SIN Application Procedure
Easy 3-Steps Online Application Process
1. Fill the Online Form
See if you are eligible and apply online for a Social Insurance Number (SIN). You can apply for yourself or someone else. Making your application takes just a few minutes: you must provide the required information and upload the requested documentation.
2. Payment and Submission
Make the online payment by credit or debit card as the last step of the form to be correctly submitted. Once done, our team will process the application in a quick way in order to receive a faster response from your local authority.
3. Receive your SIN
Most applications take around 20 business days to receive a response, and therefore the Social Insurance Number (SIN) by post at the address specified in the application form.
What is and why do I need Canadian SIN?
The SIN Number in Canada is a 9-digit number that you need to be able to work legally in Canada and to access programs and benefits offered by the State.
SIN for temporary workers or foreign students who aren’t Canadian citizens or permanent residents begins with the number 9 and is only valid until the expiry date that is indicated on the immigration documents.
It is vital that SIN records are up to date to ensure the expiry date on your SIN is the same as the document from Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) that permits you to work in the country.
Eligibility for SIN
- Citizens and Permanent Residents: You’re eligible to apply for a SIN regardless of age and no need of renewal process
- Temporary Residents: You’re eligible for a SIN if you have a valid work permit or study permit that allows you to work in Canada. Temporary Resident SINs are only valid until the expiry date on your immigration documents. Its mandatory, If you’re here with a work permit or student visa, you’ll likely need a SIN.
What you require to submit an application for a Social Insurance Number
If you are applying by yourself:
- Proof of identity
- Proof of address
- Contact details (phone number, email and postal address)
If you are a parent or legal guardian applying on behalf of a minor:
- Child’s proof of identity
- Parent proof of identity
- Parent proof of address
- Contact details (phone number, email and postal address)
- Legal guardianship proof (legal guardian only)
If you are a legal representative applying on behalf of someone else:
- Represented person’s proof of identity
- Legal representative proof of identity (document and photo identification)
- Legal representative proof of address
- Proof of legal representation
- Contact details (phone number, email and postal address)
- Agency SIN authorization (signed by the Director or Administrator)
Do I need a SIN?
Canadian law says that all employees should ask for their Social Insurance Number (SIN) 3 days after starting a job. It’s important to submit an application as soon as you can. Then, you will dispose of it when you need it. This number identifies people who:
- Pay taxes
- Get money by working and investing
- Request government services
- Participate in pension plans
How can I secure my SIN?
Your Social Insurance Number can be a tool to supplant your identity. Here you have some key measures to keep your Social Insurance Number (SIN) safe:
- Do not keep your SIN card in your wallet. Store it on a safe place with other relevant documents
- Provide your Social Insurance Number (SIN) just when it’s legally required
- Destroy all documents that contain your SIN, do not put them in public dumpster
- Contact Service Canada if you suspect someone is using your SIN fraudulently. Take immediate measures
Why choose our services?
This is a consulting, processing and documentation management service, whose aim is to facilitate the procedure to the users. We act as intermediaries between the client and the public administration to manage, process and apply for a SIN requested by the client in a fast and efficient way, without fail and with the corresponding notifications and communications, ensuring that the procedure is carried out correctly from beginning to end.
In addition, we offer personalised customer service to attend to and resolve all issues arising from or related to the service we offer, as well as providing information, handling and carrying out the procedures for the same. We provide help, information and support before, during and after the process of obtaining the SIN whenever the client needs it.
A complete service for the client, which ranges from the SIN request management service, with advice for the client regarding the information necessary to obtain the requested documentation, to subsequent advice for full knowledge and understanding of the information contained in the documents, as well as communication with the competent administration in any cases.
The cost of this consulting, management and processing service is CAD 95.00 including taxes.
We issue invoices corresponding to the service carried out whenever the client requests it.
If you request it directly from the if you apply directly at government offices or on the official gov website, without our intermediation, then there is no fee to apply for a Social Insurance Number, but you do not have the benefits of our service.
Through our smart online form and personalized revision service we make sure that your application is not delayed. Our software and team of experts check for inaccurate data, unqualified applicants, incorrect payments, and other common mistakes that could lead to the unnecessary waste of you time and money.
We will make sure that the application process goes well and you get your answer on time.
Our innovative system will secure your information and privacy at all times, always complying with the regulations in force in all aspects. We protect all data received using the most cutting-edge encryption techniques and by following the strictest laws.
Our team includes qualified administrative clerks, consultants, accountants, tax agents and computer specialists, available to assist you every day with your application, before, during, and after its submission.
Have any doubt? Contact us here.
Or email us at sin@sinservices-ca.org