I am unable to open the application forms on the IRCC Website – How to resolve this?

The challenges that Canadian immigrants face are many unless dealt with by a team of experts. However, one of the very frequent barriers they come across is trouble opening the applications for Canadian immigration on the official website of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). Either they find unable to open the forms pdf or they interpret the availability of forms for the legal advisors or practitioners.

The recognized issue of “I am unable to open my application form in a PDF format, how to deal with this?” is taken into custody by IRCC through an introductory guide. 

Know some simple step-by-step procedures on how to resolve the challenge of opening a Canadian immigration application PDF form;

1. Make sure you are using the Adobe Acrobat tool with an updated version or at least 10 for your PC or Mac.

2. The following message will appear, after you click on the application form, which shows,

“Please wait…If this message is not eventually replaced by the proper contents of the document, your PDF viewer may not be able to display this type of document…”

3. Don’t feel lost or worried! You may download and easily save the application form to your system’s desktop.

4. Next, close the browser opened in your system

5. Now, find the saved file on your desktop. To open it, double-click

6. You may now see all the details of an application form, which earlier you couldn’t able to contemplate.

7. In case, you still find the same message “Please wait…If this message is not eventually replaced by the proper contents of the document, your PDF viewer may not be able to display this type of document…”, instead of a form, you need to cross verify if the form is properly saved on the desktop, or to be opening on the desktop only.

Opening the application forms is not complex to know or even learn now. The detailed and well-explanatory guide by IRCC is a great help to many Canadian immigrants. It is important to note, that IRCC will not make you informed about any direction or provide you pop-up messages. Only you need to discover all the missed points, and check if the form given back to you is duly filled or as per the eligibility criteria. Such mindful tasks can surely help you to save a lot of time and can make the immigration process hassle-free.