HOW TO FILL IMM 5645 FAMILY INFORMATION FORM - Canada Immigration

In this video we're going to see how to fill out properly the family information form. Now if you have any questions regarding this form you can enter them in the comment. As you can see here we have the type of applications and this form is actually valid for many purposes. We're going to use visitor visa because we're in the visitor visa series but you're going to use the same form whether you're doing a worker application, student or even permanent residency. Very important here, the government of Canada will use this form over and over again to check that you're actually saying the truth by comparing former applications if you do many. So make sure you read the instructions properly and you fill it out the right way. There are some counterintuitive questions and traps we don't want to fall into that and I'll show you how to do it properly. Alright so let's get started. First how to download this form you're going to find the link in the description click on it and if by chance you come on a page like this or the page that says please wait no worries just come here to the top right corner you click download and then you're going to have the pdf document downloaded to your desktop and you open it with adobe and it brings us back to here. Alright first section is for the applicant this is you filling out the form for your family or yourself so you enter your name please here enter your full name as it is written in your passport that's really important do not miss anything you're going to enter your marital status here we have all the different possible type of marital status common law means that you are living with your conjugal partner under the same roof for at least one year and you're able to prove it here we have your date of birth your country of birth your present address where you're living at the moment and your present occupation this first section is for the applicant and the second is for the spouse or common law partner so if you're not married or if you're single you do not have to fill out this and i'm going to show you later on why it's important to pay attention this section is about the mother and this one is about the father if your mother or father are deceased you're going to enter here deceased and not applicable under present occupation and for each of the family member you're going to state whether or not they're going to be accompanying you in canada here this is where it's tricky under note one if no spouse or common law partner is listed in section a read and sign below that means that if you don't have a spouse or a common law partner then you sign and you date if that's the case if you enter the spouse or common law partner you need to leave this field blank now we move to section b section b concern your children so here you're going to enter the name of the children their marital status the relationship you put child if they're your children or stepchild depending on the relationship the date of birth the country of birth same thing the present address and the present occupation not applicable if they're children and here whether or not they're going to be accompanying you to canada you do that for up to four children if you have more than four children then you're going to need to add an annex to this document call it section b annex with the same format where you have to add all your children all right we're going to take an example where the applicant has no children in this case you're going to leave this thing blank and because you left it blank here you're going to have to sign so you enter your name and you enter the date here now we're going to move to the last table that's section c and it concerns brothers and sisters remember include all brothers and sisters all have brothers and sisters and step brothers and sisters so you got to make sure you include everybody if you come from a large family don't worry you can bring this document twice and fill it out properly again make sure that for every sister that you have or every brother you enter their name their marital status the relationship the date of birth the country of birth the present address the present occupation and whether or not they'll be joining you in canada once you finish with every information here then you're going to be able to sign and date and your information is complete this document is not really smart in a way that you probably need to print it fill it out manually and then scan it and upload it as a pdf document because it doesn't have the functionalities that the new pdfs have it's the latest version that's from may 2018 but still there are some fields that you won't be able to fill out from the computer for example the signature you have to do it by hand now if you have any question regarding this form you can enter them in the comment please like if you like the video share it with your friend if you think it's going to be useful to them and subscribe to the channel to be notified for more that's it for this one in the next video we're going to see how to fill out the schedule one for the imm5257 form that's for visitor visa and till then and stay tuned stay healthy and i'll talk to you very soon cheers