Immigration Application Enquiries & Updates

File Status / Updates

If you have already filed for a permanent or temporary application, and want to check the status or progress of your file, Pace Law Firm can assist you.

CAIPS and FOSS Reports

Canadian Immigration offices use two electronic systems when processing visa applications. The Computer Assisted Immigration Processing System (CAIPS) is Citizenship and Immigration Canada's automated system for processing immigration applications from applicants outside Canada.

The Field Operations Support System (FOSS) is the domestic equivalent of CAIPS and is used for processing applications for immigration from inside Canada.

Pace Law Firm can access the information contained in both systems, and from extensive experience with them, we understand the best way to obtain the best results.

The Government of Canada uses CAIPS and FOSS to verify and qualify all immigration applications including:

• Permanent resident visas
• Visitor visas (temporary resident visas)
• Work permits
• Study permits
• Refugee, Humanitarian and Compassionate applications
• Citizenship applications
• All other immigration related processes

CAIPS and FOSS hold valuable information on the processing of your Canadian temporary or permanent residence application that is NOT available through "e-Client" registration.

Please contact us for additional information regarding your file status.

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Pace Law Firm provides Canadian immigration law services to the cities of Toronto, Montreal, Mississauga, Oakville, Markham, Oshawa, Richmond Hill, Brampton, Burlington, Milton, Whitby, Pickering, Etobicoke, Thornhill, North York, Scarborough, Owen Sound, Collingwood, New Market, Aurora, Barrie, Hamilton, St. Catharines, Niagara, Guelph, Kitchener, Waterloo and London, Ontario (ON), and to Quebec (QC), the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and the Golden Horseshoe, Canada. Pace Law Firm also provides services to international applicants.

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• Patel vs. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada

  Summary: The applicant, Mr. Patel, was deemed inadmissible because of a criminal conviction in the State of New York. However, Karen successfully argued that the designated immigration officer who denied the application failed to properly assess the equivalent conviction under Canadian Law, a point with which the assigned Judge agreed.

• Castillo vs. Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, Immigration Appeal Division

  Summary: While the legality of the removal order on the basis of criminality was not in dispute, Karen successfully argued against this order by persuading the Panel to consider the humanitarian and compassionate considerations of this case, particularly the best interests of two children of tender years.

• Hamilton vs. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada

  Summary: Mr. Hamilton had submitted an application to sponsor his wife, which was denied by a Visa Officer who determined that the relationship was not genuine and was entered into solely for the purpose of obtaining status or privilege in Canada.