PDF for immigration consultants
Visa portals reject files for size, count and encryption, and a rejected upload is a delayed application.
What the portals actually require
Canada (IRCC): portal uploads must be under 4 MB, and some web forms accept as little as 2 MB. Each document field keeps only one file — upload a second one and it replaces the first — so six months of bank statements have to become a single PDF.
Australia (ImmiAccount): each document must be 5 MB or less, and most visa and citizenship applications take at most 60 documents per person (100 on partner visas). Encrypted or secured PDFs are not accepted, which often catches statements downloaded from online banking.
The files are passports, bank statements and employment letters — the most sensitive documents a client will ever hand over. Where they go while you prepare them matters as much as whether they fit.
The limit shown next to the field you are filling in always takes precedence over any general figure here.
The tools for it
- Merge PDFCombine several PDFs into one, in the order you want.
- JPG to PDFPut your photos or scans into one tidy PDF, in the order you want.
- Compress PDFMake a heavy file small enough to email, without wrecking it.
- Split by sizeBreak one PDF into parts that each stay under a size you pick.
- Remove PagesDelete the pages you don't need and keep the rest.
- Unlock PDFRemove a password from a file you already have the password for.
- Redact PDFActually remove sensitive parts — not just draw a box over them.
- Check a redactionFind out whether the words you blacked out can still be pulled out of the file.
What this does not do
We do not submit applications or connect to the portals — you still upload the files yourself. We also do not check a file set against a particular visa's document checklist: the tools make each file fit the portal's rules, and deciding which documents an application needs is still your job.
DocuGrip is not affiliated with IRCC or the Department of Home Affairs.
In every case above, the document is processed without ever being transmitted. Nothing is uploaded, which for confidential filings, student records, unpublished manuscripts and salary data is not a convenience but the point.
Set it up for the whole team
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