mail or courier together with a copy of this letter to the following address:
Visa and Immigration Section - Consulate General of Canada
Av. Nações Unidas, 12.901 CENU, Torre Norte – 16º andar.
04578-000 São Paulo – SP, Brazil
6. RETURN OF YOUR PASSPORT(S)
After we receive the passport, your application for immigration to Canada will be finalized and the visa will be issued. If you choose to do not use VAC services, we will return your passport(s) via registered mail. Passport(s) will not be returned by any other way (SEDEX, SEDEX10,etc). Do not provide any pre-paid courier envelopes: These will not be used.
Please attach a letter informing to which address our office should send the passport. If this address is not in Brazil, please be advised that our office cannot cover the costs of sending a passport abroad. In that case, if you have, kindly provide a courier account number, so that our office can forward the passports to the mailing address, collect.
Our office will make the best effort to have your passport returned to you with your permanent resident visa within 30 days from their receipt. You should not give up your employment, dispose of property or make any other commitment, including travel arrangements until you are in possession of your immigration documentation
