What does this new guidance mean?
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For example, applicants who pass the preliminary eligibility assessment may still be refused based on eligibility reasons once biometrics are collected. Once services begin to resume, applicants who are able to submit missing information or documents previously requested of them will begin to do so, at which time the application will move into the second stage of processing and officers will process the application to finalization.
That is not new, that guidance has been present since the start of the annoncement of 2 stage processing. This new paragraph specifically mentions study permits approved after 18th March, this was not there before.
Foreign nationals who had a study permit application approved after March 18, 2020 will be sent a letter (push notification) advising them that
- they may not be exempt from the travel restrictions
- they should not make any plans to travel to Canada until the travel restrictions are lifted, as they will not be allowed to travel to or enter Canada
It would appear IRCC are getting ready for widespread approval of study permits that were already approved in GCMS notes but those reseults have been withheld from applicants.
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I'm not asking about that. That has not changed in the guidance. I'm asking about the points in the guidance than have changed. My daughter's eligibility review happened several months before she received the first stage process notification and in the next few days, her GCMS notes will arrive to prove her study permit was approved also several months before that notification came. I'm asking about the NEW parts of the guidance.in simple explanation:
stage 1 process : it means your eligibility review has been started
stage 2 process : it means refusal or approval
the earlier announcements was SP approved on or before March 18 are exempted from travel restrictions provided their travel is essential.
now after March 18 is just a clarification of the old announcement...the same policy.
now if you can prove that your daughter approval was on or before March 18, and her travel is essential then she is eligible to enter Canada.
I was not asking about before 18th March. If my daughter had her study permit approved before 18th March, I would not be writing here and she'd have come out of quarantine with all the other returning international students at her university which is in person.
It is NOT a clarification of policy post 18th March 2020. This has now become an ambiguous statement, because of the use of "may" as that has 2 meanings. It has actually made it even more ambiguous for those who've approved study permits post 18th March 2020 (not that many have been approved).
I do suspect now IRCC are going to officially approved more study permits that have remained in the queue since 18th March 2020.
but, I
heard that stage2 is more about admissibility . I have received AIP and going for online classes but can my visa refuese at stage2 based on eligibility ?
there is nothing like that
but, it said that the officer has reviewed ur information and documents u provided for support of ur study permit and based on preliminary eligibity assesment, ur application has advanced to the next stage of processing
AIP is not a guarantee of final approval. It doesn't seem to involve much more than a prima facie review/completeness check.
You have it spot on. Some applicants have already had their permits approved too and ircc are holding back on issuing their approval, this first stage approval is little more than a gimmick. There is no value at all, other than knowing someone has cast eyes even if only briefly on your application.