#FOSS and GCMS Notes

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Facing Delay in Your Canada Immigration Application? Take These Steps

Canada's immigration system is facing a massive backlog problem. COVID-19 pandemic, staffing shortages, high demand, and aging technology are some of the reasons for the delay.

When an individual applies to work, study or immigrate to Canada, they need to submit their application to the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). IRCC then provides the usual processing times for applications which can vary depending upon the processing time of the application.

While you wait for an update on your application, here are your possible options

1) Check Your Application Status

The first step is to check the status of your application on the IRCC’s website. They provide a processing times tool that can give you an idea of the expected wait times. It is very important to ensure that all your documentation is complete and up to date to avoid any unnecessary delays.

2) Contact IRCC

To get more information on your application and its delay, you can file a web form enquiry or call at the IRCC customer care number. They may provide you a substantive response regarding the reasons for the delay. If your inquiries to IRCC go unanswered or are unsatisfactory, you can reach out to a local member of Parliament and ask them to file a status update request on your behalf.

3) Request GCMS, CAIPS, or FOSS Notes

If you have submitted your application after 2010, you can file for an Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP) application. This allows you to obtain your Global Case Management System (GCMS) notes, along with Computer Assisted Immigration Processing System (CAIPS) notes or Field Operations Support System (FOSS) notes. These notes can provide you insights into any concerns or doubts raised by the IRCC officer and give you an opportunity to address them with additional evidence.

4)Hire a Lawyer

You can seek a legal assistance by hiring an immigration lawyer. They can help you to navigate the process and assist in submitting a formal request letter through the IRCC webform, emphasising on the extended processing time, and the negative impact of the delay.

5) Applying for an Order of Mandamus

Once you exhaust all your possible options, you can choose to apply for an Order of Mandamus. This process involves seeking relief from the Federal Court, which puts pressure on IRCC you make decision on your application. For Order of Mandamus, it is advised to hire an immigration lawyer to assist you through the process as the threshold for obtaining an Order of Mandamus is high. To warrant this, there are eight conditions.

There must be a public legal duty to act (to process the application)

The duty must be owed to the applicant

There is a clear right to the performance of that duty, in particular that the applicant has satisfied all conditions giving rise to the duty and there was unreasonable delay

No other adequate remedy is available

The order sought will be of some practical value or effect

The Court finds no equitable bar to the relief sought

On a balance  of convenience, an order of mandamus should be issued

Source: THE ECONOMIC TIMES

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What are ATIP or GCMS Notes? - Worldwide Transcripts

What are ATIP or GCMS Notes? - Worldwide Transcripts

In our previous article, we discussed why Canada is the most preferred destination among Indians for their study or work abroad. Canada offers a rich culture and ease of immigration for applicants and these coupled with the great diplomatic ties between these two countries make Canada the most popular destination abroad. So thousands of applicants apply for IRCC every month but many applications get rejected. Like such cases, ATIP or GCMS plays an vital role. So let us understand in detail what these notes are.

Before we begin, we would like to know what do you think about the parcel tracking facility provided by leading e-commerce and postal services, write your thoughts in the comment section below. The purpose of asking this question is that when we know the state of a process, we are clear about what is happening. It minimises anxiety and provides peace of mind. If everything is going well then it is good and if something is wrong then we can act on it. ATIP and GCMS are facilities provided by the Government of Canada to IRCC. For those who have applied to immigrate to Canada, the GCMS tool is very useful. It helps to check application status and reasons for rejection, if any.

What is the ATIP?

Like we have Right to Information Act in India, Canada has Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP) Act. Under this act, Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada can request ATIP notes however they wish. Citizens of Canada can request information from the more than 265 institutions it covers. There is a dedicated ATIP portal from which they can request their ATIP Notes. Currently, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) are not covered under the ATIP portal, so requests for any information under these departments have to be made through a separate portal called ATIP. also comes under And this is where GCMS also comes in handy.

What is GCMS?

GCMS or Global Case Management System is a new integrated electronic data processing system introduced by the Government of Canada that falls under ATIP and replaced the previous systems Computer Assisted Immigration Processing System (CAIPS) and FOSS which were used before 2010. was. This system is used to track the status of the immigration process. Applicants who have applied for Immigration to Canada can track their status by requesting GCMS Notes. GCMS notes are issued under the ATIP Act.

When to request GCMS notes?

People are got very excited for going abroad for study and work. They go to all the trouble to process their VISA, ECA, TAP, etc. But unfortunately, sometimes the immigration application is denied. So those applicants can request GCMS notes what is the exact reason why their application is rejected and with the help of these ATIP notes they can correct the wrong document or plan their next immigration application.

What information do these GCMS notes contain?

GCMS Notes contains all the information about the applicant and also the application. They include personal details like applicant's name, their family details, marital status, date of birth, home country, address, criminal record, travel history etc. These also include all communication records to and from IRCC. GCMS Notes also contains a detailed note of the officials reviewing the documents. They make a note whether the documents are true or false and upload them in the system. Hence, GCMS Note helps an applicant to provide all the information related to his immigration purpose.

Who can request GCMS notes?

The ATIP is a federal law of the Government of Canada for Canadian citizens. Therefore, ATIP notes or GCMS notes can only be requested by Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada. There are also some authorized agencies that can request ATIP notes or GCMS notes. Therefore, international applicants who have applied for immigration to Canada and want to track the status of their application or know the reasons for rejection can take the help of such authorized agencies. Or they can contact a relative/friend who is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident.

So, this is all about GCMS Notes and ATIP Notes. If you have any further questions, want more clarification, or would like to request GCMS Notes for you, you can write your questions below.

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This is what it's like using only open-

source software on Android

Technically speaking, Android is open-source. This means anyone can look at the operating system's code, or change it - this is how OEMs like HTC and Samsung add their own tweaks. That openness has often been a rallying cry for hardcore Android enthusiasts. Why use a closed platform like iOS, when you can have a free and open-source platform? But even from the beginning, there were components of Android that were closed-source. The Gmail app, Maps, Google Talk, and the Play Store were some of the earliest examples. To combat the always-present fragmentation of Android, Google offers many APIs through the Play Services Framework. As more and more apps switch to these proprietary APIs, they become less functional (or break entirely) on devices without the Play Store. Four years ago, Ars Technica wrote a detailed analysis of using Android without all the proprietary Google software. It wasn't a great experience, as you can probably guess. But plenty can change in four years, so is the situation any better in 2018? That's what I wanted to find out.

Why open-source?

Free and open source software (FOSS) has a number of advantages, but to users, the main benefit is privacy. All the code is out in the open, so anyone with programming knowledge can go through it and see exactly what an app is doing. Proprietary apps can sometimes feel like black boxes, where you don't really know what's going on behind the scenes. That's almost never the case with FOSS.

Proprietary apps can sometimes feel like black boxes.

I say 'almost,' because there's technically nothing stopping open-source apps from spying on you, but that behavior is extremely rare. If you're doing something you're not supposed to be (like spying on users or bundling malware), you probably wouldn't announce it to the world.

Another popular talking point for FOSS software is freedom of choice. For example, if you don't like one Android ROM, you can switch to another. There are plenty of other advantages, but you get the idea.

Choosing a ROM

Unlike with full-blown computers, it's essentially impossible to go 100% open-source with smartphones. When it comes to Android, the drivers for many of your phone's components are closed-source, since they come from either the OEM (Samsung, HTC, etc) or the silicon manufacturer (Qualcomm, MediaTek, etc). These closed-source components are called 'binary blobs,' and are required to make the phone operate properly. For example, the Pixel 2 XL uses binary blobs to operate the GPS, camera, fingerprint gestures, DRM, display, and various sensors. There is an Android ROM called Replicant, which aims to replace binary blobs with open-source implementations. Unfortunately, the project doesn't have a large community, so development is extremely slow. There are only 13 phones and tablets currently supported, with the newest one being the Samsung Galaxy S3. I don't own any devices that Replicant supports, so I opted to use LineageOS... sorta.

LineageOS with microG

As mentioned above, Google Play Services is completely proprietary, so I couldn't use it for this experiment. However, there is an alternative - the microG project. MicroG is an open-source re-implementation of Play Services, designed to replicate as much functionality as possible. At the moment, microG includes its own versions of GmsCore, the Services Framework Proxy, Unified Network Location Provider, and v1 of the Google Maps API. There are plans to develop a Play Store client as well, but that isn't available yet. Even though the project is still very far from complete, it sounded interesting enough to try out. Unfortunately, there's a catch - microG only works with custom ROMs that support signature spoofing. The LineageOS project is against adding support for that feature, citing security concerns, so microG offers its own ROM called 'LineageOS for microG.' It's available for all devices with official LineageOS support, and comes with microG and the F-Droid app store pre-installed. There are no other changes, as far as I'm aware.

The experience

I decided to use my Xiaomi Mi 4c for this experiment, since it's the only functional phone I have that I don't frequently use. It has a Snapdragon 808 processor with 3GB of RAM, so it's fairly fast (albeit a bit toasty). I wiped it, flashed the microG LineageOS ROM through TWRP, and went through the setup process. Once that was done, my (mostly) open-source phone was ready to be used.     If you've never tried LineageOS, it's somewhat similar to stock Android, but with some custom applications and minor UI tweaks. There's a lightweight WebView browser (nicknamed 'Jelly'), an improved Email client, an audio equalizer, a music player, and so on. Some of these are part of AOSP, but have been improved by LineageOS.     As mentioned above, microG's fork comes with the F-Droid store already installed. F-Droid is a catalog of FOSS apps for Android, where proprietary apps are not allowed. You have Firefox instead of Chrome, Nextcloud instead of Google Drive, and so on. As I expected, finding alternatives for all the apps I use was the most difficult part of this experiment.

Communication

My first task was to set up my usual communication methods. For email, I ended up using the included Email application, which worked just fine once I set up an app passwordfor my Gmail (because I have 2FA enabled on my Google account). SMS obviously worked with the built-in Messaging app. The 'Conversations' XMPP client allowed me to use Hangouts in a limited capacity (no group messages or video/audio calls), since Google never shut down the old Google Talk XMPP servers.    'Communication' is a pretty great XMPP client, but functionality with Hangouts is limited. Then I started running into roadblocks. Android Police uses Slack for internal communication, but there is no open-source client available. That ended up being the one closed-source app I installed, since that's a necessity for my job. I occasionally use Discord, but that's proprietary. I already talk with most of my friends over Hangouts and SMS, so the requirement of using open-source software wasn't a major problem. If I was a heavy Skype or Facebook Messenger user, this would have been far more irritating.

Browsing

I use Chrome on all my devices, so I planned on using Chromium as my web browser. If you're not familiar with it, Chromium is Chrome without all the closed-source bits. There is no H.264 video support, no automatic updates (only applies to the desktop version), no MP3 playback, and no Flash plugin (again, only for the desktop). Chromium itself is not available on F-Droid, but there is 'getChromium,' which downloads the latest build from Google's servers. Even though it's open-source, Chromium for Android does still rely on Play Services to sync bookmarks/history/tabs. This is where microG comes in... or so I hoped. When Chromium asked me to log into Google, I entered my credentials, and then... nothing. I went to the browser's settings, and it said I hadn't logged in. I tried logging in again, and microG told me I had already logged in. This happened with every app that tried to sync with my Google account, including the Contacts and Calendar apps. The disappointment kept coming. I tried to set up the Twitter Lite web app, but notifications didn't work at all. Chrome and Chromium use Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) to deliver web app notifications, but microG doesn't offer that functionality. I installed Firefox hoping it would work, but it also uses GCM.    Jelly tabs appear in the system app switcher, like Chrome in the Lollipop days. Since I couldn't sync data on Chrome, and Firefox on Android still isn't a great experience, I ended up just using the included 'Jelly' browser. It relies on the system WebView to render pages, and performance is great.

Entertainment

Here's where things get rough. I use a few different media services, including YouTube, Netflix, Hulu, Spotify, and Plex. The only decent open-source YouTube client is NewPipe, but you can't log in, so I mostly just used the YouTube mobile site. There are no FOSS clients for Plex, Netflix, Hulu, or Spotify. In other words, I couldn't listen to any of my music, unless I copied the MP3 files from my Plex server to the phone's internal storage. I couldn't stream any TV shows or movies, either. I don't play many mobile games, but all of the ones I occasionally open (Lux Deluxe, RCT Classic, Bloons Tower Defense 5, and Crossy Road) are all closed-source. There are a few games on F-Droid, but they're pretty basic. If you're just looking for a way to kill time, there are some okay options.

Social media

There is no shortage of great third-party Twitter apps, but there aren't very many open-source ones (at least on Android). The best one seems to be Twidere, which we covered last year in our Best Twitter clients roundup. It hasn't changed much since then, but the F-Droid version doesn't have any of the in-app purchases (like scheduling tweets and Giphy integration).    Twidere is pretty good, and even supports other Twitter-like social networks. The only other social network I frequently use is Mastodon, and my favorite client is Tusky. Thankfully, not only is Tusky open-source, but notifications work without Play Services.

Productivity

The experiment continued to become frustrating as I moved to productivity apps. I use Google Drive to store most of my important files and documents, but there's no FOSS client I can use. My notes are in Google Keep, so I had to use the mobile site. I basically never edit documents from my phone, but since they are all in Google Docs format, I wouldn't have been able to edit them without the official apps.

Conclusion

I started this experiment with one question in mind: could you realistically use an Android phone in 2018 using only open-source software? I think for most people, the answer is no. Just about every service or app used by the general public is closed-source, and unless you're willing to switch away from Google's ecosystem and go without most apps, it's just not practical. Some of you may already be heavily invested in open-source software. Maybe you run a Nextcloud installation instead of using Google's cloud products. You might heavily use Telegram or Signal, instead of proprietary services like Allo, Hangouts, and Facebook Messenger. There are some that wouldn't feel a great deal of impact from going without closed-source products, but I think that is an incredibly small amount of people.

There are some great FOSS alternatives to popular apps and services.

I'm not trying to criticize FOSS developers. Many of the apps listed on F-Droid are maintained by a small group of people (or single developers), usually in their free time. The quality of some of these apps is very impressive, especially given the limited resources and time these people have.

If there's one lesson to be learned, it's this: there are some great FOSS alternatives to popular apps and services. Going all open-source isn't feasible, but moving some of your friends to Telegram or switching to Firefox might be. With recent events, I think everyone can agree that the fewer Silicon Valley companies collecting detailed analytics about you, the better.

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What are ATIP or GCMS Notes and what are their uses?

In our last article, we discussed why Canada is the most preferred destination among Indians for their study or work abroad. Canada provides a rich culture and ease of immigration for the applicants and combined with the great diplomatic relations between these two countries makes Canada is the most popular abroad destination. Therefore thousands of applicants apply for IRCC every month but many application gets rejected. For such cases, ATIP or GCMS plays an important role. So let’s understand in detail what these notes are.

Before we start we would like to know what you think about the parcel tracking facility provided by major e-commerce and postal services, write your views in the comments section below. The purpose of asking this question is that when we know the status of any process, we are clear about what’s happening. It reduces anxiety and provides peace of mind. If everything is going fine then great and if anything is wrong, we can act on it. ATIP and GCMS are such facilities provided by the government of Canada for IRCC. For those who have applied for Canadian immigration, the GCMS tool is very useful. It helps to check the status of the application and reasons for rejection if any. 

What is the ATIP?

Just like we have Right to Information act in India, there is the Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP) act in Canada. Under this act, the citizens of Canada or the permanent residents of Canada can request ATIP notes seeking the information they want. Canadian citizens can request information from more than 265 institutions coming under it. There is a dedicated ATIP portal from which they can request their ATIP notes. Currently, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) are not included under the ATIP portal, so request for any information under these departments has to be made through a different portal that comes under ATIP as well. And this is where GCMS also comes into play.

What is GCMS?

GCMS or Global Case Management System is a new integrated electronic data processing system launched by the Canadian government that comes under ATIP and has replaced the previous systems Computer Assisted Immigration Processing System (CAIPS) and FOSS that was used before 2010. This system is used to track the status of the immigration process. Applicants who have applied for immigration to Canada can track their status by requesting GCMS Notes. Under the ATIP act, the GCMS notes are issued.

When to request GCMS notes?

It is very exciting for people to go abroad to study or work. They do all the hassle to process their VISA, ECA, transcripts, etc. But unfortunately, sometimes the immigration application is rejected. So those applicants can request GCMS notes to know the exact reason why their application was rejected and with the help of these ATIP notes they can rectify the incorrect document or plan their next immigration application. 

What information do these GCMS notes contain?

GCMS notes contain all the information about the applicant and application as well. They contain personal details like the name of the applicant, their family details, marital status, DOB, home country, address, criminal records, travel history, etc. They also contain all the communication records to and from IRCC. GCMS notes also have a detailed note from the officials reviewing the documents. They make a note if the documents are correct or incorrect and upload the same in the system. Therefore, GCMS notes help to provide all the information an applicant needs concerning his immigration purpose.

Who can request GCMS notes?

ATIP is a federal law of the government of Canada for the citizens of Canada. Therefore, ATIP notes or GCMS notes can be requested only by citizens of Canada or permanent residents of Canada. There are a few authorized agencies as well who can request ATIP notes or GCMS notes. So, international applicants who have applied for immigration to Canada and want to track the status of their application or want to know the reasons for rejection can take the help of such authorized agencies. Or they can contact any relatives/friends who are citizens or permanent residents of Canada. 

So, this is all about GCMS notes and ATIP notes. If you have any further queries, want more clarification, or want to request GCMS notes for you then you can write down your questions below.

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