My consultant didn’t link the paper application online , so I didn’t have any online IRCC account. But yes I always checked the status throughMind you, she has an secured online ircc account whereby you can see the details of the application. Her application was linked online to her ircc secure account through here,
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/account.html
However I also signed in through a generic client application status website through here.
https://services3.cic.gc.ca/ecas/introduction.do?app=ecas
The website only says decision made with no information given regarding approved COPR valid document as listed through ircc secure account.
Is this how you found out about your status of your application?
generic client application status website.
https://services3.cic.gc.ca/ecas/introduction.do?app=ecas
It just showed ‘decision made’ but didn’t show if it was approved or not. I called my consultant, he said it’s mostly approval (since consultant got the pre-arrival letter).then I got an email about the portal. This is when I knew the application is approved. We created the portal and uploaded picture and stuff. Got COPR yesterday. The online one didn’t show anything about COPR. I think if you link application online, it works differently . Hope this helps!