OpenVisaWe moved. How do we update the address, and what else must be reported?
IRCC mails to the address it has. Keep it the right one.
After submitting, every change goes to IRCC through the IRCC web form, with the application number and proof attached. There is no edit button on the application; IRCC staff update the file from your message.
1. How do we change the address on an online application?
Through the IRCC web form; for online applications, the change-of-address tool ends there.
You can update your email or mailing address using the web form… It might take up to 10 business days for your address to be updated. In the meantime, monitor your current address to avoid missing important communications.
The separate online change-of-address service is for paper applications only, which is why online applicants end up in a loop there. Until the update shows, mail can still go to the old address, and a biometric instruction letter sent there in that window still has a deadline.
2. What else has to be reported?
Use our web form to update your application or submit a new document or some information that we didn't request.
Report with proof: a marriage (certificate), a birth (birth certificate, and the child has to be added and examined), a new passport (biodata page), a sponsor's move into or out of Quebec, or out of Canada, and for inland applicants any change in who lives at the address.
3. Why does it matter for inland applicants?
The inland class (Spouse or Common-Law Partner in Canada) requires the applicant to cohabit with the sponsor in Canada. If the sponsor moves and the applicant doesn't, that is a change in the conditions of the class, not just an address.
4. What goes in the message?
The application number and unique client identifier (UCI), the names and dates of birth, what changed and from when, and the proof attached as PDFs. One change per message keeps each update separate.
5. On the form
The submitted forms aren't edited after submission. The IRCC web form message and its attachments are what update the file.
OpenVisa is software, not a lawyer or RCIC. This page explains what the rules and forms say; it is not advice about your case. You submit your application yourself.