COPR and coronavirus
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This is the official guidelines from the CBSA
That would be what one would go by
https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/travel-voyage/settle-setablir-eng.html
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“ Do not travel to the border for these services until further notice”
The date on that page is :
Date modified: 2020-03-19
There have been multiple updates since then, including people posting on this forum and elsewhere (on facebook) who have traveled successfully with COPR.
Then contact the CBSA and tell them the information they have posted on their website is out of date
you may have 2 reasons not to travel:
1 - you can travel but concerned about catching infection and do not travel, COPR expires
2 - there is no flight
2nd is clear, but situation with 1st case is unclear.
So assuming that your airline does not cancel your end April flight which is still possible as airlines are continuing to park planes and temporarily layoff staff April/May due the worldwide travel restrictions making simply impossible to operate , the emergency travel restrictions including exemptions that Canada has in place are currently valid through June 30th.
What this means is that it is likely that although there are travel exemptions that those exemptions are conditional on a self isolation for 14 days which was just made mandatory, no public transport use, no stopping off to acommodation and non compliance subject to upto 750k fine or 6 months in jail.
Personally I cannot see Canada relaxing this isolation rule for international arrivals for the next couple of months at least, hopefully they simply have the sense not to relax it given even Chinas numbers after 2 months are showing most new infections now are people arriving into China.
So based on your other post your soft landing window, assuming the isolation rule stays which hopefully from a Canadian viewpoint it does , is not viable at this point. Having said that given you have followed the procedure to raise a webform recording your travel issues so you should be in the system for a reply when IRCC decide what action to take .
This comment not any help but in hindsight as as been stressed on here many times to many posters even though everfyone has their reasons that it is never a good plan to leave it until the last week before a COPR expires even without the COVID situation given there is no contingency for the unexpected. If the circumstances were normal then whilst everyone has the right to arrive just in time if failure to arrive were any other reason other than a global pandemic a new immigrant would have a hard challenge getting any sympathy from IRCC for missing the COPR date.
Canada by the way has no 6 month passport validty date although of course cannot speak to India or any transit countries.
https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/passport-validity-less-than-6-months-at-time-of-entry.542671/
While filling out ur webform what type of application u selected? Plz reply nd after how many days they responded to ur webform
Got a below reply on seeking COPR & PRV extension:
Thank you for your email.
Temporary foreign workers, some international students and approved permanent residents who haven’t yet landed are now able to enter Canada.
If you are exempt from travel restrictions, you can now travel to Canada. When you arrive in Canada, you must isolate for 14 days even if you have no symptoms. This is mandatory. Before you travel, you will need to go through health screening protocols. For more information on who is exempt, visit: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/coronavirus-special-measures.html
Note that even if you are now exempt from travel restrictions prohibiting travel to Canada, you may still be subject to lockdown restrictions by local authorities that prevent travel to an airport.
If your counterfoil expires prior to the restrictions being lifted, you do not need to email us as you will receive communication from our office on the next steps to be taken in order to travel to Canada after the travel restrictions have been lifted.
For up-to-date information regarding IRCC’s response to COVID-19, follow us on Facebook. As we are receiving numerous e-mails during this time, please only email us if you CANNOT find the answer through the information and helpful links on our Facebook page.
Thank you for your email.
Temporary foreign workers, some international students and approved permanent residents who haven’t yet landed are now able to enter Canada.
If you are exempt from travel restrictions, you can now travel to Canada. When you arrive in Canada, you must isolate for 14 days even if you have no symptoms. This is mandatory. Before you travel, you will need to go through health screening protocols. For more information on who is exempt, visit: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/coronavirus-special-measures.html
Note that even if you are now exempt from travel restrictions prohibiting travel to Canada, you may still be subject to lockdown restrictions by local authorities that prevent travel to an airport.
If your counterfoil expires prior to the restrictions being lifted, you do not need to email us as you will receive communication from our office on the next steps to be taken in order to travel to Canada after the travel restrictions have been lifted.
For up-to-date information regarding IRCC’s response to COVID-19, follow us on Facebook. As we are receiving numerous e-mails during this time, please only email us if you CANNOT find the answer through the information and helpful links on our Facebook page.
That makes things more clearer. This means they will contact us in case travel restrictions get prolonged and visa expires. No need to communicate with them even through web form.
Right and raise web form to specific Visa Office where your application was approved. Then only you'll get reply within 1-2 days.
I did mine yesterday to NDVO, and they replied within next 5 hours.
This says everything, If your counterfoil expires prior to the restrictions being lifted, you do not need to email us as you will receive communication from our office on the next steps to be taken in order to travel to Canada after the travel restrictions have been lifted.