Dear client,
Thank you for your e-mail
. Please be advised that your enquiry has been received by the Migration Section, Client Service Unit, in India.
The Government of Canada has suspended all direct commercial and private passenger flights to Canada from India until September 26, 2021. The High Commission will not be organizing repatriation flights during this period. Please remain in contact with your travel agent and airline for the latest updates, or visit our website to
learn more about the flight suspension.
Effective September 7, 2021, foreign nationals who qualify for the fully vaccinated traveller exemption may enter Canada for discretionary travel.
Find out if you can enter Canada - Travel restrictions in Canada – Canada.ca
Passengers who travel to Canada from India via an indirect route need to obtain a pre-departure negative COVID-19 molecular test result from a third country before continuing their journey to Canada (
https://travel.gc.ca/travel-covid/travel-restrictions/flying-canada-checklist/covid-19-testing-travellers-coming-into-canada?utm_campaign=gac-amc-covid-20-21&utm_source=travel-covid_travel-restrictions_flying_&utm_medium=redirect&utm_content=en#types).
Review Canada’s travel advice for India and register with us at
https://travel.gc.ca/.
Status updates: Please be advised that the Migration Section at the High Commission of Canada will not be responding to general inquiries or status requests. For the most up-to-date case status information, please refer to your
IRCC secure account.
If you have completed your biometrics and medicals as required, we understand that you are anxious to have your application finalized, however please be patient and routinely check your online account for updates.
Once your application is finalized, IRCC will send correspondence to you through your IRCC secure account and/or email. Until then, please continue to verify the status of your application through your IRCC secure account to find out if any additional information has been requested.
Visa application Centres (VACs)
VFS passport submission webform resumed their online booking for all holders of passport request letters. We ask that you do not send your passport directly to the High Commission. Passports received at the High Commission will be immediately returned without a visa. If you haven’t received your passport request letter, please be patient until we process your application.
BIOMETRIC
If you have additional questions regarding the VACs and biometric enrolment, please access our frequently asked questions by scanning the QR code below with your mobile phone. Once scanned the linked document will be updated automatically without scanning the QR code again.
Biometric Instruction Letters (BILs) and/or Passport Request Letters (PPRLs) Expired BILs/PPRLs, will continue to be accepted until IRCC sends out a second notification to clients. In the second notification timeframes for compliance will be specified.
Medical
If you have additional questions regarding Medicals, please access our frequently asked questions by scanning the QR code below with your mobile phone. Once scanned the linked document will be updated automatically without scanning the QR code again.
Travel exemptions Find out if you are exempt from Canada’s COVID-related travel restrictions, quarantine requirements, and COVID testing by clicking on the following link
https://travel.gc.ca/travel-covid/travel-restrictions/covid-vaccinated-travellers-entering-canada
Updating your application/document uploaded to file: If you have been requested to provide additional documents by IRCC or you wish to submit additional documents to support your application, you must submit these through your
IRCC secure account. If you have not already done so, please
link your application to be able to upload your additional documents. Please note that for
Applications that cannot be linked, we will accept additional documents via e-mail. Once full operations resume, you will be contacted with further instructions and provided with an opportunity to respond to the request letter. Please note that the mission will not be uploading any documents received from applicants.
Please be advised that we can only assist in applications where India is the main processing office. If you submitted an application under a permanent resident economic category, your application may be processed in Canada. You should submit the
Webform and indicate that you applied online via economic immigration and your additional documents will be sent to the appropriate office. Please ensure to add your application number to the
Webform. Please note there is a file size limit of 4MB per file. If your file is too big to upload, find out how to
reduce the file size.
If IRCC has not requested any documents from you,
allow five business days from the day you receive this email before uploading your documents to your online application. You can log in using your
IRCC secure account.
Biometric Instruction Letters (BILs) and/or Passport Request Letters (PPRLs) Expired BILs/PPRLs, will continue to be accepted until IRCC sends out a second notification to clients. In the second notification timeframes for compliance will be specified.
