Link your application to your online account

Which applications can I link to an IRCC secure account?

By linking an application to your secure IRCC online account, you can get more detailed status updates.

• Once your application is linked, we’ll send all of your messages about your application to your IRCC secure account.
• If you don’t already have an account, you’ll need to first create a secure IRCC account, then link your application.

The following applications can be linked to a secure IRCC online account:

• Interim Federal Health Program
• Permanent residence
  • Agri-Food Pilot
  • Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program
    • High-Skilled Program
    • Intermediate-Skilled Program
    • International Graduate Program
  • Atlantic Immigration Program
  • Canadian Experience Class
  • Caregivers
    • Home Child Care Provider Pilot
    • Home Support Worker Pilot
    • In-Canada live-in caregivers
    • Caring for children
    • Caring for people with high medical needs
  • Express Entry profile
  • Family sponsorship (excluding applications to become a sponsor)
  • Federal skilled trades
  • Federal skilled worker
  • In-Canada protected persons and convention refugees (excluding dependants’ applications)
  • Provincial Nominee Program
  • Quebec entrepreneurs
  • Quebec investors
  • Quebec-selected skilled worker
  • Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot
  • Self-employed persons (including Quebec)
  • Start-up visa
  • Temporary Resident to Permanent Resident Pathway (TR to PR Pathway)
• Permanent resident card
• Temporary residence
  • International Experience Canada (IEC)
  • Study permit and extension
  • Visitor visa
  • Visitor record
  • Work permit and extension

More programs will be added at a later date.

If your application isn’t available to be linked to an IRCC secure account, use the Check application status tool or check application processing times.

Why was I locked out of my IRCC secure account when I tried to link an application?

There could be a few reasons why you couldn’t link your application.

1. No applications were found that match the information you provided.
   • The information you enter to link an application must match exactly the information you put on the application when you submitted it.
     • If you contacted us after you applied and updated any information, including passport information, provide the most recent information.
   • For more troubleshooting tips, read When trying to link my application to my IRCC secure account, it says there are no matches. What’s going on?

2. You tried to link and application more than 5 times.

   You can try to link an application up to 5 times. If it doesn’t work after 5 tries, you’ll be locked out for 24 hours.

When trying to link my application to my IRCC secure account, it says there are no matches. What’s going on?

There could be a few reasons why you can’t link your application.

1. Your application is not in our system yet.

   If you applied by mail or in person, it may take some time before we enter your information in our system. Once we enter, you’ll be able to link your application.

2. You selected the wrong application category.

   For some programs, there are different categories you can be invited to apply under. If you were invited to apply under a specific category, make sure you select the right one.

   • For the Canadian experience class, select “Canadian Experience Class” as the sub-category, not “Express Entry”. Similarly, for the Federal Skilled Worker Program and Federal Skilled Trades Program, choose the matching sub-category.
   • For any work permit through International Experience Canada (including open work permits), select the subcategory “International Experience Canada.”

3. The information provided does not match what is in our system

   The system will only link an application if the information you enter matches the application exactly. Make sure you don’t have any extra spaces before or after what you type into each field.

   If you contacted us after you applied and updated any information, including passport information, provide the most recent information.

   These are the most common issues experienced when trying to link an application.

   • Enter your name as it appears on your passport if you applied on paper. This is what we enter into our system.
   • If you’re applying for family sponsorship, in the last question, “Number of family members, including the primary applicant, that are part of this application”, also include the sponsor and the co-signer (if applicable). The number entered will be at least 2.
   • If you selected the option Place of Birth under Applicant’s personal information, enter the “City/town of birth” as it appears on your passport (if applicable) or the IMM 0008 form, if no passport information was provided.

What happens after I link an application to an IRCC secure account?

After you link the application, it appears under the “View my submitted applications or profiles” section on the main account page. Click “Check status and messages” to see the application status and messages about the application.

If you see “Linking in progress,” check back again later.

Once your application is linked, you’ll receive messages about your application through your IRCC secure account. You will no longer receive letters about your application by mail.

See also Why are there differences between the status I see in the Check application status tool (CAS) and in my account?