Spousal sponsorship
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Take note of the cancellation of in-person appointments in Canada as a precautionary measure to stem the spread of #COVID19:
We’re cancelling all in-person permanent resident landing appointments until April 13, 2020. If you had a landing appointment already booked, it will be held by telephone at a new date.
We’re cancelling all refugee claimant appointments until April 13, 2020. If you had an appointment, we’ll contact you to let you know when your new appointment will be.
As previously mentioned, we are also cancelling all citizenship ceremonies and citizenship tests as of March 14 until further notice.
Keep checking this page for up-to-date information on special measures put in place by IRCC to help temporary and permanent residents and applicants affected by #COVID19:
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/coronavirus-special-measures.html
Friends,
Read this today on IRCC site "We’re cancelling all in-person permanent resident landing appointments until April 13, 2020. If you had a landing appointment already booked, it will be held by telephone at a new date." but I do not understand what is the meaning of "in-person PR landing appointments". Can anyone please explain?
And, does this have any impact of new immigrants landing in Canada this week or next? My spouse has a flight to land in YYZ from India next Tuesday so little worried.
Read this today on IRCC site "We’re cancelling all in-person permanent resident landing appointments until April 13, 2020. If you had a landing appointment already booked, it will be held by telephone at a new date." but I do not understand what is the meaning of "in-person PR landing appointments". Can anyone please explain?
And, does this have any impact of new immigrants landing in Canada this week or next? My spouse has a flight to land in YYZ from India next Tuesday so little worried.
People in Canada can make appointments to land at IRCC offices.
Right now, the information states that immediate family members of Canadian citizens are exempt from the travel restriction. It does not specify Canadian PRs, so it's possible your spouse may not be able to travel
This is a tweet from Trudeau’s official twitter handle
Foreign nationals from all countries - except the United States – will no longer be allowed to enter Canada. This does not include air crews, travellers heading to a third country, diplomats, immediate family members of Canadian citizens, or permanent residents.
It states immediate family members of Canadian Pr can still fly into the country not just immediate family Members of a citizen like u stated.
No, it doesn't. Read again. There is a comma after "immediate family members of Canadian citizens", which separate the statement from "permanent residents". Until it is clarified to definitively include family members of PRs, nothing can be assumed.
See here for the actual official information: https://www.canada.ca/en/transport-canada/news/2020/03/new-measures-for-covid-19-response.html
The measure will come into force on Wednesday, March 18, at 12:00 p.m. (noon) EDT. It would not apply to air crews, travelers arriving in Canada in transit to a third country, Canadian Permanent Residents, diplomats, or immediate family members of Canadian citizens.
We just have to wait and see if they clarify it further. They are likely receiving a LOT of questions about this and the other ambiguities, so hopefully there will be something out tomorrow to clarify.
Just sharing the information I have collected so far because my anxiety levels are at a PEAK with my spouse scheduled to land early next week.
1) A friend could get through to IRCC Contact person this morning (I could not) said: For now only citizens and people who are already permanent residents will be allowed. They will be updating their site with further instructions for CoPR holders sometime today. Seems this query has come a lot their way in the last 2 days and they are working on a approach.
2) I called the member of parliament office and the representative told me that since my spouse has COPR there is no issue with landing and entering Canada. The restriction is for non-Canadians i.e. visitors, work permit, student visa. COPR is a PR.
Quiet contrary answers, so keeping a close tab on what IRCC puts up or PM makes new statement making this more clear.
If anyone finds any AUTHENTIC information, please do share here.
1) A friend could get through to IRCC Contact person this morning (I could not) said: For now only citizens and people who are already permanent residents will be allowed. They will be updating their site with further instructions for CoPR holders sometime today. Seems this query has come a lot their way in the last 2 days and they are working on a approach.
2) I called the member of parliament office and the representative told me that since my spouse has COPR there is no issue with landing and entering Canada. The restriction is for non-Canadians i.e. visitors, work permit, student visa. COPR is a PR.
Quiet contrary answers, so keeping a close tab on what IRCC puts up or PM makes new statement making this more clear.
If anyone finds any AUTHENTIC information, please do share here.
MP office staff are NOT immigration staff. They give wrong information. Case in point, COPR holders who have not landed are foreign nationals, not PRs.
And is there a confirmed IRCC message stating that COPR holders are not considered as PR?