Dear Friends,
I am a permanent resident of Canada. My sister and and brother in law applied for visitor visa for Canada. We did submit the form "Application for authorization and statutory declaration (IMM 0006)" notarized by lawyer for my sister but did not submit for my brother in law as he does not have any immediate family member in Canada. Now we have received a letter on my brother in law online profile. I am attaching the text of the letter in the bottom of this thread. Can anybody explain this letter as the language is a bit confusing. What I understood was that we have not submitted any evidence that my brother in law in exempted from traveling to Canada, therefore the visa application is not being prioritized. However the visa application is not rejected and will be processed in normal queue after the travel restrictions are lifted. Can anybody explain if my understanding is right of the letter. You help in this regard will be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Kind regards
Subject: Request for an Authorization for Exemption from Canadian Travel Restrictions
Good day,
Based on our assessment of your recent enquiry, we cannot process your request as you have not provided sufficient evidence that you meet an exemption criterion and/or that your travel to Canada is non-discretionary, per the travel restrictions implemented to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Canada.
Please note that if you already possess a valid visitor visa (TRV) or eTA, the refusal issued has no impact on your travel document, and is solely a refusal of your request for written authorization which you require to travel to Canada while the travel restrictions are in place. If you do not already have a valid TRV or eTA and had applied for a travel document, as you do not meet the exemption and are not being issued written authorization, your application will not be prioritized for processing and the refusal for written authorization will not have an impact on the future processing of your application.
As you are not exempt from the restrictions to travel to Canada, you should not plan or undertake any travel to Canada, as you may be prevented from boarding your flight and/or entering Canada.
Thank you for your interest in visiting Canada.
Sincerely,
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship of Canada
I am a permanent resident of Canada. My sister and and brother in law applied for visitor visa for Canada. We did submit the form "Application for authorization and statutory declaration (IMM 0006)" notarized by lawyer for my sister but did not submit for my brother in law as he does not have any immediate family member in Canada. Now we have received a letter on my brother in law online profile. I am attaching the text of the letter in the bottom of this thread. Can anybody explain this letter as the language is a bit confusing. What I understood was that we have not submitted any evidence that my brother in law in exempted from traveling to Canada, therefore the visa application is not being prioritized. However the visa application is not rejected and will be processed in normal queue after the travel restrictions are lifted. Can anybody explain if my understanding is right of the letter. You help in this regard will be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Kind regards
Subject: Request for an Authorization for Exemption from Canadian Travel Restrictions
Good day,
Based on our assessment of your recent enquiry, we cannot process your request as you have not provided sufficient evidence that you meet an exemption criterion and/or that your travel to Canada is non-discretionary, per the travel restrictions implemented to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Canada.
Please note that if you already possess a valid visitor visa (TRV) or eTA, the refusal issued has no impact on your travel document, and is solely a refusal of your request for written authorization which you require to travel to Canada while the travel restrictions are in place. If you do not already have a valid TRV or eTA and had applied for a travel document, as you do not meet the exemption and are not being issued written authorization, your application will not be prioritized for processing and the refusal for written authorization will not have an impact on the future processing of your application.
As you are not exempt from the restrictions to travel to Canada, you should not plan or undertake any travel to Canada, as you may be prevented from boarding your flight and/or entering Canada.
Thank you for your interest in visiting Canada.
Sincerely,
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship of Canada