How do you link up your paper application and IRCC account?
Linking up is a bit tricky, but possible. You get five tries to link your paper application. If you don’t get it right, you will be locked out and only allowed to try again after 24 hours. Here is the process to do it:
- Create a secure IRCC account if you don’t already have one.
- Head to the tab that says, “View the applications you submitted,” under that section, “select the option to link your application to your account so you can check your status.”
- Fill in the exact details you used in your paper application and use updated information if anything has changed since you applied.
After linking your application, you will stop receiving paper letters, and all updates will come through your online account. It might take up to five days to see your application appear in your account. If you notice “Linking in progress,” come back and check later. If nothing shows up after five days, you can contact IRCC by submitting a web form and selecting “Report a technical problem.”
What kind of applications can be linked?
Not every paper application can be linked — only some specific ones are supported per the list. If yours is not on there, you must stick with the traditional tracking methods.
Permanent Residence (PR) applications
- Agri-Food Pilot.
- Atlantic Immigration Program (AIP).
- Caregivers pathways:
1.Home Child Care Provider Pilot.
2.Home Support Worker Pilot.
3.In-Canada live-in caregivers.
4.Caring for children.
5.Caring for people with high medical needs. - Express Entry:
1.Canadian Experience Class (CEC).
2.Express Entry Candidate profile.
3.Federal Skilled Trades Program (FSTP).
4.Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP). - Family sponsorship .
- In-Canada protected persons and convention refugees .
- Provincial Nominee Program (PNP).
- Quebec immigration:
1.Quebec entrepreneurs.
2.Quebec investors.
3.Quebec-selected skilled worker. - Self-employed persons
- Start-up visa.
Temporary Resident to Permanent Resident Pathway.
- Temporary residence (foreign workers, students, and visitors) applications
- Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA).
- International Experience Canada (IEC).
- Study permit and extension.
- Visitor visa.
- Visitor record.
- Work permit and extension.
Other applications
- Interim Federal Health Program applications.
Permanent resident cards.
- IRCC expects to expand this list at a later date.
