Tell us about the principal applicant
Last name(s) (also known as family name, surname) (required)
Country or territory of birth (required)
Fill in only 1 of these 3 fields – application number, Unique Client Identifier (UCI), or passport number
What is your application number? (required)
By checking this box, I confirm that I don’t know my application number.
What did you apply for? (required)
What application did you submit? (required)
Is your application being processed by an office outside Canada? (required)
Choose the visa office processing your application. (required)
Fill in only 1 of these 3 fields – application number, Unique Client Identifier (UCI), or passport number
What’s your Unique Client Identifier (UCI) number? (required)
By checking this box, I confirm that I don’t know my UCI.
What country or territory were you living in when you submitted your application? (required)
What nationality is listed on the passport you used to apply? (required)
Fill in only 1 of these 3 fields – application number, Unique Client Identifier (UCI), or passport number
What is your passport number? (required)
By checking this box, I confirm that I don’t know my Passport or Travel Document #
What is the issuing country/authority on the passport that you used for your application? (required)
Your Client ID Number, also known as a Unique Client Identifier (UCI), can be found on any official document we sent to you.
If you’ve never dealt with us before, you won’t have a UCI. If you don’t have a UCI, leave the field blank.
If this request is about a dependent child, use the principal applicant’s (the parent’s) UCI.
You can find your application number on any official document or correspondence we sent you. This number is not the same thing as your client ID number (unique client identifier [UCI]).
If your request is about a dependent child, please use the principal applicant's (that is, the parent's) "Application ID number".
Make sure the application number you entered matches the format for the program you applied to.
- Temporary residence (visitors, students and workers): The number must be 10 characters long and begin with a letter.
- Permanent residence:
- Economic, Non-economic and non-provincial nominee programs: The number must be 10 characters long and begin with a letter.
- Provincial nominee programs: The number must be 10 characters long and begin with "EP".
- Refugees: The number must be 10 characters long and begin with a letter.
- Citizenship: The number can be 7 numbers or 10 alphanumeric characters depending on when you applied.
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If it is 10 characters it will be 1 or 2 letters followed by 8 or 9 numbers respectively; for a total of 10 characters.
For example, for a Grant application, C000000000 or 0000000; an Adoption C000000000 or 0000000; a Proof application, PR00000000 or 0000000; a Search SR00000000 or 0000000; or a Renunciation application RN00000000 or 000000.
- Verification of status: The number must be 10 characters long and begin with "SV".
- Certificate of identity: The number must be 10 characters long and contain only numerals (no letters).
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