Vaccine Related Question - What if someone took an unapproved vaccine?

[SlyDigits]

So my friend (from India) is stuck in a bit of a conundrum. She enrolled into a school in Vancouver (DLI-certified), got her enrollment letter, applied for Student Visa, has received her biometric letter and has an appointment on 5th July. Her course begins in September 2021 and she is hoping to get things sorted out in time to get there.

There is, however, a problem as the vaccine she took (Covaxin - both doses) is not on the approved list - which basically means that she is not considered to be 'fully vaccinated' as per IRCC guidelines.

So I have a couple of questions:

1. The IRCC guidelines state that those who meet the "Government of Canada's requirements of fully vaccinated travellers" will be exempt from Hotel Quarantine, Day-8 testing requirement and Hotel Stopover. Does that mean that she will not be allowed because of opting for the unapproved vaccine? Or that she can go, but will have to hotel quarantine + undergo Day-8 testing, etc.?
2. Secondly, if there are no flights from India to Canada at the time, and she chooses to opt for a 14-day layover in another country (to get tested), then would she be able to enter Canada once they land through that? For e.g. if they went to Tokyo or Singapore, got tested there - got a negative result - and then moved on to Canada, would that work?

Anybody who can share their insights - @legalfalcon @caipsnotes - would be great!

 

[AishB]

So my friend (from India) is stuck in a bit of a conundrum. She enrolled into a school in Vancouver (DLI-certified), got her enrollment letter, applied for Student Visa, has received her biometric letter and has an appointment on 5th July. Her course begins in September 2021 and she is hoping to get things sorted out in time to get there.

There is, however, a problem as the vaccine she took (Covaxin - both doses) is not on the approved list - which basically means that she is not considered to be 'fully vaccinated' as per IRCC guidelines.

So I have a couple of questions:

1. The IRCC guidelines state that those who meet the "Government of Canada's requirements of fully vaccinated travellers" will be exempt from Hotel Quarantine, Day-8 testing requirement and Hotel Stopover. Does that mean that she will not be allowed because of opting for the unapproved vaccine? Or that she can go, but will have to hotel quarantine + undergo Day-8 testing, etc.?
2. Secondly, if there are no flights from India to Canada at the time, and she chooses to opt for a 14-day layover in another country (to get tested), then would she be able to enter Canada once they land through that? For e.g. if they went to Tokyo or Singapore, got tested there - got a negative result - and then moved on to Canada, would that work?

Anybody who can share their insights - @legalfalcon @caipsnotes - would be great!

If the vaccine is not on the approved list, they will have to quarantine in Canada.
For your second question, are you asking will they be exempted frm quarantine if they stay in a third country? Unfortunately no, since the quarantine rules are dependent on the vaccine taken. If it is about traveling via third country then yes, your friend can travel in that way.

 

[SlyDigits]

If the vaccine is not on the approved list, they will have to quarantine in Canada.
For your second question, are you asking will they be exempted frm quarantine if they stay in a third country? Unfortunately no, since the quarantine rules are dependent on the vaccine taken. If it is about traveling via third country then yes, your friend can travel in that way.

Thanks. Already fouund the info but had no way of closing the post - thanks for taking the time though.