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LPF-800A (2019-11)
Information on documents provided as proof
When documents are required as proof, you must provide clear
and legible copies. If necessary, we may request the original
documents or certified true copies.
Proof of immigrant status in Canada
If you and your spouse, if applicable, are not Canadian citizens,
OR if your status has changed in the past 12 months, you
must provide proof of your immigrant status in Canada if it
has not previously been provided to us. Note that the proof
must cover a period of 12 months prior to your application.
All the information you need is given on the Immigrant Status
in Canada form.
Proof to be provided for the child
You are not required to provide any documents as proof in the
following situations:
• The child was born in Québec and was not adopted.
• The child has already given entitlement to Family
Allowance payments.
Otherwise, you must provide us with one of the following
documents, depending on the situation:
If the child was born outside Canada:
• one of the following documents in the child’s name on
which the child’s family name, given name(s) and date
of birth appear:
— confirmation of Permanent Residence
(IMM 5292 or IMM 5688);
— permanent resident card (both sides);
— certificate of Canadian citizenship (both sides);
— Canadian passport;
— Interim Federal Health Certificate of Eligibility;
— Protected Person Status Document;
— Record of Landing form (IMM 1000);
— study permit;
— temporary resident permit;
— visitor record.
OR
• one of the following documents in the parent’s name on
which the child’s family name, given name(s) and date
of birth appear:
— study permit;
— temporary resident permit;
— visitor record;
— work permit.
If the child was born in Canada, but outside Québec:
• a birth certificate issued by the vital statistics office of
the province or territory of birth.
If the child was adopted:
• one of the following documents can also be accepted:
— placement order from the Court of Québec;
— recognition of an adoption judgment from the
Court of Québec;
— adoption judgment from Québec or another
Canadian province or territory, or the Declaration
of Inuit Customary Adoption Form;
— birth certificate issued by the vital statistics office
of a Canadian province or territory;
— certificate of registration of adoption from the
Court of Québec.
Proof of the child’s presence in Québec
You must provide additional proof if one of the following
situations applies to the child for whom you are completing
this form:
• the child arrived alone in Québec, without his or her
parents; or
• the child was born outside Québec and one of the
child’s parents is a Canadian citizen, or one of the child’s
parents is a permanent resident who has returned to
Québec;
• The child has already given entitlement to Family
Allowance payments and has returned to Québec.
In such a case, provide ONE of the documents listed below.
The document must show the child’s family name, given
name, date of birth and address in Québec.
— official report card or confirmation of school
attendance that is signed by the principal of the
school and includes the school’s seal along with
the name and address of the respondent;
— confirmation of daycare attendance signed
by the director of the daycare facility. The
document must give the name and address of
the daycare as well as the name and address of
the respondent;
— any medical document proving that you are
responsible for the child’s medical appointments;
— a Québec vaccination booklet giving the child’s
family name, given name(s) and the vaccination
dates since your arrival in or return to Québec.