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Hello, I am trying to apply for my father to come to Canada on supervisa but I cannot seem to edit this form online: "Application for Visitor Visa (Temporary Resident Visa) Made Outside of Canada (IMM5257) (required)"

Can someone please tell me how I can edit PDF documents online ?
And what exactly is this lottery system for inviting parents through supervisa?

I can’t open my visa application form in PDF format. What can I do?
IRCC forms that need to be validated using the “validate” button at the bottom of the form use special encoding. You need a computer with Adobe Reader 10 or higher to use them.

If you have problems opening a PDF on our website, try the following:

For PC users
  • Find the link of the file you want to save (you may need to go back to the previous page to find it)
  • Right-click the link.
  • Select “Save target as” or “Save link as”.
  • Choose the location on your computer where you would like to save the file.
  • Select “Save”.
  • Use Windows Explorer to get to the location where you saved the file.
  • Right click on the PDF file.
  • Select “Open with”.
  • Select “Choose program”.
  • Select “Adobe Acrobat Reader”.
  • Make sure to check the box that says “Always use this program to open these files”.
  • Select “OK”.
For Mac users
  • Find the link of the file you want to save (you may need to go back to the previous page to find it)
  • Press the Control (ctrl) key and click on the link
  • When the option menu appears, choose “Download link to disk” or “Download linked file”.
  • Choose the location on your computer where you would like to store the file. Your computer will start the download once you have selected a location.
  • Use Spotlight or Finder to look for the downloaded file.
You can get a free copy of Adobe Reader from the Adobe website. It is available for Windows, Mac and Android devices.
 
Btw, for Mac users: Do not use the last version of Adobe Reader, it doesn't show barcodes after validation for some reason. I had to delete new version and install one of the oldest to be able to properly validate it with barcodes.