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How to Submit an Application
Applications for Temporary Residence
You may submit your application by using one of the following methods:
Visa Application Centre (VAC)
In order to minimize delays we recommend that applicants for temporary residence submit applications at a visa application centre (VAC) available in the following locations: Abidjan, Bamako, Dakar, Guinea Conakry, Niamey and Yaounde.
If you are outside of Senegal, and choose not to use the services of a VAC, you may submit by mail, using a courier service. You must provide an addressed pre-paid return envelope.
Street Address
Embassy of Canada
Rue Galliéni x Amadou Cissé Dia
Dakar, Senegal
Postal Address
Embassy of Canada
P.O. Box 3373
Dakar, Senegal
Some important instructions to follow when using a courier service:
- You must provide an addressed pre-paid return envelope for your passport. Applications submitted without a pre paid return envelope will not be processed and will be returned to the client by regular mail.
- You must attach proof of payment to the application form. If your application is received without the correct processing fee or without proof of payment of the fee attached, it will be returned to you as incomplete.
You must ensure that your documents are arranged in the following order:
- Passport (original)
- Application form + 2 photos which conform to the photo specifications as outlined in the Instruction Guide
- Schedule 1 [IMM 5257 – Schedule 1]
- Family Information form [IMM 5645]
- Application Checklist
- Proof of payment issued by the bank (BDM S.A.) (original copy)
- Copy of your birth certificate
- Marriage certificate (if you are married)
- Police certificate (if you are over 18 years old)
- Photocopy of the bio-data page of your passport (the page which includes the photo, name, date and place of birth, etc.)
And the following documents according to the type of application you are submitting:
Temporary Residence Visa (visitor)
11. Invitation letter
12. Proof of funds for yourself and/or your guarantor
13. Hotel reservation and travel itinerary.
Application for a Study Permit:
11. Letter of admission for the session you intend to attend + CAQ (if studies will take place in Quebec).
12. Diplomas and marks sheets from the past three (3) years.
13. Proof of financial arrangements.
If you are applying in Senegal, you may submit your application in person, by appointment. The Visa section is open to the public for enquiries and to schedule appointments on Tuesdays from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and for the submission of visa applications (by appointment only) on Thursdays from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Excluding holiday closures.
Passports cannot be retrieved in person. You must submit a pre-paid return envelope when you submit your application in person at the visa office.
Applications for Permanent Residence
Family Class: All applications to sponsor a family class member must be submitted to the Case Processing Centre in Canada. For more information on how to submit your application and the forms of payment, refer to Sponsoring Your Family.
Economic Class
- Federal skilled workers
- Provincial nominees (Once nominated by a province)
- Quebec skilled workers (Once selected by Quebec)
- Federal investors
All applicants in these classes must submit their initial application to the Centralized Intake Office (CIO) in Canada. For more information on how to submit your application, please refer to the Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) website.
Due to a temporary moratorium on accepting new applications in the federal entrepreneur program, the visa office will not accept any entrepreneur applications that arrive at the visa office on or after July 1, 2011. These applications will be returned to the applicant.
All applicants in these classes must submit complete applications to this visa office by mail (for applicants outside of Senegal) or in person, by appointment, at the Embas sy of Canada in Dakar, Senegal.
