I would like to download and view Canadian Immigration Form 1294E, the application to be filed by a non-Canadian person living overseas who wishes to come to Canada for study. I live in the US. The Canadian Immigration URL to download this form is here. When I go to that URL, I'm confronted with a dialog that says:
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I waited minutes, but no file was downloaded. I then navigated to Adobe to update my computer's Reader, selected download, waited for the installation to complete (replacing an earlier version of Reader), then restarted the computer. Then again navigating to the Canadian Immigration URL, the same dialog appears and no .pdf is downloaded.
Another Canadian Immigration page has a drop-down that allows the user to select a specific form. Using that page again results in no download and the same dialog.
My iMac runs macOS 10.15.5, Safari 13.1.1, and the computer has Acrobat Reader DC version 20.009.20063, dated May 3, 2020. This sure seems like it'd be the "latest version." I also tried with Chrome v.83.0.4103.97 (the latest macOS version), and the same dialog was displayed.
The Wayback Machine retrieves only the same error dialog.
What might I try to retrieve this document?
Best Answer
I was finally able to download the Canadian immigration .pdf document.
The solution was to use Firefox, and to reset FF's preferences regarding .pdf files from "Open in browser" to "save file." I have been unable to find a similar setting in Safari.