IMM 5257 FORM HOW TO FILL for CANADA VISITOR VISA 2/3

gonna go step-by-step and by the end of this video if you follow along with me you're gonna be able to fill out this properly get your barcode and upload it on your online application so here we go the first field is the UCI UCI means unique client identifier and that is a number that is provided to you by the government of Canada once you create an account once you submit an application and they receive it so if you're new to this you don't have a UCI and just leave this field blank here you enter your language of communication so we're gonna say English here and under the type of visa requested you have visitor visa and transit visa transit visa is if you're just transiting through Canada for a couple of hours visitor visa if you're staying in Canada up to six months so this is what we want here we're gonna click on visitor visa for personal details here I'm just gonna enter random information to confirm that the questionnaire is filled properly have you ever used any other name so please here stick to what you have in your passport if you have any nickname or major name or alias whatever it is and it's not in your passport just click no it's gonna make things easier for you and for your application all this is fictional it's just to show you how to fill it up country on territory gonna choose randomly Albania citizenship same thing same thing here here we're asked to fill out the country or territory of residence so this is your citizenship and this is where you live at the moment of your application so to keep things simple we're gonna enter the same thing Albania and under status here you have to choose your status in that country so you could be citizen permanent resident visitor worker or student if you have a temporary status other you need to justify what that means protected person refugee claimant or foreign national we're gonna enter just citizen here so all this field becomes gray you don't have to fill it up here we have previous countries or territory of residence so during the past five years have you lived in any country or territory other than your country of citizenship or your current country or territory of residence for number eight previous countries or territory of residence here it means that if you have lived in a country for more than six months I insist for more than six months you have to enter yes because if you have lived in another country so in this case not Albania for more than six months you will need to provide a police certificate for that country so we're gonna say no here this disappears if you click yes of course you have to enter the details so the country the status that you had and the time you spent in that country so we're gonna click no and keep moving country or territory were applying again if you're applying for a country that is not your country of residence or citizenship you're gonna enter it in this case we're gonna say yes it is the same as current country so this disappears your current marital status just so you know here you have all the different possible status common law partner is a really strong status in Canada it gives you almost the same rights as spouse so if you are living with your partner under the same roof and you can prove it for more than a year then your relationship would be considered a common law relationship but you need to be able to prove it by for example bills where you have the same name under the same address or joint bank accounts or things like that so for our example we're gonna say single if you're not single or if you're married or in a common law relationship then you will have to enter the details where you started your common law relationship or got married here we enter the second part of the personal details so have you previously been married or in another common law relationship most people it's gonna be no if it's the case then you're gonna enter the details of your ex date of birth the type of relationship you had and the duration here we start with languages so what is your native language or mother tongue we have a candidate from Albania so that's gonna be Albanian are you able to communicate in English or French here you choose the language we're gonna say English if you say both here you're gonna enter also which language you are most at ease and have you taken a test from a designated agency to assess your proficiency in English or French here if you have taken a test no matter what that test is for English or French say yes because that's gonna play in your favor in the eyes of immigration Canada so we're gonna say yes here passport number this is just random information country territory issue that's the same Albania for the expiry date here make sure that the expiry date is further away than six months otherwise you might be asked to renew your passport before applying for the question five and six this applies only of citizens of Taiwan in Israel it's not our case so we're gonna skip ahead national identity document if you have one you need to enter it so we're gonna click yes here same document number that's just random information to fill it before properly country of issuance that same thing Albania and the issue date same you gotta enter the issue date and the expiry date this section is for permanent residents of the u.s. so most cases not gonna for most people it's not gonna be the case so we're just gonna click no but if you are permanent resident of the United States and you have a valid green card you click yes you enter the document number and the expiry date and here we information so that's your current mailing address make sure you fill this out properly and the most important field in all of this is the email address because immigration Canada will communicate with you by email so make sure the email you enter is an email that you check regularly that it's cleared of spam and that you have access to any email they might send you so we're gonna go ahead and fill this up residential address is it the same as the mailing address we're gonna say yes here telephone number other you're gonna enter the country code so that's the type we're gonna say cellular country code of Albania that's 335 and just to enter the phone number here alternate phone number you can enter that if you want if it's a Canadian or US number you click here but for most people it's not gonna be the case so we're gonna say business same thing 335 and enter a random number okay we could leave this blank nobody uses fax anymore and this is where it's really important make sure you enter an email address that you use regularly because you will receive communication from CIC on that email address. Here we enter the details of visit to Canada so purpose of my visit we're gonna check out all the different terms business is if you are a prospective businessman wanting to acquire a company in Canada in this case you're coming just for a business meeting and then you're gonna enter business tourism is if you know nobody in Canada and just want to go to visit the country short-term studies is under six months returning student is if you had a student visa before and your current student visa is expired same thing for returning worker super visa is for parents and grandparents who have children in Canada other is something that you need to fill out that's the case family visit if you have family member in Canada that you're visiting and visit if you have friends in Canada that you're visiting if you know anyone in Canada just enter visit because that's gonna play in your favor more than tourist so if you enter visit here you need to indicate how long you plan to stay so enter the date here it has to be less than six months so let's say today's the first of September we're gonna say from the 2nd of September to the 2nd of October so that's gonna be a month here we start with the funds available for your stay so the amount that you put here you're gonna need to prove it later on with the proof of fund with your bank statement and so on so make sure you enter whatever you can prove and if you can't prove it there is no point in putting it here because they're gonna ask you to prove it but to have a good rule of thumb if you want to get your visa approved the higher you put in the funds available the better so for the sake of this example we're staying a month we're gonna need approximately $3,000 in Canada as a tourist here if you have put visit or family visit you need to enter the relationship and the name and address of the person you're visiting we're gonna enter random information here same thing here if you know two people that you can enter information even better we're gonna skip because it's not mandatory here you have to answer about your education have you ever had any post-secondary education including university college or a practice trip we're gonna say yes it's not really relevant for a visitor visa but because this form is used for many purposes for student as you saw before student or worker you have to fill this out so we're gonna enter some random information here as well and here we come to the hardest part of this form so you have to give details of your employment or non-employment for the past 10 years no matter what you did over the past 10 years what's most important is that you do not leave any gaps if you leave gaps that's gonna be suspicious for the immigration agent who will review your application so make sure no matter what you did if you have worked with worker if you haven't worked but not working or unemployed for example if you did something from 2010 to 2015 then you have to enter that make it simple let's make it January for both and regardless of what you did you have to resume after so here it's gonna be 2015 February and so on so another three years let's say 2018 make it March and then 2018 to 2020 to this day so it's gonna be 2020 September so you get the idea here all the dates follow each other and that's what Canada needs to see that you don't leave any blank because if you do leave blank they're gonna get suspicious and they're gonna ask you for more information and it will only slow your process so for activity your current occupation doesn't really matter we're gonna enter random stuff here but you get the idea basically you wanted this to follow along smoothly and to leave no gaps and here we move to the last part of the form which is the background information so here they're gonna assess what we call in immigration jargon the admissibility checkups they want to make sure that you're not a risk for Canadians so that you're not a criminal and that you don't have any contagious disease the first one is about your health within the past two years have you or a family member ever had tuberculosis of the lungs or been in close contact with a person with tuberculosis here they are assessing your risk for the Canadian population so we're gonna say no same thing do you have any physical or mental disorder that would require social and health services basically what they want to make sure is that if you come to Canada you won't be a burden for health services if you answer yes in any of these questions you'll need to be as accurate as possible in your description because yes here wouldn't do your application any good I'm not saying that you should lie but if you answer yes you got to give them justification here they're asking if you have ever committed an offense or been convicted so we're gonna say no we're not a criminal same thing if you have served under any military militia or civil defense you're gonna enter the details if you click yes we're gonna say no here and move to the last part have you ever been a member or associated with any political party other group or organization which has engaged or advocated in violence we're gonna say no here have you ever witnessed ill treatment we're gonna say no and move on to the last part this is the last part of the form is when you sign and validate the form we're gonna click yes enter your name enter the date and then sign the form when you come here if you filled out everything properly you're gonna click on validate here and then this form is gonna issue a barcode and this is when you know that you have actually filled out this form properly this is your barcode this is what you need to apply for visitor visa so until you have this your application is not complete and once you do have that you're gonna save it and then you're gonna be ready to upload it so I hope you found this video useful this is how you fill out the IMM 5257 like this video if you like this video subscribe and 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