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Canadian immigration officials are telling anyone who applied for a visitor visa before Sept. 7 – the day the country opened its borders to all fully vaccinated travellers – to re-apply if their situation has changed and they are coming for one of 10 reasons. Those reasons include coming to Canada: to be reunited with
The United States is not going to allow Canadians to cross the border until at least Aug. 21 despite Canada saying it will likely re-open to fully-vaccinated Americans on Aug. 9. According to a CBC news report, the United States pre-published a notice in its U.S. Federal Register Wednesday in which it explains the risk
Travel restrictions imposed to prevent the spread of COVID-19 have hampered the growth of the Rural & Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP). In Sudbury, Northern Ontario, just 39 workers have come in through the program, against an allocation of 150 in 2021. With families, the 39 workers have seen 80 people move to the area. While
Business travel to Canada is still thriving for many industry sectors during the COVID-19 pandemic despite all the hype surrounding Ottawa’s air and land travel restrictions. Immigrants coming to Canada under the Start-Up Visa Program to set up businesses and create jobs are still being welcomed with open arms. Under that program, 140 business people
The first half of 2020 was a difficult period for Canada, immigration, as coronavirus travel restrictions dramatically reduced the number of permanent resident admissions. Canada welcomed 103,420 newcomers in the first six months of the year, dramatically down on the 160,230 that arrived in the same period of 2019. The drop off in numbers all
Canada has provided updated guidance for which work permit holders are exempt from travel restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic. The update, published on June 19 by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), is designed ‘to ensure that non-optional and non-discretionary travel are being interpreted as intended’. It covers discretionary and non-discretionary travel, additional priority
