An application at IRCC has to go through different stages for an approval. Like Eligibility, Security, Background Check, Inadmissibility etc. An applicant has all the rights to know at which stage the application is at any moment. The status of an application also helps the applicant to prepare for any additional documents, IRCC may request. During this ongoing Pandemic, a lot has changed and there has been a severe impact on the processing of Immigration Applications. IRCC is trying to keep up with however the application count is piling up. Lets not get into that, and we should learn how to check the status of an application.