COPR approved after March 18, 2020
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Hi all, just some information for those who have got COPR post march 18 and applied for written authorization.
Scenario: I am a PGWP holder, and my parents and I have got our COPRs (post march 18, expiring June 2021). I am in Canada while they are overseas. My parents have applied for a written authorization under the category of: unite with an immediate family member (temporary resident). After exactly 15 days, they have received a written authorization, valid for 3 months.
The authorization we've received starts as:
Authorization for Exemption from COVID-19 Canadian Travel Restrictions
From: International Network – Rapid Response Operations Centre (RROC)
Subject: Authorization for Exemption from Canadian Travel Restrictions for the Purpose of Family Reunification
Good day,
Your request to be exempted from the current restrictions to travel to Canada has been approved under the Order in
Council, Minimizing the Risk of Exposure to COVID-19 in Canada Order (Prohibition of Entry into Canada from any country
other than the United States).
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The Email we sent include information regarding:
Travel Exemption Criteria: immediate family members of a temporary resident in Canada
Primary Applicant:
Date of Birth:
Passport:
UCI:
Application:
Visa Category: IM-1 Immigrant
Visa & COPR Expiry Date:
Current Country of Residence:
Anticipated Date of Travelling:
Quarantine Plan:
Attachments:
1. passports, Visa and COPR (of everyone involved, in this case mine and my parents')
2. proof of relationship (in my case, a birth certificate)
3. Proof of status of the person in Canada (in my case, my PGWP)
4. My Canadian driver's license (or anything with a name and a Canadian address)
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The idea behind the email is: don't try to let them figure out why you should be exempted. Simply tell them which criteria applies to you the best.
Hopefully my experience could be helpful for those who are under similar circumstances.
Scenario: I am a PGWP holder, and my parents and I have got our COPRs (post march 18, expiring June 2021). I am in Canada while they are overseas. My parents have applied for a written authorization under the category of: unite with an immediate family member (temporary resident). After exactly 15 days, they have received a written authorization, valid for 3 months.
The authorization we've received starts as:
Authorization for Exemption from COVID-19 Canadian Travel Restrictions
From: International Network – Rapid Response Operations Centre (RROC)
Subject: Authorization for Exemption from Canadian Travel Restrictions for the Purpose of Family Reunification
Good day,
Your request to be exempted from the current restrictions to travel to Canada has been approved under the Order in
Council, Minimizing the Risk of Exposure to COVID-19 in Canada Order (Prohibition of Entry into Canada from any country
other than the United States).
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The Email we sent include information regarding:
Travel Exemption Criteria: immediate family members of a temporary resident in Canada
Primary Applicant:
Date of Birth:
Passport:
UCI:
Application:
Visa Category: IM-1 Immigrant
Visa & COPR Expiry Date:
Current Country of Residence:
Anticipated Date of Travelling:
Quarantine Plan:
Attachments:
1. passports, Visa and COPR (of everyone involved, in this case mine and my parents')
2. proof of relationship (in my case, a birth certificate)
3. Proof of status of the person in Canada (in my case, my PGWP)
4. My Canadian driver's license (or anything with a name and a Canadian address)
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The idea behind the email is: don't try to let them figure out why you should be exempted. Simply tell them which criteria applies to you the best.
Hopefully my experience could be helpful for those who are under similar circumstances.
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Hi thanks for your post. I am in the process of collecting statutory declaration from my sibling. But can u please tell me the mail address where i can apply for Authorization for Exemption from Canadian Travel Restrictions or i have to raise a webform? I am confused here. Please help.
They have an email address for written authorization request:
IRCC.COVID-TravelExemptions-Exemptionsdevoyage-COVID.IRCC@cic.gc.ca
Wow.... I never understood that its a mail address. Thanks for the address. So now all i have to do is attach the statutory declaration, proof of my siblings citizenship and our relationship. Right?
Another thing, If possible can u please send me a sample of the application. I mean how to write and what to address?
Here is what my mother has included in her email
1. List out all the items I've mentioned in the main post.
2. several paragraphs indicating who she is, and why she is visiting. She also introduced me regarding what my status is and where I am living.
3. A detailed quarantine plan (you understand you would need to book a 3-day hotel + how would you go home from the hotel after 3 days + how and where would you have your 14 days quarantine).
Of course, attach any identification of the people involved. In my case, we have attached our passports, PR Visa, COPR, my Canadian license, my PGWP and a birth certificate.
My email starts like this:
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Travel Exemption Criteria: immediate family members of a temporary resident in Canada
Primary Applicant:
Date of Birth:
Passport:
UCI:
Application:
Visa Category:
Visa & COPR Expiry Date:
Current Country of Residence:
Anticipated Date of Travelling:
To whom it may concern,
This is XX. I am an approved primary applicant for Permanent Residency, and I would like to apply
for a Written Authorization to come to Canada with my husband, XXX, to reunite
with our son, XXXXXX.
Reason for Traveling:
First, we want to reunite with our son, xxxxxx. He lives in xxx.
Second, we would like to land as permanent resident residents and live in canada permanently.
I hope you'll get good news very soon!best luck to youNo luck yet..just waiting for them to comeback
Im sorry nothing for us post march COPR holders...though constantly monitoring IRCC website. .mine was expired on January 21, 2021...no update on my GC account...just have to wait their instruction as per the website.Hello Renalpe, any news from ircc? my copr is expiring in few days