do CIC give you a call?

[hadiyawar]

hello people
just random, thought of asking if anybody knows it here

I've had couple of calls from Canada appearing to be from CIC.
I'm assuming it's fake but what are the chances that this is real?
thanks

 

[artray]

Depends on whether the calls were from your assigned visa office. They could be legit calls if they were calls from the canadian immigration office of your country of citizenship or country of residence (depending on which office is currently processing your files). Cheers!

 

[dell2]

how do you know it's fake ?
what did they ask ?
where are you residing ?

 

[hadiyawar]

Depends on whether the calls were from your assigned visa office. They could be legit calls if they were calls from the canadian immigration office of your country of citizenship or country of residence (depending on which office is currently processing your files). Cheers!

Thanks for this.
I don't have the ITA yet, it was direct call from Canada not from my country of residence.
The person said this is the evaluation process and it will take around 18 months to finish everything, and for evaluation to proceed I'd need to pay $499.
It sounded dodgy when the person mentioned the payment without even me having the ITA, moreover the call was on a weekend.

 

[hadiyawar]

Many of these calls can be dubious.

If you receive a call like this, ask them for your application / EE profile number. If they can't give it to you, it's a fake call. Don't reveal any information in such a case.

Thank you. Noted
the person, in the end, mentioned of a payment that I'd need to pay for evaluation even though I don't have the ITA yet + the call was on a weekend. So all that raised my suspicion even more.

 

[LokiJr01]

I experienced the same thing in Manila.
Someone called regarding the processing of Canadian visa. They were asking for some personal information.

I'm guessing this is just an immigration agency offering their services, but regardless, they should not be asking for personal information.

I agree with the earlier post. If someone is from immigration and they ask for personal info, ask for the EE profile number if they know. You can drop the call if they can't answer that.

 

[bellaluna]

I experienced the same thing in Manila.
Someone called regarding the processing of Canadian visa. They were asking for some personal information.

I'm guessing this is just an immigration agency offering their services, but regardless, they should not be asking for personal information.

I agree with the earlier post. If someone is from immigration and they ask for personal info, ask for the EE profile number if they know. You can drop the call if they can't answer that.

Did they identify themselves as from the Canadian Embassy/Manila VO? There've been some reports here of them doing phone verification, and they also called my relative once to follow up on their medicals. We just took them at their word.

 

[LokiJr01]

When we asked them who they were and why they were asking for personal info the caller kept on stuttering. So we declined their call.

 

[artray]

Thanks for this.
I don't have the ITA yet, it was direct call from Canada not from my country of residence.
The person said this is the evaluation process and it will take around 18 months to finish everything, and for evaluation to proceed I'd need to pay $499.
It sounded dodgy when the person mentioned the payment without even me having the ITA, moreover the call was on a weekend.

Good judgement...definite scam :-X

 

[hadiyawar]

Scam, 100%. CIC do not call you pre-ITA, and they certainly won't ask for money over the phone.



People need to stop posting their phone numbers publicly on this forum. This is how these fraudsters contact you.

Thanks!
those links certainly helps.

cheers

 

[f1ahmed]

Just wanted to share our recent experience. We (me and my wife) both got our PR card already and the process is now completed.

However, my wife received a call from CIC yesterday afternoon. She could not pick up the phone. She again got another call from CIC this morning while sleeping and could not pick it up. She then called back and was able to find someone to talk. The agent asked for the PR card number and told her that her file is absolutely fine and completed and there is no reason CIC should call her.

The agent then told my wife the story: CIC is now receiving a lots of call from PR applicants claiming that someone called them from CIC number and told them they they have provided false information and has been fined by CIC and you have to pay now....(Just could not believe it). The agent told my wife to beware of this call.

The only thing that surprises me is how do they get our phone numbers? Does it mean someone stole the data from CIC database?

Just wanted to share. Please stay safe. Thanks.

 

[nmeka]

Just wanted to share our recent experience. We (me and my wife) both got our PR card already and the process is now completed.

However, my wife received a call from CIC yesterday afternoon. She could not pick up the phone. She again got another call from CIC this morning while sleeping and could not pick it up. She then called back and was able to find someone to talk. The agent asked for the PR card number and told her that her file is absolutely fine and completed and there is no reason CIC should call her.

The agent then told my wife the story: CIC is now receiving a lots of call from PR applicants claiming that someone called them from CIC number and told them they they have provided false information and has been fined by CIC and you have to pay now....(Just could not believe it). The agent told my wife to beware of this call.

The only thing that surprises me is how do they get our phone numbers? Does it mean someone stole the data from CIC database?

Just wanted to share. Please stay safe. Thanks.

Thanks for sharing the information, Getting the phone number is just a breeze while many people post their numbers publicly here in many threads. Especially whatsapp groups threads.