Canada's immigration department has assigned tens of thousands of applicants to immigration officers or placeholder codes that are inactive and no longer working within their system — some who've last logged in and processed files up to 16 years ago, and from airports and visa offices around the world.
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Applicants are able to get information on IRCC's activity on their files through a GCMS note, obtained through Access to Information and Privacy Requests. People can apply directly to IRCC or CBSA to obtain their GCMS notes.
Once you obtain that document, you may be able to see the immigration officer or computer code your file is currently assigned to under the "assigned to" field. Some applicants, however, have reported they don't see that category on their GCMS notes.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ircc-immigration-officer-container-placeholder-code-inactive-list-1.6669571
News from Priscilla Ki Sun Hwang is a reporter with CBC News based in Ottawa. Send your story to her email priscilla.hwang@cbc.ca
Search your GCMS code here
Applicants are able to get information on IRCC's activity on their files through a GCMS note, obtained through Access to Information and Privacy Requests. People can apply directly to IRCC or CBSA to obtain their GCMS notes.
Once you obtain that document, you may be able to see the immigration officer or computer code your file is currently assigned to under the "assigned to" field. Some applicants, however, have reported they don't see that category on their GCMS notes.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ircc-immigration-officer-container-placeholder-code-inactive-list-1.6669571
News from Priscilla Ki Sun Hwang is a reporter with CBC News based in Ottawa. Send your story to her email priscilla.hwang@cbc.ca
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