There are 3 main methods of Canada visa inquiry or checking an IRCC status of an application. The first step you can take to make an inquiry is to call the official number of IRCC (1-888-242-2100). Another method of making Canada visa inquiry is to make use of the status tool that has been made available on the website of IRCC. Lastly, you can decide to send a request straight to the IRCC to view your GCMS. Let us talk about these methods of Canada visa inquiry one after the other.
The official number of IRCC (1-888-242-2100)
This seems to be the easiest method of making your Canada visa inquiry. What you just have to do is t contact the IRCC by dialing 1-888-242-2100, but this is not all it takes.
One thing you need to know is that calling the number of IRCC might not be so easy if you are not inside Canada because only North America is where one can be able to reach the number.
Often, it becomes so difficult to reach the number because of some certain reasons. Below are some of the reasons:
- Whenever you make a call, you will always meet a menu system that has been arranged in layers. This means that you must be fully aware of what you need and you should also know the name which IRCC calls the particular application which made you call. If you do not know these, it may not even be possible for you to get an operator.
- This line is always busy so it might take a lot of time before they can put you on the line. Sometimes, you might even get disconnected while you have been put on hold for several hours.
There are many more reasons and many people are no longer satisfied.
IRCC APPLICATION STATUS (E-CLIENT)
This is an online tool that can be found on the website of IRCC and all applicants can access it. Your eligibility to apply depends on the application which you made. Below are the eligible applications:
- Every category of sponsorship
- Canadian PR for humanitarian cases
- Every category of Permanent Residence
- Non-Canadian permanent residence (every category)
- PR card
- Every category of citizenship
- Inquiry of status
- Canada visa inquiry
- Every category of refugees, and lots more.
The GCMS which was formerly known as CAIPS and also FOSS
Another way with which you can make an inquiry is by sending your request straight to the IRCC to view your GCMS.
The term GCMS means Global Case Management Systems. It is an IRCC processing electronic system which has been used to replace FOSS along with CAIPS.
CAIPS is called Computer Assisted Immigration Processing System. This very tool was formerly used, but no longer is used after it has been replaced by the GCMS.
Foss also means (Field Operations Support system). Officials of the Canada immigration have been making use of this very tool in recovering lost documents that have been stolen.