The new online family sponsorship application tracker
The Minister of Immigration, Sean Fraser, announced the launch of an online application tracker for people who are applying for spousal, common-law, and dependent child sponsorship. The online tracker allows these family class permanent residence applicants, sponsors and their representatives to check their application status online.
“This new tracker is an example of how we are taking steps to give clients the dedicated and transparent service they expect and deserve,” said the Honourable Sean Fraser.
The online application tracker is part of the new functionalities to transform the immigration system into a modern platform. The government is also working to provide similar solutions to additional applicant groups.
These measures to improve the client experience are an effort to minimize processing delays. According to a media release, processing times for spousal sponsorship applicants have returned to the standard of 12 months for new applications.
Family sponsorship application tracker
1. Enter the government website
2. Create a new account if:
- this is your first time checking the status of your PR application
- you’ve been using the Client Application Status (CAS) tool to check your application status.
Please be aware that you can create an account as:
- sponsor or principal applicant, or
- representative or designated individual.
3. Enter all the information requested
The online application tracker should provides you with more detailed information, including historical information on your current case file.

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